BA (Hons) Interaction Design at Kingston University

The Interaction Design BA (Hons) degree course at Kingston School of Art is the newest offering from our Illustration Animation department. Kingston University is ranked Top in London and Top 4 in the UK for Graphic Design (The Guardian University Guide 2026).

Faculty: Kingston School of Art  |  Department: Department of Illustration Animation  |  Duration: 3 years full time / 4 years full time including professional placement  |  Study mode: full-time (optional professional placement year)  |  Intake: 2027  |  Location: Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The BA (Hons) Interaction Design course takes you on a creative journey that starts with your own experiences, moves into the spaces and environments around you, and leads to the wider communities and networks that connect people. In your first year, you’ll explore how people sense, move, and communicate. What you’ll explore on the course - :. Year 1 - core modules: Practice: Sensing and Storytelling, Process: Thinking Through Making, Presentation: Consult...Create...Collaborate!, Communication Design History for Illustration Animation and Interaction Design. Year 2 - core modules: Practice: Instigation/Activation, Process: Make...Test...Prototype!, Presentation: Agency in Context, Critical Issues in Innovation Design: Research & Practice.

Career pathways

Students studying Interaction Design BA (Hons) can look forward to a broad range of professional opportunities and creative careers, with roles including: ; interaction designer ; exhibition designer ; experience designer ; production designer ; design researcher ; digital designer ; producer ; project manager ; art director ; creative director ; immersive storyteller ; illustrator ; animator ; graphic designer ; games designer ; artist ; performer ; educator ; community outreach facilitator

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