BDes Interior & Environmental Design
About this course
BDes (Hons) in Interior & Environmental Design, a design degree focused on spatial environments, adaptive reuse, and human interaction within built settings. Core topics include Engineering Design, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Human Behaviour, and Design & Creative Practice. Students can optionally undertake a foundation year or study abroad for a year. The first year covers foundational techniques through compulsory modules such as Ways of Drawing, Thinking through Making, Connecting Colour & Symbol, Future Disciplines, and Beyond the Studio. Year 2 advances into global contexts and spatial interaction with Change by Design, Interiors & Interactions, The 21st Century Designer, and Design for Social Environments. Year 3 deepens studio practice through Interior Futures, Shape Your Future, Alternative Futures Part 1, and Design for Narrative Environments, alongside optional modules covering topics such as Art, Science and Visual Thinking, Principles of Visual Effects, Comic Art & Graphic Novels, and AI in Creative Practices. The final year culminates in advanced professional study through Interior Spatial Practice and Alternative Futures Part 2.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC (Recommended subject: a literate or art & design subject) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBB (Recommended subject: a literate or art & design subject at Higher).
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What students say
Based on about 94 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 92%
- Assessment and feedback: 93%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 84%
- Learning resources: 95%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 91%
- Gained a higher qualification: 1%
- Left higher education: 7%
What graduates do next
Based on about 33 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 86%
- Working and studying: 8%
- Further study: 2%
Most common jobs
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals: 13%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 13%
- Design occupations: 13%
- Skilled trades occupations: 9%
- Sales occupations: 8%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 200 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 9%
- South East: 1%
- South West: 1%
- Scotland: 85%
- Northern Ireland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 70 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 46%
- Other HE qualification: 54%
Modules
- Ways of Drawing
- Thinking through Making
- Connecting Colour & Symbol
- Future Disciplines
- Beyond the Studio
- Change by Design
- Interiors & Interactions
- The 21st Century Designer
- Design for Social Environments
- Interior Futures
- Shape Your Future
- Alternative Futures Part 1
- Design for Narrative Environments
- Art, Science and Visual Thinking
- The Contemporary Portrait
- Print and Printability
- The Undiscovered Landscape
- Principles of Visual Effects
- Comic Art & Graphic Novels
- Critical Making: Materials & Fabrication
- Thinking Photography
- Contemporary Painting
- Communication in Moving Image
- Design for Living: The Domestic Object
- AI in Creative Practices
- Interior Spatial Practice
- Alternative Futures Part 2
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BDes Interior & Environmental Design at University of Dundee earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months, £20,500 after 3 years, £26,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,500 and £32,500. The £26,500 median after five years is £500 more than the UK median for Design studies.
What do graduates of BDes Interior & Environmental Design at University of Dundee do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BDes Interior & Environmental Design at University of Dundee?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BDes Interior & Environmental Design at University of Dundee?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 173 UCAS points.
Does BDes Interior & Environmental Design at University of Dundee include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BDes Interior & Environmental Design at University of Dundee?
91% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.