Key information
This postgraduate masters programme provides those with a background in art, design and architecture with the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge to address interior architecture and design problems in an innovative, sustainable and socially conscious manner.
- Level
- Postgraduate Taught
- Delivery type
- Full Time, Part Time
- Degree qualification
- Postgraduate MA
- Mode of delivery
- On-Campus
- Duration
- 1 year
- Location
- Scottish Borders
- Start date
- September, January
Our MA Interior Architecture and Design is designed for those with art, design, and architectural backgrounds. The postgraduate master’s programme provides you with a creative blend of practical skills, research, and technology to develop designs that offer tangible solutions to current socio-economic issues and sustainability.
You’ll study Interior Architecture and Design through a range of studio projects, specialist subjects and cross-disciplinary theoretical courses and will give you the chance to develop your own project and concepts that test and challenge the perceived norms. You’ll gain the knowledge and skills to understand and explore interior architecture and design from a creative, theoretical, and practical perspective with emphasis on innovation, technology, and commercial relevance.
MA Interior Architecture and Design will allow you to understand the concepts, principles and theories of specialist design issues to help meet your individual professional aspirations. You’ll develop the practical expertise and apply intellectual awareness to address interior architecture and design issues, problems and scenarios in an innovative, sustainable and socially conscious manner.
The programme offers specialised courses in interior architecture tectonics, tools and technology; design thinking and innovation; sustainable design and management; interior architecture communities, engagement and practice; and research methodologies. You’ll apply your learned skills, techniques, and knowledge to undertake your final project and fine-tune your expertise within the industry.
Upon completion of the programme, you’ll be able to effectively approach and explore interior architecture and design and communicate ideas critically and effectively to a wide range of individuals and organisations, through professional visual, written, and verbal communication.
Your student experience
Your learning will be informed by our Fashion and Textiles faculty and staff, whose work covers many key areas including:
- Smart Nanotextiles – Nanofibres and Nanoyarns
- Fashion Technology
- Fashion Sustainability
- Design Innovation
- Printed Textile Design
- Medical Compression Design
- Textile and Apparel Supply Chain Management
- Brand Management and Marketing
- Garment Making and Pattern Cutting
Go Global
With Go Global, Heriot-Watt's global student programme, you can carry your studies to new places and experience new cultures, expanding your horizons on the way. You'll discover what it means to be a true global citizen and emerge prepared for wherever your career journey will take you.
Inter-Campus Transfer: Dubai
Course content
September Intake
Mandatory September
- Interior Architecture Tectonics, Tools and Technology
- Design Thinking and Innovation
- Sustainable Design & Management
Mandatory January
- Interior Architecture, Communities, Engagement, and Practice
- Research Methodologies
Optional January
- Design Technologies
- Business Enterprise
Mandatory May
- Final Project
January Intake
Mandatory January
- Interior Architecture, Communities, Engagement, and Practice
- Research Methodologies
Mandatory September
- Interior Architecture Tectonics, Tools and Technology
- Design Thinking and Innovation
- Sustainable Design & Management
Optional January
- Design Technologies
- Business Enterprise
Mandatory May
- Final Project
Fees and funding
| Status | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| UK | £10,528 | £5,264 |
| International | £19,816 | £9,908 |
- Status: Your residency status is usually defined as the country where you have been ordinarily resident for the three years before the start of your course.
- International: 'International' includes applicants from European Union countries who do not hold Pre-Settled or Settled status in UK. (This does not include students from the Republic of Ireland - see above).
Scholarships and bursaries
Postgraduate scholarships and bursaries
We aim to encourage well-qualified, ambitious students to study with us and we offer a wide variety of scholarships and bursaries to achieve this. Over £6 million worth of opportunities are available in fee and stipend scholarships, and more than 400 students benefit from this support.
Entry requirements
We have standard entry requirements for all of our courses that you will have to meet.
A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree or non-UK equivalent in interior design or architecture. Engineering degrees may also be considered.
You should include a portfolio demonstrating your skills in Auto Computer Aided Design and creativity of interiors, floor plans and elevations as part of your application.
In addition, extensive work or project experience in a related company role will be taken into consideration, please include your CV as part of your application.
Why Heriot-Watt
We're the top university in Scotland for graduate outcomes which means that more of our graduates are employed or in postgraduate education than any other institution in the country and we ranked 5th in the UK.
We're also rated number one in the UK for CEO or MD roles, meaning more of our graduates go on to become CEOs or MDs than any other university in the whole of the UK. On top of that, we have beautiful campuses, across the globe, so you'll get a truly international education. Our Edinburgh Campus is home to Oriam, Scotland's National Sports Performance Centre combined with plenty of wellbeing resources, prioritising fitness and mental health for all students. Our Global Research Institutes look at solving real world issues such as climate change and saving our oceans as well as working on the next medical technological breakthrough and the future of AI and robots.
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