Interior Design BA(Hons)

Why study BA(Hons) Interior Design at University College Falmouth?

BA(Hons) Interior Design course leaflet (1.16 MB)

The interior design industry has exploded in size and prominence in recent years, providing plenty of opportunities for talented graduates. At Falmouth, we provide the inspiration and encouragement to find your own personal approach to interior design.

From exploring the fundamentals of materials and structure to planning and creating exciting interior spaces, you'll cover every aspect of interior design - with a vital focus on professional practice. Taught alongside our well-regarded Spatial Design and Garden Design degrees, you'll benefit from working with staff who are experienced architects, landscape architects and interior designers, as well as having access to current technology in our impressive Design Centre.

University College Falmouth is working closely with the Design Council on Design of the Times (DOTT) Cornwall; a programme where professional designers work. with stakeholders and communities to tackle social, economic and environmental issues from the bottom up.

Our students and graduates get the chance to work alongside senior design professionals on DOTT projects as part of internships and work placements.

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If you're interested in working as a designer, design consultant, in branding and communication, design management, or even as a design writer, Interior Design at Falmouth will give you the knowledge, industry experience, support and inspiration to fulfil your potential.

You'll learn about the construction and detailing of space, and how to communicate your designs to professional standards through traditional and digital presentation techniques. Lectures and seminars in social, historical and theoretical design will also equip you with a full understanding of how interior design has developed over recent decades, and how your work can feed from, and into, that.

At Falmouth you'll experiment creatively with materials, production processes, and both traditional and new technologies in our high-specification Design Centre, which boasts the latest tools for designing, prototyping and making. Our well-equipped workshops include an industry-standard milling machine and rapid prototyping equipment to create high precision work. There's also a laser cutter and precision casting equipment.

Working on live projects throughout, you'll design for a range of commercial users including hospitality, retail, public, marine and leisure. You'll learn how professional interior design interacts with other disciplines as part of a project's design team and develop valuable project management skills. Interior Design students regularly stage exhibitions to showcase work engaging with topical issues from the spaces and places within Cornwall's towns and landscape. Our students have also produced a variety of inventive ideas for redesigning the interior and exterior of the Royal Cornwall Museum.

"To succeed, you need a sound grasp of the principles and practicalities of interior design, combined with the flair and imagination to set you apart from the rest. That's what Falmouth nurtures." Helen Blake, Director, Absolute Design

Facilities

Our impressive Design Centre and workshops include:

• Rapid prototyping equipment
• Industry-standard milling machine
• Laser cutter
• Precision casting equipment

Course outline

Level 1

• Space & User
• Design Foundation
• Place & Practice
• Design Connections

Level 2

• Design Identity
• Professional Identity
• Experimentation & Production
• Critical Theory & Practice

Level 3

• Personal Exploratory Research Project
• Dissertation Project
• Comprehensive Design Project

Answers and advice about the course

If you have any queries about the course please visit our HelpMe Forum

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Open Design: UCF for design tutors

Friday 12 November 2010

At our first Open Design event in February, Heads of Department and Pathway Leaders from Foundation level courses around the UK spent the day with design staff and students at University College Falmouth, learning more about our facilities and courses.

Click here for more information and to register for the next Open Design event

Career opportunities

We anticipate that our interior design degree graduates will go on to work as part of design teams, as freelance designers or establish their own studios. However, to work in the interior design industry you have to be flexible. The broad range of skills we will teach you will enable you to adapt to the fluid and volatile world of interior design. That means many of our graduates will go on to work in:

• In-house designer
• Freelance designer
• Design management
• Branding and communications
• Design writer
• Postgraduate study

Course entry requirements

Foundation Diploma; or National Diploma, 14-19 Specialist Diploma or other appropriate level 3 qualifications/experience.

For further information about BA(Hons) Interior Design at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 213730.

Interview dates and selection process

Interviews will commence in February.

Interviews will include a half day group session and an individual interview. Applicants will be expected to bring a portfolio of recent work, mounted on card, plus sketchbooks, note-books and a sample essay.

Location: Tremough Campus

Related courses

• Garden Design BA(Hons)
• Spatial Design BA(Hons)
• Design MAs