MA Interiors
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 22,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The subject of Interiors is a dynamic and nimble discipline which moves between the fields of Architecture and Design, creating diverse responses that have a strong desire to improve the lives of those who interact with existing buildings and interior space.
You will investigate and interpret interior space, inside and outside of the traditional architectural envelope, considering adaptive reuse, human occupation, spatial experience and social innovation as potential catalysts for design propositions.
Features and benefits
- Specialist workshops in Manchester School of Art - including wood, metal, textiles and glass - provide students with opportunities to explore materiality, fabrication and realisation of ideas.
- Studio teaching is underpinned by design research methodologies and engagement with industry.
- This course has a strong affiliation with Design Cluster MA’s. Students engage in shared design ‘Options’ unit with all postgraduate design students, which offers cross-faculty learning opportunities.
Admissions
Curriculum
Core modules
- Design Thinking -This module introduces an applied understanding of how design can be used as an iterative process for creative problem-solving. It will enable you to understand how to apply design thinking processes to your specialist area through understanding users, challenging assumptions, redefining problems and creating innovative solutions to prototype and test.
- Design Studio 1 - This module introduces students to set contexts in which to conduct in-depth research and scoping to enable self-initiated personal positioning within the fields of Interior Design or Interior Architecture. Intellectual curiosity and conceptual risk-taking are encouraged in the fostering of thought-provoking interiors.
- Design Studio 2 - Building upon the research, scoping and positioning of work undertaken in Design Studio 1, with specific emphasis on developing the Interior in detail. Students will undertake creative exploration and experimentation using appropriate methods such as visual representation, material investigation and prototyping at a variety of scales, as appropriate to their chosen area of specialism.
- Design Studio 3 - This module sees the culmination of work undertaken in Design Studio 1 and Design Studio 2 as the resolution of a substantial body of Interior Design or Interior Architecture work, typically known as the Major Design Project.
- Art & Design: Culture & Context (MA:X) - This module offers focussed opportunity for students to extend and enhance their practice by including working in a wider design research community.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Career prospects
We cultivate highly motivated, independent and creative thinkers who can transfer their skills into the creative marketplace, as entrepreneurial innovators, freelance practitioners and innovative team players. Past graduates predominantly achieve graduate-level positions or practise as sole traders, design studio artists, exhibiting artists, museum curators, archivists, researchers, academics, community practitioners, specialist technicians and filmmakers at national and international levels.
Program delivery
Study
- Full-time 35% lectures, seminars or similar; 0% placement; 65% independent study
- Part-time 35% lectures, seminars or similar; 0% placement; 65% independent study
Assessment
- Full-time 100% coursework; 0% practical; 0% examination
- Part-time 100% coursework; 0% practical; 0% examination