Interior Design Architecture

This interior design course explores how people experience interior environments, blending spatial design, architectural thinking and responsible material and technological choices. Throughout your studies, you'll develop strong design, research and problem-solving skills to create meaningful, sustainable and innovative spaces.

Real-world learning sits at the core of the course. You'll work closely with industry partners, gaining hands-on experience through live projects, site engagement and professional input at every level. These authentic experiences help build confidence, networks and readiness for employment within the built-environment sector.

Throughout the course, you’ll develop the ability to understand, design and transform interior spaces across a range of contexts – including domestic, workplace, hospitality, retail, and community settings. You will explore adaptive reuse, materiality, environmental performance and user wellbeing, supported by both creative and technical design skills.

The course places strong emphasis on architectural approaches, guiding you through spatial strategy, functionality, building context, and user-centred design. You will also engage with key contemporary concerns such as sustainability, digital technologies, wellbeing, inclusive design and professional practice. By the time you graduate, you will be equipped to communicate your ideas through drawings, models, digital media and detailed design proposals that meet industry and regulatory standards.

If you’re looking to study our interior design architecture degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the art and design foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the art and design foundation year.

Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for creatively minded individuals who are passionate about how people experience interior environments and want to shape spaces that are sustainable, meaningful and innovative. It suits aspiring interior designers, spatial thinkers and problem-solvers who are motivated by architecture, materials, technology and user wellbeing.

Whether you are new to the field or looking to deepen existing design skills, this course is designed for those who want to work confidently within the built-environment sector and develop into informed, forward-thinking industry practitioners.

What does this course lead to?
Recent graduates have found positions as interior designers in the commercial and domestic interior design sector in the UK and abroad, including John Lewis Interiors, IKEA, Jigsaw, BO Concept, BrightSpace Architects, and Porcelanosa. Other graduates have been successful in setting up their own interior design practices.

Students are also prepared to become freelance consultants upon graduation, which can increase employability. Some graduates have gone on to study for a postgraduate degree including Solent’s MSc Sustainable Building Design and MA Visual Communication.

YEAR ONE
CORE MODULES

Thinking Like a Designer
Interior Stories
Architectural System and Context
Responsive Interiors

YEAR TWO
CORE MODULES

Ergonomics
Interior Design in Industry
Urban Walkway
Professional Projects and Practice

FINAL YEAR
CORE MODULES

Sustainable Interior Futures
Adaptive Reuse
Major Project - Research
Major Project - Presentation

You may be assessed at the end of each block by:
Design based portfolios
Creative design projects
Group presentations
Research projects
Reports
Individual presentations
As part of this course, you will study one module at a time, giving you the chance to build a deeper understanding and see the results of your hard work more quickly. With regular assessments and feedback, rather than exams all at once, you’ll also benefit from improved focus, and a more manageable workload.