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MA in Interior, Architectural & Spatial Design

The University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) ยท Old College SouthBridge Edinburgh EH8 9YL

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The University of Edinburgh is a public research university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. The university played an important role in Edinburgh becoming a chief intellectual center during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the "Athens of the North".

The university is a member of several associations of research-intensive universities, including the Coimbra Group, League of European Research Universities, Russell Group, Una Europa, and Universitas 21. In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2020, it had a total income of £1,112.5 million, of which £296.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with the third-largest endowment in the UK, behind only Cambridge and Oxford. The university has five main campuses in the city of Edinburgh, which include many buildings of historical and architectural significance such as those in the Old Town.

Edinburgh receives over 60,000 undergraduate applications per year, making it the second-most popular university in the UK by volume of applications. It is the eighth-largest university in the UK by enrolment, with 35,375 students in 2019/20. Edinburgh had the seventh-highest average UCAS points amongst British universities for new entrants in 2019. The university continues to have links to the British royal family, having had Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as its Chancellor from 1953 to 2010 and Anne, Princess Royal since March 2011.

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Institute

Edinburgh College of Art

Degree

MA

Duration

1 year

STEM Designated

Yes

Program

Interior, Architectural & Spatial Design

Expense

Living Expenses

GBP 11000

Tuition Fee (Domestic)

GBP 13700

Tuition Fee (International)

GBP 33200

Eligibility

Minimum/ Avg Score

IELTS

7

TOEFL

100

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Deadlines:

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Intake Deadline 1

29 Jun, 2026

(September-2026)

Document Required:

  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)

    Common Document

    A curriculum vitae (CV) detailing your relevant professional experience, including email addresses of your previous employers

  • Degree Certificate

    Common Document

    Provide copies of your degree certificates and transcripts of your academic record to support your application.

  • Degree Transcript

    Common Document

    A transcript of your degree certificate, or an interim transcript if you are yet to graduate, which provides details of degree examinations passed and the marks and grades awarded

  • Personal Statement

    University Specific

    Your personal statement should include why you want to study at ECA and what you feel you would contribute to the programme. Selection will be made on a variety of key criteria: engagement with existing buildings: how does your work demonstrate an understanding of and engagement with the opportunities of a specific building or site? research: what has generated your design ideas and what methods did you use to support this? conceptual ambition: what are the big ideas driving your work? How are you questioning current design thinking? development: how have you developed those ideas in your project work through the iterative design process? resolution: how have projects been resolved and communicated? awareness: what do you consider interior, architectural and spatial design to be, and where does your work sit within the discipline? evidence of exploring interior, architectural and spatial design through a number of media including hand sketching, model making, 3D visualisations.

  • Portfolio

    University Specific

    You must submit a portfolio as part of your application. You won't be able to submit your portfolio immediately, but you'll receive an email prompt within a few days of submitting your application that will explain how to upload your portfolio. You must submit a portfolio as part of your application. Your portfolio should include: completed interior, architectural, spatial or landscape projects undertaken individually or as part of a group (please note that you should state your involvement in the group projects) evidence of hand drawing, sketching, model making, orthographic drawing and rendered visuals engagement with materials and detailing work demonstrating a range of research methods and lines of enquiry development work, demonstrating the iterative design process, as well as finished projects. As part of your portfolio submission, you should include a personal video, no more than 2 minutes long, talking about your best piece of work.

  • Test Score Report

    Common Document

    TOEFL/IELTS

  • Letter of Recommendation (LOR)

    University Specific

    You do not need to provide a reference when you submit your application for this programme. There may be certain circumstances when a reference will be required, for example if we need to verify work experience. If that is the case, we will contact you after we have reviewed your application to request a reference.

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