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Interaction Design with Professional Placement

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 21 September 2027
  • Undergraduate
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Course summary

BA (Hons) Interaction Design focuses on human experience, employing a human-centred approach to interactive storytelling and immersive experience design. You will create and design interactions and experiences that address urgent issues and experimental ideas through innovative technologies, creative responses, and critical speculative practices. Emphasising creativity and adaptability, BA (Hons) Interaction Design promotes learning through making with access to world-class workshops and fabrication facilities, including digital making and immersive media labs.

The course is uniquely situated within the Department of Illustration Animation, renowned for nurturing graduates who become leading practitioners in their fields. As a student, you'll be an integral part of this dynamic community and collaborative atmosphere that encourages the exchange of ideas, processes, and methods, fostering new opportunities and growth within the discipline.

Modules

Course Modules

Modules include....
Practice: Sensing and Storytelling
Practice: Thinking Through Making
Presentation: Consult...Create...Collaborate!
Communication Design History for Illustration Animation and Interaction Design

To view the full list of modules, please visit the University course webpage.

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/interaction-design-ba-hons

Assessment method

The course will be delivered though workshops, lectures, seminars, individual and group tutorials, project briefs, live briefs, demonstrations, study visits, peer learning, independent learning, and study skills.

Methods of assessment for the course are by practical and written coursework.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

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Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 21 September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
W281
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W281
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BBC-ABB

UCAS Tariff
112-128

Level 3 qualifications, including Art and Design subjects (i.e. A-levels, BTEC Diploma, Access Diploma, IB Diploma, etc.)

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM-DDM

Please note: This course does not have an integrated Foundation Year (Year 0) included in the degree. https://www.kingston.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/interaction-design-ba-hons

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio
Entry onto this course will require submission of a digital portfolio as part of the application process: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/interaction-design-ba-hons Further details about the portfolio will also be sent via email after submission of application.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

We assess your application for evidence of ability, potential, passion for your subject, and the skills and experience that demonstrate your suitability for the course. Our entry requirements include UCAS Tariff ranges, but offers vary as each application is reviewed individually.

We consider your personal statement, predicted grades, and, where relevant, interview performance and portfolio assessment as key indicators of suitability and likely success to inform fair decisions for all.

Learn more on the Kingston University website

International entry requirements

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Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland£10050

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

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