Retail Design BA (Hons) Online at De Montfort University

Programme overview

An online BA (Hons) in retail design awarded by De Montfort University and delivered by the National Design Academy. It shares core modules with the BA (Hons) Interior Design and adds specialist retail modules, with a final retail design project for the student's portfolio.

Department: National Design Academy (online partner provider; awarded by De Montfort University) | Duration: 3 years flexible online | Intake: Flexible start | Study mode: online | Location: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Eleven modules including Research and Contextualisation, Space Planning, The Customer Experience, Branding, Visual Communication and Merchandising, Sustainable Design and Technology, Professional Practice and a Major Design Project, with a final-year choice between exhibition design and retail space in a wider context.

Career pathways

Work as a freelance designer in retail or exhibitions, in a retail or exhibition design practice, in a retail development company, or as a retail specialist within an architectural practice.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants should hold at least one of: Professional Diploma with the National Design Academy in any subject; Level 3 Diploma, City and Guilds, NVQ, BTEC or HNC in a design subject or equivalent; A level in art and/or design or equivalent; art and design foundation year; portfolio of previous interior design experience; International Baccalaureate art and design equivalent; high school diploma containing art and design with a portfolio; or an international equivalent. English: IELTS average 6.5 or TOEFL 550 usually required, with individual consideration.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,495 a year. Per year; one payment on enrolment, or 10 monthly payments of GBP 575 (GBP 5,750 in total). Fee subject to change after 1 August each year. Source

International applicants: GBP 7,650 a year. Stated in USD per year Source

Intake: Flexible start

Duration: 3 years flexible online

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