BA (Hons) International Interior Design (Top Up)

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BA (Hons) International Interior Design (Top Up)

Manchester Metropolitan University

United Kingdom, Manchester

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Manchester Metropolitan University

United Kingdom , Manchester

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

IID6

Campuses

Manchester

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026

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Duration 1 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 21,500 / year

Next Intake September-2026

BA (Hons) International Interior Design (Top Up)

About

The BA (Hons) International Interior Design top-up will support you to think innovatively and respond to global trends in design. The course will expand your critical and conceptual thinking and encourage an understanding of wider global and creative professional design practice, whilst enabling you to develop an individual positioning for your professional design practice.

Collaboration is at the heart of the course - you will undertake design practice modules with current final year students, work on projects with external industry and academic research partners, and exhibit your final projects as part of our annual Degree Shows events.

The one year programmes offer direct entry into the final year of a Bachelor’s degree to students who have successfully completed a relevant HND

Course information

The Interior Design top-up course will facilitate students to undertake projects with an external professional and international focus, run in collaboration with a range of academic and professional partners. The projects will offer high-quality opportunities to acquire external professional and international perspectives, and further develop collaborative skills and design practice knowledge within a range of international and/or professional contexts.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

We will ask for a portfolio of your work as part of your application.

Additional requirements

For entry to the Top Up year, we require the submission of a portfolio of creative work and 240 credits earned through recent (up to 2 years) completion of a Foundation Degree, Advanced Diploma, HND (merit or above), the first two years of a Degree or equivalent.

In cases where applicants are returning from industry and do not meet the standard admissions criteria, an assessment of their recent relevant professional experience will be made to establish their suitability for entry to the course. This will be undertaken on a case by case basis and supported by the Admissions Tutor.

An online interview with portfolio is normally requested as part of the application process.

We will ask for a portfolio of your work as part of your application.

IELTS score required for international students

International students will be required to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 with no component less than 5.5, or an equivalent accepted English language qualification. This is in line with the University’s entry requirements for students whose first language is not English.

There’s further information for international students on our international website if you’re applying with non-UK qualifications.

Additional requirements

An online interview with portfolio is normally requested as part of the application process.

English Program Requirements

Career

Career prospects

Interior Design graduates go on to work all over the world and have gained successful employment for design agencies and architectural practices such as Johnson Naylor, Sheppard Robson, 5plus Architects, Fosters + Partners, Conran + Partners, Imagination, Casson-Mann, HMKM, Start JG and 20.20 Design. Because of the wide and diverse skill-set taught as part of the course's curriculum, Interior Design graduates have also established other careers within the professional creative industries including exhibition curation, TV and theatre stage set design, furniture design, brand design, event and project management, architecture, teaching and postgraduate study.

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