Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design (Honours)

Students develop their own individual design identity while collaborating with industry experts on exciting live projects.

Interior Design challenges us to rethink existing interiors as well as looking at the spaces created between structures. It focuses on the way people interact within these environments.

On this course students will explore the regeneration and adaptation of real buildings and sites and learn how to turn old commercial premises into exciting new spaces for exhibition, retail, leisure, eating and socialising purposes. Students will develop skills in drawing, 3D modelling, computing, video-modelscope and computer-aided design (CAD).

Students will also learn about the importance of visual communication, design cultures and heritage, and culture and context. This solid foundation will enable them to develop their own personal style and design language and, as they grow in confidence, students will become increasingly autonomous as they pursue individual design projects.

Key features

• Considerably boost career prospects with an industry placement. DMU students have gained valuable industry work experience at companies such as Heterarchy, ISI, Callender Howorth, Leonard Design Architects and Gensler.
• Gain industry exposure by entering prestigious competitions which have earned students prizes from the British Institute of Interior Design, the Interior Design Association and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
• 100% of Interior Design graduates from summer 2017 are in work or further study after graduating (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) 2016-17 report).
• Learn to design for different spaces – leisure, retail, performance, living, spiritual and exhibition – and communicate creative solutions with confidence.
• Benefit from the very latest facilities – CAD, modelscope, drawing studios, video visualisation equipment and prototype workshops. The award-winning Vijay Patel Building provides both the space and the facilities to foster creative thinking and explore your design potential.
• Students gain valuable international experience as part of their studies with DMU Global programme, which has taken students from Hamburg to New York to explore the history and evolution of interior design.
• Graduates have gone on to work for a range of large, medium and small design practices including Blueprint, Creative Ideas Ltd, Gensler Faber and ISI.

• Minimum Level of Education Required: 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
• Min GPA: 60.0%
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 60 (Min Listening: 7.0, Min Reading: 8.0, Min Speaking: 16.0, Min Writing: 18.0)
  • Min IELTS overall: 6 (Min Listening: 5.5, Min Reading: 5.5, Min Speaking: 5.5, Min Writing: 5.5)
  • Min PTE overall: 50
  Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter.
  For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 32 (Min Listening: 2, Min Reading: 2, Min Speaking: 11, Min Writing: 11)
  • Min IELTS overall: 4.5 (Min Listening: 4, Min Reading: 4, Min Speaking: 4, Min Writing: 4)
  • Min PTE overall: 29