Interior Architecture BA Honours

Learn how to design and remodel space through architectural intervention, from industry professionals while using state-of-the-art facilities on a highly-rated interior architecture degree

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How to apply
Code
K120
Attendance
Full-time, Part-time
Start
September 2025
Fees
£9,250 (UK) | £16,600 (INT)
Duration
3 years full-time, 4 years full-time (with placement), 6 years part-time
Course Leader
Jason Scoot
Study mode
On campus
Location
Hendon campus
Entry Requirements
112 UCAS points
Placement year
Yes
School / Department
School of Design
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Course overview

Why choose Interior Architecture BA at Middlesex?

5th in London for overall student positivity (National Student Survey 2023).

Passionate about interior architecture? We are too. Together we'll develop your creative and practical skills to turn your imaginative ideas into the foundations for a rewarding career. You'll learn how to think and work like a designer alongside fellow creatives.

Jason Scoot, who leads this course, has been a professional award-winning Architect, Interior Designer and design educator for over 20 years. His specialisms include both exclusive residential and commercial housing, architectural rebrand experiences, immersive story-telling and exhibition design. An RCA graduate where he was taught and employed by Sir David Adjaye OM OBE.

Located in north London, you will be a short tube ride away from the capital's museums, restaurants, galleries and shops with opportunities to build your knowledge and inspire your work.

We also offer opportunities for you to participate in Student Exchanges programmes with many partners in Europe and overseas.

What you will gain

Exploring strategies of reuse, spatial atmospheres and materialities, architectural typologies and hybrid uses, you will test ideas and generate proposals through a variety of analogue and digital techniques including sketching, CAD, AI, modelling-making, prototyping and fabrication. On completion, graduates will be part of the next generation of contemporary place-makers, industry influencers and spatial problem solvers.  

Set yourself up for an exciting, successful and creative career. Past graduates have gone on to work in both architectural design and interior design practices, specialist studios and prestigious design companies such as Brinkworth, Virgile and Partners, Dalziel and Pow, 20.20, Silver and Co. and Fitch.

In addition to the three-year course, you can develop your practical experience with a one-year placement as part of our four-year sandwich option. You'll develop practical experience which will boost your career prospect and lead to a highly-regarded additional qualification – an Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice: Interior Architecture & Design.

What you will learn

Interior architecture is a well-established, multi-faceted alternative to interior design. Though the two disciplines are intrinsically linked, interior architecture degrees typically focus on the adaptation, remodelling and sustainable reuse of specific existing buildings, where structure and architectural consideration will empower you to reconfigure sites to dramatic effect.

On this course you will:

  • Learn to reimagine the urban environment through architectural intervention
  • Design new civic spaces that promote social cohesion including libraries, museums, educational settings and healthcare facilities
  • Learn to design incredible interiors, that respond to their context and the local community
  • Transform a variety of public and private spaces where you will have the opportunity to design future interiors, that respond to the character and history of your host building and create new hybrid alternatives
  • Explore strategies to unlock new potential and promote innovative ways inhabitants will reconnect with the ‘interior’.

You will also engage in a variety of professional approaches that embrace research, capture design development and create imaginative proposals. Spatial planning will be linked with both construction and structural awareness, including the use of sustainable materials and new technologies. Professional drawing standards, together with innovative methods of design communication and visualisation will help articulate design intent.

This course prepares you for a successful and exciting career, one that can help create an individual identity as an independent design professional.

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First-class facilities

You'll study in state-of-the art facilities including our purpose-built studio spaces as well as workshops, digital fabrication, 3D printing and cutting-edge reprographic resources

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Top 10 courses nationwide

Our Interior Architecture BA is in the top ten of interior design courses nationwide — Guardian University Guide 2025

Part-time study

Study at your own pace alongside work and other commitments and get the skills and knowledge you need to progress in your career.

When choosing a part-time course, you will study the same modules as the full-time course but over a longer period.

Find out more about the many benefits of studying part-time at Middlesex University.

About your course

About your course

Our Interior Architecture degree course helps you to reimagine the urban environment through architectural interventions. You will explore the potential futures of structures and environments as they near the end of their current lifecycle. We embed United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within all learning and teach you to think empathetically, creatively, and independently. 

We offer a shared year one experience, where both interior architecture and interior design students develop as designers and learn collaboratively.  This course equips you with a comprehensive set of industry-relevant skills tailored to the specific demands of interior architecture practice.

We prepare you for a creative career in contemporary design, with a focus on public, real-world projects that include the opportunity to explore spatial agency through new civic typologies that promote social cohesion including libraries, museums, educational settings and healthcare facilities.

Modules

Modules

The curriculum focuses on seven core learning strands which are developed progressively throughout the course. You will study four compulsory modules in each year of study. Your work will be divided into credits. Each credit is equal to 10 hours of study time. You will complete 120 credits per year of study, which are broken down into modules of typically 30 credits.

This module is an introduction to the fundamentals of design thinking and communication that enables you to prompt design ideation.
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
• Comprehend and interpret the histories, theories, cultures, and contexts of the interior to situate design thinking
• Identify and analyse relevant primary and secondary sources to initiate design ideation
• Use case studies to evaluate design processes, challenges, and outcomes
• Apply an understanding of analogue and digital skills to express design ideas. 

This studio-based module is an introduction to the spatial principles of the interior through a series of design tasks that enables you to understand the design process.
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
  • Identify and explore the spatial principles of interior architecture and design to approach spatial design challenges. 
  • Articulate a design vocabulary for the interior.
  • Develop analogue and digital literacies for articulating design thinking, ideation and iteration. 
  • Apply an understanding of scale, proportion and spatial arrangement. 

This studio-based module is an exploration of the cultures and contexts of the interior that allows you to focus on forms of inhabitation and placemaking.
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
• Reflect on the cultures and contexts of the interior to initiate design thinking 
• Identify research findings to inform the design process 
• Evaluate users and uses of the interior to inform the design process
• Analyse and evaluate the relevance and significance form, materiality, and atmosphere in the creation of the interior 
• Organise information using analogue and digital literacies 
• Apply an understanding of contemporary professional practice standards and processes.

This studio-based module focuses on designing for people and place, with an emphasis on the impact of spatial interventions on human inhabitation.
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
• Apply an understanding of the spatial principles of interior architecture and design to inform design proposals 
• Evaluate the impact of spatial interventions on human inhabitation 
• Develop projects using interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches to the interiors 
• Explore the interdependence of users and uses of the interior 
Organize and communicate information, using analogue and digital literacies.

Focusing on research methods and practices to inform design thinking, the module explores how people interact with their environment. Through the close analysis of case studies and critical discourse you will be introduced to current societal issues and emerging ideas in professional practice, to explore the public interior as a shared space within the urban realm that is impacted by design intervention. 

This module focuses on designing and communicating public interiors to address the interaction between people and their environment. You support your proposals through contextual analysis, translating research findings into design projects. The module encourages you to challenge conventional designed interventions into the public realm in response to an evolving urban landscape. 

This module develops an understanding of the critical role of in-depth research into the cultural, historical, political, and socio-economic contexts that underpin the practice of interior architecture, alongside the investigation of materials, construction technologies, and processes that are integral to shaping interior spaces and enriching the experience of interior environments.

This module enables you to test and apply spatial design methods and practices to re-imagine the field of interior architecture practice. Working with and within existing buildings, contexts and communities, students address real-world challenges through their interpretation of the physical environment and its underlying narratives. 

You will gain employment experience to provide an insight into the work, methods and operation of a professional design practice.
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to: 
  • Design processes and practice in a professional context 
  • Demonstrate knowledge of materials and building technologies 
  • Apply the knowledge of the nature and operation of a professional design practice or office 
  • Generate professional design communication ideas and proposals 
  • Reflect on professional design practice and identify career and development pathways within the profession.

This module introduces you to advanced research methods and practices that synthesise knowledge, understanding and critical analysis of interior architecture as a research-led practice. Through in-depth site investigation alongside critical enquiry into adjacent contexts and issues, the module captures new knowledge and frame major project proposals. 

This module equips you with the knowledge and skills to interpret and explore the reuse of existing buildings and sites as a sustainable practice. From initial investigations into the local environment, through brief development and design ideation to the iteration of design proposals and outcomes, you will devise and test architectural interventions that foster social cohesion and inform the creation of a new social interface.

This module will develop your skills by helping you:
Explore research themes and creative pathways through strategic, detailed design development and illustrative representation
Analyse context and site, and engage with local communities to identify a cause or issue, and implement appropriate research-led design methods and practices to unlock and inform project proposals

This module will develop your skills by enabling you to develop complex design proposals that consolidate all aspects of your learning. This module will encourage empathetic engagement with context and community, you will reconfigure a selected site, proposing new uses that challenge how space is inhabited and experienced.

Find out more about this course, please download the BA Interior Architecture programme specification (PDF).

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Teaching and learning

Teaching

For much of the course you will be working on design projects, where you can apply various aspects of your learning, as well as your individual creativity and originality, to specified design tasks. Your ideas and proposals will all be tested and explored in regular tutorials and reviews, in which critical evaluation and guidance is provided through discussion and feedback, from which you will be expected to develop and improve your work. You will also have access to dedicated design studios which replicate the commercial environment, including desktop computers loaded with specific software, and also to the 24-hour library building, sample materials room, 3D workshops (general, metals, ceramics), 3D printing studio, digital media workshops, and photography studios.

You will gain knowledge, understanding and skills by engaging in a series of design projects. These projects will challenge you to apply various aspects of your learning, as well as your individual creativity and originality, to specific design tasks.
   
The Integrated Design Project serves as the primary learning tool, facilitating the learning and demonstration of subject skills, knowledge, and understanding. These projects vary in scale, scope, complexity, and duration, contained within the modules that comprise each year of the course.  

Design projects may involve individual or group-based work, with a strong emphasis on participative and collaborative efforts. Group work fosters valuable professional skills, while peer learning enhances effectiveness. Your ideas and proposals will undergo testing and exploration in regular tutorials and reviews, where you will receive advice and critical evaluation to develop and refine your work.  
  
Your work and progress are supported and developed through a range of learning methods that include talks with industry professionals and thought leaders, gaining insights and perspectives; seminars to interrogate the interior as an evolving field of practice and enquiry; workshops to acquire and develop specialist skills, to be applied across all modules; digital means to enhance research, communication, and design processes. 

You will take part in tutorials to support design development and to evaluate communication strategies and media, studio practice to develop collaborative working practices, reviews to present and articulate design proposals to receive feedback and guidance, visits to experience real-world contexts and the applications of design for the constructed environment, independent study to develop autonomy in research, critical and reflective analysis, decision making and self-management. 

 The course uses our virtual learning environment and a variety of media and tools to support you with your module learning objectives and outcomes. 

You will be based at our north London campus in Hendon.

During your first year, your weekly timetable will typically consist of:

  • 12 hours of supervised design studio, including group/one-to-one tutorials and skills workshops
  • 38 hours of independent study, untutored open studio access. Outside of teaching hours, you’ll learn independently through self-study, which will involve reading articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework, presentations, and exams.

Outside of teaching hours, you’ll learn independently through self-study which will involve reading articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework, presentations and exams.

Here is an indication of how you will split your time each year:

Percentage

Hours

Typical activity

24%

288

Teaching, learning and assessment

76%

912

Independent learning

 

Whether you are studying full or part-time – your course timetable will balance your study commitments on campus with time for work, life commitments and independent study.

We aim to make timetables available to students at least 2 weeks before the start of term. Some weeks are different due to how we schedule classes and arrange on-campus sessions.

Our excellent teaching and support teams will help you develop your skills from research and practical skills to critical thinking. And we offer free 24-hour laptop loans with full desktop software, free printing and Wi-Fi to use on or off campus.

Your learning will be assessed regularly and is made up of 100% coursework.

We'll help you to develop your understanding through project reviews where you present your ideas. These follow industry standard practice for presentations to allow you to grow in confidence when talking through your work.

Throughout your module, all projects reviews are 'formative' meaning that the grades you receive are not yet fixed. Only at the end of the module, and the formal submission of all projects completed in a 'Summative' portfolio are the projects reassessed and the overall grades confirmed. This means you are able to build on the success of your projects, and learn from the formative assessment, to improve both your work and your grade.

There are formal assessments for each module, usually at the end, which will count towards your module and your final marks.

Assessments are reviewed annually and may be updated based on student feedback or feedback from an external examiner.

Feedback

To help you achieve the best results, we will provide regular feedback.

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Our north London campus makes it easy to visit London (23 minutes away by underground train) travelling from London Kings Cross.

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Facilities and support

Facilities and support

Our Sheppard Library provides a wide range of resources and support to help you to succeed in your studies.

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Workshops and studios

The specialist resources and facilities available to students in the Grove are extensive and the most up-to-date available, and there is professional technical support in all areas to help you use our workshops and studios to the best advantage.

They include:

  • 5 Dimensional milling machines
  • CAM-CAD lathes
  • Mig, Tig and Arc Welding equipment
  • Large CNC Router
  • Computer controlled lathes and saw tables
  • Laser cutters
  • Perspex oven
  • Vacuum-forming machines
  • Ceramics and glass kilns
  • Body casting facilities
  • Traditional potters’ wheels.

Student support

We offer lots of support to help you while you're studying including financial advice, wellbeing, mental health, and disability support.

Additional needs

We'll support you if you have additional needs such as sensory impairment or dyslexia. And if you want to find out whether Middlesex is the right place for you before you apply, get in touch with our Disability and Dyslexia team.

Wellness

Our specialist teams will support your mental health. We have free individual counselling sessions, workshops, support groups and useful guides.

Work while you study

Our Middlesex Unitemps branch will help you find work that fits around uni and your other commitments. We have hundreds of student jobs on campus that pay the London Living Wage and above. Visit the Middlesex Unitemps page.

Financial support

You can apply for scholarships and bursaries and our MDX Student Starter Kit to help with up to £1,000 of goods, including a new laptop or iPad.

We have also reduced the costs of studying with free laptop loans, free learning resources and discounts to save money on everyday things. Check out our guide to student life on a budget.

Careers

Careers

How can the Interior Architecture degree support your career?

Graduates from our Interior Architecture BA course often fulfil design roles in interior design and architectural practices, specialist studios and consultancies, building and property companies, advisory agencies, and the design departments of public and commercial organisations.

Possible careers with a degree in Interiors include:

  • Interior designer
  • Interior architect
  • Interior decorator
  • Exhibition designer
  • Space planner.

The creative industries sector is currently one of the fastest-growing employment markets and graduates can take advantage of the many opportunities for design-related roles and activities across the built environment sector, as well as in education, media, retail and entertainment sectors.

Postgraduate study

The course will also prepare you for further postgraduate and specialised study in interior architecture, interior design, the built environment, design history and theory, visual culture, and design management. If you are interested in this course you might also like to find out about our MA Interiors programme.

MDXworks

Our employability service, MDXworks will launch you into the world of work from the beginning of your course, with placements, projects and networking opportunities through our 1000+ links with industry and big-name employers in London and globally.

Our dedicated lifetime career support, like our business start-up support programme and funding for entrepreneurs, has put us in the top 20 UK universities for business leaders and entrepreneurs – Business Money 2023 and a top 10 university for producing CEOs (Novuana, 2023).

Global network

You’ll study with students from 122 countries who’ll hopefully become part of your global network. And after you graduate, we'll still support you through our alumni network to help you progress in your chosen career.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

At Middlesex, we're proud of how we recognise the potential of future students like you. We make fair and aspirational offers because we want you to aim high, and we’ll support you all the way.

Qualifications

UCAS Tariff Points
112 UCAS tariff points
A-level
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BTEC Requirements
DMM-DDM
Access Requirements
Overall pass: must include 45 credits at level 3, of which all 45 must be at Merit or higher
Combinations
A combination of A-Level, BTEC and other accepted qualifications that total 112 UCAS Tariff points

We’ll always be as flexible as possible and take into consideration any barriers you may have faced in your learning. And, if you don’t quite get the grades you hoped for, we’ll also look at more than your qualifications. Things like your work experience, other achievements and your personal statement.

We'll accept T Levels for entry onto our undergraduate degree courses (including our extended courses with a foundation year) with the standard application of science requirements and GCSEs in line with UCAS tariff calculation.

Our entry requirements page outlines how we make offers.

Portfolio

Entry onto this course requires a review of your portfolio. For more information please see the Portfolio tab.

If you have a qualification such as a foundation degree or HND or have gained credit at another university, you may be able to enter a Middlesex University course in year two or three. Find out how you can transfer courses.

If you have relevant qualifications or work experience, we may be able to count this towards your entry requirements.

Mature students (over 21)

We welcome applications from mature candidates, including those without formal qualifications, provided you can demonstrate relevant experience and ability.

Foundation year

If you don't meet the entry requirements, why not consider our 3D Design Foundation course to help you prepare for the full degree?

We welcome students from the UK and all over the world. Join students from over 122 countries and discover why so many international students call our campus home:

  • Quality teaching with top facilities plus flexible online learning
  • Welcoming north London campus that's only 30 minutes from central London
  • Work placements and networking with top London employers
  • Award-winning career support to get you where you want to go after university.

Qualifications

We accept a wide range of international qualifications. Find out more about the accepted qualifications on your country's support page. If you are unsure of the suitability of your qualifications or would like help with your application, please contact your nearest international office.

English language

You will need to meet our English language requirements. And, don’t worry If you don't meet our minimum English language requirements, as we offer a Pre-sessional English course.

Visas

To study with us in the UK, you might need a Student visa. Please check to see if this applies to you.

Please apply via UCAS using the UCAS code K120.

Need help with your application? Check out our undergraduate application page.

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Interviews

You won't be required to interview for this course. 

Fees and funding

Fees and Funding

The following fees are for the 2025/26 academic year:

UK students1

Full-time: £9,250

Part-time: £77 per taught credit

International students2

Full-time students: £16,600

Part-time students: £138 per taught credit

Additional costs

The following study tools are included in your fees:

  • Free access to resources, learning materials and software you need to succeed on your course
  • Free laptop loans for up to 24 hours
  • Free specialist software for your course
  • Free printing for academic paperwork
  • Free online training with LinkedIn Learning
  • Audio-visual equipment available for loan, including digital stills cameras, digital video recorders, digital audio recorders
  • Use of 3D workshops and materials required for module or project outcomes
  • Compulsory visits to museums and galleries

The following course-related costs are not included in the fees, and you may be required to purchase these to complete the course. The costs are approximate and may change due to changes in pricing at the retailer.

  • Your personal art materials and equipment
  • Printing at larger than A3 sizes, or on non-standard paper in the Reprographics area and binding – this may be subsidised or paid for if the output required is specified for the project/module
  • Additional, specialist materials for the 3D and advanced digital workshops for individual output
  • Optional field trips and visits. These are normally subsidised by the programme (generally and approximately up to 50% of the cost)

Scholarships and bursaries

To help make uni affordable, we do everything we can to support you including our:

  • MDX Excellence Scholarship offers grants of up to £2,000 per year for UK students
  • Regional or International Merit Awards which reward International students with up to £2,000 towards course fees
  • Our MDX Student Starter Kit to help with up to £1,000 of goods, including a new laptop or iPad.

Find out more about undergraduate funding and all of our scholarships and bursaries.

Fees disclaimers

1. UK fees: The university reserves the right to increase undergraduate tuition fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions. The tuition fees for part-time UK study are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.

2. International fees: Tuition fees are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.

Any annual increase in tuition fees as provided for above will be notified to students at the earliest opportunity in advance of the academic year to which any applicable inflationary rise may apply.

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