Architecture & Interior Design
degrees at UCA

In 2024 The Guardian and The Times / Sunday Times ranked our architecture courses 5th and our interior design courses 8th in the UK for teaching quality.

If you see your future in architecture or interior design, our BA, BSc, MA and MArch courses are here to help you realise your vision.

Whether you want to become an architect, design homes or hotels, furniture or film sets, or design new spaces or products that enhance lives, we'll give you the skills, confidence and industry connections to kickstart a successful career.

You’ll learn from professionals who are working in your chosen industry, benefitting from our connections as you undertake exciting work placements, enter industry competitions and build valuable contacts, with added opportunities to go on study trips, visit fascinating exhibitions and even study abroad.

Throughout your studies, you'll have extensive technical resources at your fingertips. Our impressive facilities include a dedicated virtual reality studio with spatial tracking, 3D printers, 3D workshops and high-calibre software for design and animation. And you'll have the creative freedom to use all this to bring your individual ideas to life, developing your unique design voice without pressure to conform to a given 'house style'.

Undergraduate degrees in Architecture & Interior Design

Postgraduate degrees in Architecture & Interior Design

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Careers in
Architecture & Interior Design

After graduating from one of our degrees, you'll have the skills and contacts to launch your career in a range of areas in the industry, including:

  • Architect
  • Interior designer
  • Product designer
  • Furniture designer
  • Propmaker
  • Set designer
  • Retail and hospitality designer
  • Costumer designer
  • Robotics engineer
  • Experience designer
  • App developer
  • Gallery curation
  • Production and manufacturing
  • Sustainability
  • Design consultancy
Sophia Clunies-Ross

"We're very lucky with the facilities; I've had the opportunity to work with clay, wood, laser cutter, 3D printing... I really like the support network that is created by the university, and attending a specialist creative arts university means you're able to work with like-minded individuals."

Sophia Clunies-Ross BA (Hons) Interior Architecture & Design

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