Course summary

Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster. Whether you're looking to expand your knowledge and skills towards degree-level study, or want to change your subject specialism, we aim to encourage a broad range of students to undertake our Foundation year to progress onto full honours degree with us. Our Foundation year in Architecture and Design offers an introduction to the creative professions that shape the design of interiors, buildings and urban spaces. Through design projects you'll learn about the spatial, technical and cultural issues, and develop the grounding skills and creative practices necessary for further study. The first semester begins with an exploration of the design and inhabitation of urban space, followed by a materials and making project based in the Fabrication Laboratory, our outstanding Marylebone campus workshop facility. Running alongside these will be studio and field-based exercises to develop your drawing and creative skills. In the second semester, a project on the design of existing spaces will be followed by the development of a creative work driven by your own interests. Students from the Foundation will have the opportunity to exhibit in the School of Architecture and Cities summer exhibition. Your practical development will be accompanied by modules in both semesters on academic skills in writing and critical thinking. On successful completion of the Foundation year, you'll be able to move on to study for the Interior Architecture BA Honours degree over a further three years of study. Designing from the inside out, Interior Architecture is a distinct discipline, which, unlike traditional architecture, focuses on adapting existing buildings into innovative, functional, and inspiring interior environments that challenge how we live and move through the world. Regeneration is at the core of the course— through a forward-thinking approach, it explores a range of design scales—from the body to the room and the building—addressing climate change, social justice, and sustainability. Centred on employability, students speculate on trends and material potential and through community outreach and real-world scenarios, they develop designs that respond meaningfully to spatial and cultural contexts. Hands-on studio work and workshops blend physical making with digital expertise, encouraging experimentation and critical inquiry. Interdisciplinary in nature, the course spans interior, exhibition, set and lighting design, conservation, and retail, enabling graduates to build a specialised professional portfolio where technical expertise, cultural insights, and commercial acumen are seamlessly integrated, ready for careers in interiors, architecture-related fields and for the demands of modern practice. Join us to shape spaces, communities, and the future.