Interior Architecture BA(Hons)

University of Brighton

United Kingdom, Brighton

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University of Brighton

United Kingdom , Brighton

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

W250

Campuses

Brighton- Moulsecoomb

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines12-Jan-2026

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 17,250 / year

Next Intake 12-Jan-2026

Interior Architecture BA(Hons)

About

Spatial designers creatively shape the environments we live, work, and play in, making them functional, beautiful and sustainable.

Our well-established Interior Architecture BA(Hons) course explores a diverse range of disciplines and encourages you to reimagine and experiment with the design of the spaces we live in. Working on live projects, you'll develop flexible problem-solving skills and gain confidence to tackle complex challenges with a critical and creative approach.

You'll be part of a strong studio community that fosters creativity, cooperation, and progressive attitudes. This environment helps you design with a focus on the health, wellbeing, and productivity of the people we design for.

This inspiring degree course focuses on the design of interior spaces, predominantly within existing buildings.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

We are looking for highly motivated and creative students. We will primarily be interested in your portfolio. If your predicted grades fall below these requirements but you can demonstrate a high-quality portfolio, you are still encouraged to apply. We will consider you on an individual basis. A foundation diploma is not a requirement for entry – it is just one of a range of qualifications (for example, BTEC or Access Diploma) that is accepted for admission to this course. A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range. International Baccalaureate
27 points, with three subjects at Higher level. Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. Art and design diploma preferred. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 30 credits at merit or above. GCSE (minimum grade C or grade 4)
At least three subjects including English language and maths. Foundation degree/HND
may enable you to start the course in year 3. Related subjects or practical or professional experience required. Apolytirion
19 overall (including a 15 in mathematics) Studied before or got relevant experience?
A qualification, HE credits, or relevant experience may count towards your course at Brighton, and could mean that you do not have to take some elements of the course or can start in year 2 or 3. English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept. Don’t meet these entry requirements?
Our architecture and design integrated foundation year provides an extra year of study at foundation level if you do not have the academic qualifications or experience needed for entry to this course.

Successful completion of the foundation year enables you to progress onto year 1 of our Interior Architecture, Architecture or Product Design degrees.

English Program Requirements

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

Career

Careers

Prepare for your career

When you graduate you will enter the field ready to showcase your independent design work through a well-organised and relevant portfolio tailored to their professional audience.

You’ll have practical and professional skills in interior architecture and sustainable practices, preparing you to address today's challenges effectively.

You’ll also gain in-depth knowledge, enhancing your ability to respond to, and rethink our environments with an inclusive approach to design.

Showcasing your talent

Reviews of work in progress are supported with in depth feedback by professionals from industry throughout your studies providing invaluable professional insight.

The course provides numerous opportunities to promote your work through exhibitions, competitions, and awards.

We are affiliated with the national community of Interior Educators and through them our students have won recognition as leading the field on numerous occasions. We also annually partake in the UK's most innovative emerging design talent showcase, New Designers, in London.

Graduate destinations

Interior Architecture is designed to enable you to negotiate many different pathways in an increasingly complex market. While our course provides professional skills and training with a strong vocational career focused support, our students are guided and encouraged to explore their own way. During the final year of study, we support each student in focusing their final portfolios towards their individual, chosen trajectory with tailored support and teaching.

Spatial design practice lies at the heart of our society from architectural practice, commercial retail design, exhibition or event design, set design for TV, film and theatre, gallery curation and management, and even advertising, graphics and illustration.

Some of our alumni choose to set up their own design businesses, however, most of our former students work specifically in the fields of interior architecture and spatial design practice.

Further study

At Brighton, we offer the following postgraduate courses: Interior Design MA, Sustainable Design MA, Architectural and Urban Design MA and Town Planning MSc.

Professional advice and support

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

Find out more about our Careers Service...

Employment demand for arts graduates

The British Academy has compiled a report (May 2020) quantifying the demand for arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) skills in the workplace. It helps to answer the legitimate question of what the economic return is on undertaking a degree, both in time and money. 

According to the report:

As arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates progress through the first ten years of their career they are able to make strong progress up the career ladder into roles attracting higher salaries
Arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates are employed in some of the fastest growing sectors including financial services, education, social work, the media and creative industries
Of the ten fastest growing sectors, eight employ more graduates from AHSS than other disciplines.

This makes AHSS graduates at the heart of some of the most exciting, productive, largest and fastest-growing sectors of the UK economy.

Future skills demand

According to the report:

With the challenges the world is facing – climate change, global pandemics, the growth of populism – the UK needs the insights of the arts, humanities and social sciences (AHSS) as much as those from science, technology and engineering (STEM)
Evidence within the report shows that Arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates are central to these challenges and changes – they will be vital in giving us the tools to examine and explain human behaviour, understand how society functions, learn from the past and apply those lessons to the present, and analyse the drivers and implications of a changing world and how different countries, places and cultures interact.