Interior & Environmental Design BDes (Hons)
University of Dundee
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Bachelor of Design (with Honours) - BDes (Hon)

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SEP-25

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Duration

4 Years

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

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Learn to develop adaptive reuse strategies for architectural spaces and urban settings. Apply co-design and service design research methods to a range of critically informed spatial contexts, experimental objects and installations. Develop your spatial imagination, working at varying scales, contexts, and sites to develop your drawing, digital, making, and theoretical understanding. This will support your position as an interior designer.You will have the opportunity to work on industry ...Read more

Learn to develop adaptive reuse strategies for architectural spaces and urban settings. Apply co-design and service design research methods to a range of critically informed spatial contexts, experimental objects and installations. Develop your spatial imagination, working at varying scales, contexts, and sites to develop your drawing, digital, making, and theoretical understanding. This will support your position as an interior designer.You will have the opportunity to work on industry workshops and competitions and collaborate with international schools to explore local and global issues across a range of projects.As members of the GIDE Group for International Design Education - a network of eight nations - you will collaborate on shared projects and self-funded workshops in an EU city. You will have access to the Interior Educators network and have opportunities to gain industry advice and participate in optional, self-funded graduate events in London in Level 4.

Key stats

Art & Design
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
13th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
51st
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 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
95%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Design Studies graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Design Studies graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
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Alia
01 Mar 23

This is the place where students will feel great as the staff where it is administrative or academic, all are very supportive and friendly. They helped me a lot to adjust and go..Read more

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Sonmohita
18 Jan 23

.awesome..Read more

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

CCC - BCC Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

BBBC - ABBB Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

30 Grades / Points required

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

H3,H3,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

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

DMM Grades / Points required

Scottish HNC:

Pass Grades / Points required

Scottish HND:

Pass Grades / Points required

Literate or Art and Design Subject recommended

literate or Art and Design subject recommended

30 points overall with 5,5,4 at Higher Level. Literate or Art and Design Subject recommended

Literate or Art and Design Subject recommended

A relevant BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma with DDM

A relevant HNC with B in the Graded Unit

A relevant HND with BB in the Graded Units

Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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Students from England

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£1,820 per year

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Students from Scotland

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Wales

This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Northern Ireland

This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Channel Islands

This is the fee you pay if you live within Channel Islands. Please note, this is subject to change.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Channel Islands. Please note, this is subject to change.

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Uni info

University of Dundee
Nethergate Dundee Dundee, City Of DD1 4HN United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Dundee  0.2 miles away

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