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Interior Architecture and Design MA

University of Portsmouth

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    University of Portsmouth

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP-24, JAN-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

Overview

If you're passionate about interiors and the built environment, and you want to explore making with analogue and digital methods, this Master’s could be for you.

This course focuses on the interior and developing an understanding of the built environment through sensory and affective engagement.

You’ll study in an interdisciplinary environment with our other architecture courses as you learn to understand your strengths and disciplinary skills in the wider design environment. You'll be encouraged to engage with interior spaces through creative practice, experimentation, material engagement, and tangible and intangible matters, and learn to use advanced technologies and tools such as 3D printers and augmented and virtual reality in our Centre for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality (CCIXR), the UK’s first integrated facility to support innovation in virtual, augmented and extended realities.

On this course you'll explore the everyday lives of communities and their role in the environment, culture, economy, the political, and the aesthetic. You'll discover practices of care, and consider carefulness and communication as you engage with climate change by looking at city scale infrastructures among other things. You'll explore everyday detail and the relationship between our lived experience and the structures that impact how we live. You'll also explore strategies for reusing of buildings and work with local communities in socially engaged projects.

During the degree you’ll choose and develop your MA thesis by using a personal research project and building a personal manifesto. You’ll explore your individual design practice and career trajectory in a self-reflective manifesto, which you’ll develop using an online blog and by working with peers.

Course highlights

Build your professional network by meeting practising designers and architects, industry-experienced lecturers, and your peers
Work with groups including Portsea community and St Luke’s Church
Benefit from the School of Architecture’s strong links with regional and national architectural and design practices
Work at places such as Wymering Manor to engage with adaptive reuse strategies and community engagement
Hear from industry experts including lecturers and guest speakers
Exhibit at shows including our interim show, end of year show and the Interior Educators Exhibition
Have the opportunity to go on visits to European cities, like Venice, or to join in with school visits taking place within the School of Architecture

Careers and opportunities

Careers this Master's prepares you for

During this course you’ll guide and develop your own studies, reflect on your design practice to date, and explore where you would like to go in the future and how you would like to work. You’ll build your portfolio by taking part in competitions and working with others in the School of Architecture.

By engaging with live projects and networking with practicing designers/architects, you’ll build your professional experience and network. You’ll learn to work collaboratively, engage in interdisciplinary projects, and to build your team working skills. You’ll develop your critical thinking and perspective, which gives you an edge over others with undergraduate portfolios.

You’ll take part in an interim show in June, and the School of Architecture end of year show, where you’ll exhibit your work and network with prospective employers. You may also exhibit at the Interior Educators Exhibition in July.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 17,200per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth

  • University League Table

    47th

  • Campus address

    University of Portsmouth, University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2UP, England

Over 5,700 of the university's 24,000 students come from 150 countries around the world.
The University of Portsmouth Global team is dedicated to supporting international students from enquiry, through application and arrival, to graduation.
Brand new sports facilities at the Ravelin sports centre, including an 8-lane swimming pool, 175-station gym, climbing wall and ski simulator.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    33rd out of 84 15

  • Entry standards

    / Max 222
    135 57%

    35th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    65.0 65%

    24th

    10
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    4.15 83%

    14th

    13

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