Interior and Spatial Design BDes (Hons)
Edinburgh Napier University
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Bachelor of Design (with Honours) - BDes (Hon)

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Location

Merchiston Campus

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Full Time

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Start date

SEP-25

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Duration

4 Years

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Bachelor of Design (with Honours) - BDes (Hon)

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Merchiston Campus

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Full Time

Start date

SEP-25

Duration

4 Years

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Art & Design
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Underpinned by a studio culture designed to foster collaboration and peer learning, this course offers you the opportunity to undertake live projects with clients such as the National Museum of Scotland, engage with internationally recognised practices for work placements, go on international exchange with partner institutions in countries including Australia, Canada and China, and to immerse yourself in study trips to leading centers of design such as Berlin, Copenhagen and Lisbon.This ...Read more

Underpinned by a studio culture designed to foster collaboration and peer learning, this course offers you the opportunity to undertake live projects with clients such as the National Museum of Scotland, engage with internationally recognised practices for work placements, go on international exchange with partner institutions in countries including Australia, Canada and China, and to immerse yourself in study trips to leading centers of design such as Berlin, Copenhagen and Lisbon.This experience is backed up by a considerable track record of success, including Best Presentation at the Interior Educators National Student Design Awards, the StarPack Student Design Awards, and Gold in the Creative Conscience Awards.BDes (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design programme also provides opportunities for international study, exchange and work-based learning.

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WUSCA ranking:
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75/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
33rd
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
86th
Design Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 85 = 15% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
15%
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91%
What students say
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Gabriele
07 Dec 22

The best part has unique workshops to work in, the worst part is that studios are cold and poorly equipped for design studies. Napier has recruited some incredible lecturers from..Read more

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lucy
14 Nov 22

it’s a nice welcoming place, big, lots of place to do work and study staff are friendly lots of variation in places to study..Read more

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

CCC Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

BBBC Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:6,M:39 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

27 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H2,H3,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

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

DD Grades / Points required

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

MMM Grades / Points required

T Level:

P Grades / Points required

Preferably including one of Art and Design/Design and Technology: (Product Design)

Preferably including one of Art and Design/Design and Manufacture/Daydream Believers Level 6 Creative ThinkingIf you are eligible for an adjusted offer under our Contextual Admissions Policy, please see the ‘Minimum Qualification Requirements’ below.

Pass Access to HE Diploma in a related subject with 45 credits overall with minimum 39 Credits at Merit & 6 Distinction including preferably one of Art, Product Design, Design, Technology at Level 3.

27 points overall with 6,5,4 in HL subjects including preferably Visual Arts or Design Technology.

H2, H3, H3, H3 at HL including preferably Art

Minimum grades DD (Distinction, Distinction) in a preferably related subject. Related subjects include - Art and Design/Art and Design Practice/Creative Media Practice/Creative Media Production/Creative Digital Media Production. Others may be considered, please enquire with our admissions team.

Minimum grades MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a preferably related subject. Related subjects include - Art and Design/Art and Design Practice/Creative Media Practice/Creative Media Production/Creative Digital Media Production. Others may be considered, please enquire with our admissions team.

T Level should preferably be completed in a Creative/Design subject. Please contact ugadmissions@napier.ac.uk to check if you meet the subject specific requirements.

Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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£1,820 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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Gabriele
07 Dec 22
Interior and Spatial Design BDes (Hons)
The best part has unique workshops to work in, the worst part is that studios are cold and poorly equipped for design studies. Napier has recruited some incredible lecturers from...
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L
lucy
14 Nov 22
Interior and Spatial Design BDes (Hons)
it’s a nice welcoming place, big, lots of place to do work and study staff are friendly lots of variation in places to study...
Read more
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Edinburgh Napier University
10 Colinton Road Edinburgh Scotland EH10 5DT United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Edinburgh Haymarket  0.5 miles away
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