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Interior Design and Decoration (including foundation year)
- 2 Study options
- Undergraduate
- Aldgate
Course summary
Why study this course?
Our Interior Design and Decoration (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree course includes an intensive preparatory year that provides an alternative route into an undergraduate degree.
This course is the ideal choice if you want to explore your potential and work towards establishing an individual direction. It is also a gateway into an undergraduate degree if you don’t meet the necessary requirements for the standard three-year course.
More about this course
The foundation year is an intensive year that will help you progress to the bachelor’s part of our Interior Design and Decoration (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree. In the subsequent three years of your course you’ll focus more on the discipline of interior design and decoration, during which you’ll get to explore projects spanning private, commercial and community interiors.
The foundation year will help you make sure that you choose the right specialism and prepare you for study at undergraduate level. It will help you to build a portfolio of work, as well as develop knowledge and skills related to a range of specialist undergraduate degree programmes at our School of Art, Architecture and Design.
You’ll share the foundation year with others studying a degree with a foundation year at our School of Art, Architecture and Design. The shared curriculum will introduce you to techniques used by architects, artists and interior designers through a variety of intensive studio projects – from 2D and 3D composition drawing to workshop techniques.
After the foundation year you’ll join students on our Interior Design and Decoration BA (Hons) and you’ll study the same content and have the same choice of modules as them. On graduation you’ll also gain the same award and title.
If practising different areas of art and design sparks your interest in a specialism that is not interior design and decoration, there will be flexibility to allow you to change your specialism.
Modules
Course Modules
Year 0 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies: Foundation
Formats
Project
Techniques
Year 1 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies 1 (Interiors)
Design Principles for Interiors
Interior Materials and Technologies
Spatial Design Development
Year 2 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies 2 (Interiors)
Design Details
Human Scale
Interior Technologies and Production
Year 3 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies 3: Dissertation (Interiors)
Integrated Design Practice
Major Project Realisation: Interior Design and Decoration
Project Design and Development for Interiors
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Aldgate
Study options
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 4 Years
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Part-Time • 6 Years
Start dates
Application codes
- Institution code:
- L68
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
London Metropolitan University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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How to apply
Application codes
- Institution code:
- L68
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
Course optionsEntry requirements
Typical qualification requirements
UCAS TariffOffer: 32
At least one A level (or a minimum of 32 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification, eg BTEC Subsidiary/National/BTEC Extended Diploma).
GCSE/National 4/National 5
You will be required to have English Language GCSE at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent).
Additional entry requirements
- Interview
- Portfolio
- You will need to attend an interview with your portfolio of creative work. If you live outside of the UK, you will be required to submit a small portfolio of work via email. For portfolio guidelines visit the university website.
English language requirements
To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Tier 4 student visa you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. For more information about English qualifications please see our English language requirements. If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/applying/english-language-requirements/undergraduate/
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).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
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Course optionsHistorical entry grades report
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 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
The tuition fees for year 1 of this course are charged at £10,050 per year for Home/UK full time students and £2,510 per 30 credit module for Home/UK part time students. The following academic years will be charged at the government capped rate.
Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things such as equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees. Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.
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