Interior Design

Interior design is the discipline concerned with the spatial, aesthetic, and functional qualities of the built environment from the inside. It encompasses the design of domestic, commercial, civic, experiential, and temporary spaces, and it requires a designer who can think simultaneously about how people will move through and use a space, how light, material, and form create atmosphere, and how the design serves the practical and emotional needs of the people who inhabit it. Interior design is both creative art and applied profession, and it draws on architecture, visual art, psychology, and the social sciences.

The four-year full-time Interior Design programme at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen combines diverse perspectives into an innovative curriculum that develops critical, creative, and compassionate skills for designing across the full range of interior contexts. Studio-based learning is at the heart of the programme, with collaborative projects and real-world case studies empowering you to experiment with various media, methods, and approaches to interior design. You will develop technical skills in drawing, CAD, model-making, and digital visualisation alongside the conceptual and analytical thinking needed to develop a coherent design rationale and communicate your ideas persuasively to clients and collaborators.

The programme develops your understanding of design history and theory, materials and finishes, lighting design, sustainability, and the regulatory frameworks within which interior designers practice.

With a typical entry tariff of 136 points, the programme attracts students who combine visual creativity with intellectual curiosity. Graduates from interior design programmes work as interior designers, spatial designers, set designers, and design consultants for residential, commercial, hospitality, and retail clients, as well as in exhibition and experiential design. Many also pursue postgraduate study in interior design, architecture, or spatial practice.