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University of Kent

UCAS Code: W250 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements

A level

B,B,C-B,C,D

Including Art & Design or related Subject

Access to HE Diploma

D:18,M:24

The University will not necessarily make conditional offers to all Access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If we make you an offer, you will need to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

28-24

28 points in the IB Diploma or 112 UCAS Tariff points, including Design Technology or Visual Arts at HL 5.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM-MMM

in Art & Design or related Subject

Scottish Higher qualifications are considered on an individual basis.

T Level

M-Pass (C and above)


Art & Design or related subject.

UCAS Tariff

96-112

About this course

Course option

3years

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Interior design and architecture

**Spatial and Interior Design**

Spatial and interior design is an expanding field that offers rewarding and exciting careers for innovative creatives who have the skills to transform the spaces we live, work and socialise in.

You'll study all aspects of spatial and interior design, working in design studio spaces to develop your own style. You'll learn how to thrive in the digital age, developing a responsive practice and gaining experience in 2D, 3D and 4D - with moving images. You'll develop your own style, discovering which creative and practical areas you want to specialise in. You'll graduate with an extensive portfolio that not only showcases your creative, technical and problem-solving skills, but one that makes employers sit up and take notice.

Whether your future lies in working in the fixed spaces of retail and urban environments, designing temporary structures for festivals, or using your imagination to transform existing spaces for advertising and marketing campaigns, at Kent you'll gain the skills you need to realise your ambitions.

**Your future**

As a Spatial and Interior Design student at Kent, you’ll be part of an inclusive and supportive creative studio culture, working alongside your peers, industry professionals and academics, building your future network. Our studio mirrors the industry environment you’ll work in, easing your transition from student to professional.

Spatial and interior design is a rapidly growing field and a field of growing importance in all industries. The ability to conceptualise and reimagine spaces, vital to interior design, is also key in related careers such as experience and events management. You could be working in a gallery or contributing to an Olympic opening ceremony, whatever your ambitions, this course gives you the skills to build a career in an exciting field where ideas take shape.

Our Spatial and Interior Design programme is the first step to wherever you want to go.

Our Careers and Employability team offer a comprehensive programme of workshops, alumni talks and careers events to help you succeed when you graduate.

**Location**

Our city, your time.
It has never been a better time to study in Canterbury. Our high student population creates a vibrant, diverse and student-friendly atmosphere.
We are a hub of exciting new ideas emerging from a stunning historic city - join us and get involved!

Modules

The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations.

Stage 1:

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Design Perspectives;
Fundamentals and Visual Communication;
Responsive Design;
Digital Experimentation;
Sustainable Design;
Time Based Media and Representation.

Stage 2:

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Adaptive Design;
Critical History;
Design Intervention: Research and Exploration;
Building Technology, Light and Material;
Design Intervention: Design Implication;
Career Paths.

Stage 3:

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

The Big Project (Research);
Interior Futures: Immersive Technologies;
The Big Project (Experimentation);
Thesis Research;
The Big Project (Capstone);
Dissertation.

Extra funding

Kent offers generous financial support schemes to assist eligible undergraduate students during their studies. See our funding page for more details - https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/fees-and-funding

The Uni

Course location:

Canterbury campus

Department:

Kent School of Architecture and Planning

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What students say

We've crunched the numbers to see if the overall teaching satisfaction score here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

79%
Interior design and architecture

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Design studies

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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

88%
UK students
12%
International students
48%
Male students
52%
Female students
85%
2:1 or above
10%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
B
A

After graduation

The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Design studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
low
Average annual salary
75%
low
Employed or in further education
55%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

41%
Information technology and telecommunications professionals
10%
Design occupations
10%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Design studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£17k

£17k

£23k

£23k

£25k

£25k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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