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Ma Interior Architecture And Design

University of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 16,200
Country Rank#42
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5

Program Overview

This course encourages you to engage with interior spaces through creative practice and experimentation, exploring space through material and immaterial matter. The course also supports you to use advanced technologies and to engage with 3D printers.

On this MA Interior Architecture and Design degree course, you'll work with historic and contemporary sites to create interior environments, working from the scale of the city to the scale of the room. The course has a particular focus on the sensory engagement with space.

You'll plan and produce a personal research project, and we'll provide the expertise and support so you can develop your practice – so once you graduate, you'll have all the tools you need for a career in interior architecture and interior design, as well as associated creative industries.

On this Interior Architecture and Design course, you'll:

Have the option to develop a work based learning project to give you experience of the industry whilst you are learning
Work on live projects, with real clients
Unpack interior design, sustainable architecture and architectural conservation practice, as well as the relationships between disciplines
Use facilities including dynamic studios with advanced architectural computing facilities
Have plenty of opportunities to improve your professional portfolio
Improve your practical skills in our professional design workshops, featuring facilities for working with resin, plastics and metals, screen printing, moulding and casting
Be supported by experienced, professional tutors throughout the course of your studies

Course Content
What you'll study on this MA Interior Design degree course
Each unit on this course is worth a certain number of credits.

In the full-time mode of study there are 180 credits in the year – for example, 4 units worth 30 credits and 1 unit worth 60 credits. Part-time students will study for 180 credits over 2 years.

Modules

Year 1 (Full-time and part-time)

Full-time
Core modules
- Creative Theories: Thinking and Making (30 credits)
- Interior Practices: Design Project (30 credits)
- Research Methods (30 credits)
- Thesis (60 credits)
Optional modules
- Integration of Transdisciplinary Experiences (30 credits)
- Work-Based Learning: Opportunity (30 credits)
Part-time
Core modules
- Creative Theories: Thinking and Making (30 credits)
- Interior Practices: Design Project (30 credits)
Year 2 (Part-time only)

Part-time
- Core modules
- Research Methods (30 credits)
- Thesis (60 credits)
Optional modules
- Integration of Transdisciplinary Experiences (30 credits)
- Work-Based Learning: Opportunity (30 credits)
Changes to course content
We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.
Entry Requirement
Qualifications or experience
- A good honours degree in Interior Design, Architecture or a related subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
English language requirements
- English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
Fees & Scholarships
Tuition fees

UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students
- Full-time: £8,100
- Part-time: £2,700 in year 1, £5,400 in year 2
EU students
(including Transition Scholarship)
- Full-time: £8,100
- Part-time: £2,700 in year 1, £5,400 in year 2
International students
- Full-time: £16,200
- Part-time: £5,400 in year 1, £10,800 in year 2
Fees may be subject to annual increase.
Career Prospect
The demand for skilled professionals and innovative sustainable designs is increasing. When you graduate, you'll be ready to work within your specialist discipline in design practices, architectural firms and cross-disciplinary environments.

Career opportunities include:
- Interior design practice
- Architectural practice
- Multidisciplinary design practice
- Exhibition design
- Retail design
- Scenography
- Design your own job
- Teaching in HE
You'll also have the creative skills and professional knowledge to pursue a career in fields such as marketing, advertising, journalism, virtual design and modelling, or in people-centred careers such as project management. You could also explore freelance opportunities or continue your studies to PhD level.

Cost Of Studying At University of Portsmouth

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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