Interior Architecture & Design BA Farnham

You may opt to apply for the version of this course that includes an additional ‘Professional Practice Year’.

This means that, in year three, you'll take up a work placement with a subject-appropriate employer to further develop your skills and CV.

Please note: If you are an international applicant, you will need to enrol onto the course titled ‘Interior Architecture & Design BA (Hons) with Professional Practice Year’. It will not be possible to transfer onto the Professional Practice Year route after enrolment.

On this course, you'll have the opportunity to add a year of study at an overseas institution (either a higher education establishment or a workplace).

This optional year is designed to broaden your educational experience and deepen your understanding of cultural diversity, allowing you to study within a different cultural context and gain fresh perspectives.

Studying abroad can be a life-changing experience. Living in another country, you'll experience new places, people, cultures and possibilities. You'll develop sought-after employability skills such as independence, motivation and – depending on where you go – a working knowledge of another language. You will return to complete your degree with all the benefits of the international year experience.

To find out more about studying abroad as part of your course please see the Study Abroad section: Study abroad information

The International Year is not available to students enrolled onto the Professional Practice Year route.

Professional Practice and Portfolio
In a lecture series based on the Royal Institute of British Architects’ “Stages of Work”, you learn about the professional development of a design project. In lectures and tutorials, you'll explore how to create a portfolio of work, curriculum vitae and letter of application, and learn helpful interview techniques.

Contextual Studies 3
You’ll conceive, develop and construct portfolio of contextual research that's meaningful to you. This will inform, enhance and reflect upon your practice, critically engage with a range of contextual and theoretical frameworks, and support the positioning of your practice in relation to past, present and possible future work.

Final Major Project
The purpose of this unit is for you to produce a graduate major project from a self-initiated brief (within a given framework) that realises your individual potential. You'll be offered a selection of topics and sites of a high-level of architectural quality that help provide a stimulating design challenge.

Tuition fees
The course fees per year for 2021 entry are:

• UK students - £9,250 
• EU students - £9,250 (see fee discount information)
• International students - £16,950 (standard fee)
• International students - £16,270 (full early payment fee)

If you opt to study the Professional Practice Year, you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee for that year. This fee will be set by the government in their funding regulations. Based on current regulations, we expect this to be a maximum of 20% of the tuition fee rate that you will be charged for your second year of study. You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during your Professional Practice year. The University will provide you with further advice and guidance about this.

The course fees for 2022 entry will be available here shortly. 

Additional course costs
In addition to the tuition fees please see the additional course costs for 2021 entry. The details for 2022 entry will be available here in due course.

Further information
Find out more about our course fees and any financial support you may be entitled to:

• UK course fees
• International & EU course fees
• General additional costs for students

These fees are correct for the stated academic year only. Costs may increase each year during a student’s period of continued registration on course in line with inflation (subject to any maximum regulated tuition fee limit). Any adjustment for continuing students will be at or below the RPI-X forecast rate.

We’ve established a range of strong industry connections, and the companies that often employ our students complete work for household names, including:

• Aston Martin
• Jaguar
• Mercedes-Benz
• BBC
• Virgin
• AT&T
• The V&A
• Science Museum
• Imperial War Museum
• Karen Millen
• All Saints
• H&M
• Selfridges
• Harvey Nichols
• Hotel Chocolat
• Ritz-Carlton
• Four Seasons
• JW Marriot.

Recent guest lecturers have included:

• Sarah Page – founder, Sarah Page Studio
• Steve James-Royle – Founder, The Yard Creative
• Julie Glass, designer
• Lillie Cannings – designer, Modus
• William Warren – lecturer and founder of a furniture and product design consultancy
• Adrian Caddy – founder, Greenspace
• Siu-Lan Choi – creative director, Household
• Nina Eklund – design manager, Marks & Spencer
• Carl Turner – founding director, Carl Turner Architects
• Peter Higgins – creative director, Land Design Studio
• Jason Bruges – founder and creative director, Jason Bruges Studio
• Matthew Cripps – architectural and interior designer, Stedman Blower Architects.

Recent graduates have secured positions in a wide range of design areas such as retail leisure (restaurant, cafés, bars), exhibitions and events, offices and conferences, hotels and clubs, residential, cruise ships and transportation, film sets and computer animation.

Some of our alumni also go on to postgraduate study in design management, sustainable design or film set design.

The standard entry requirements* for this course are:

One of the following:

• 112 new UCAS tariff points, see accepted qualifications
• Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4)
• Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma
• Merit at UAL Extended Diploma
• 112 new UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject
• 27-30 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma with at least 15 IB points at Higher level, see more information about IB entry requirements.

And four GCSE passes at grade A*-C and/or grade 4-9 including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply.

*We occasionally make offers which are lower than the standard entry criteria, to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance and who were expected to achieve higher results. We consider the strength of our applicants’ portfolios, as well as their grades -  in these cases, a strong portfolio is especially important.

To view the equivalent entry requirements for your country please select it in the list below.

• Non-UK equivalent qualifications
• English language requirements

For this course, you’ll be required to submit an online portfolio via the UCA Applicant Portal. This should include work demonstrating your approach to art and design, sketching, photography, modelmaking, concept development, computer graphics, and 2D and 3D processes. Once you have applied, we'll send you further information on how to put your portfolio together and upload it. If you receive an offer, you’ll be invited to attend an Offer Holder Webinar, where you can meet the course team and learn more about the course.

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