Overview

Design for Interactive Experience from Edinburgh Napier University attracts applicants with backgrounds in design, visual arts, computing, and engineering.

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In this innovative course, you will learn applied and theoretical approaches for designing interactivity for everyday experience.
Drawing from a range of disciplines including user experience, interactive art and interaction design you will learn an approach to designing across and between the physical and digital.
In this way you will establish how you can develop new means for interacting with information, creative outputs, and brands, contributing to our modern experience driven economy.
This course is constructed from core modules that will give you the skills and knowledge to design for creative experiences.

This course takes a human centred design approach to incorporating technology into everyday experience in a meaningful way. Our graduates learn a critical approach to designing with technology. We explore how and why interaction can contribute to an engaging and satisfying experience and use experience design as a method to critique and respond to current issues
This course is led by staff from Edinburgh Napier University’s Design Photography and Advertising group. Our permanent staff are actively involved in cutting edge research in the fields they teach, contributing to conferences, journals and books as well as gallery exhibitions and products for visitor experiences. Module teaching is augmented through contributions from professionals working in the field.

Your future career:

As well as using their entrepreneurial skills to develop their own career paths, graduates from this programme can expect to find work in:

Exhibition, museum, and interpretation design

Interaction Design

Service Design

User Experience

Immersive and Interactive Art

Design for mixed reality.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Design for Heritage and Culture
Light Art & Projection
Art Direction
Research Portfolio for Creative Practice
Research and Entrepreneurship Projects
Sketching in Hardware & Software

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-08 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 or above in any discipline.

We may also consider lesser qualifications if you have sufficient professional work experience within the industry.
This course has academic entry requirements which are assessed alongside relevant work experience.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

19750 GBP / year

≈ 19750 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

7650 GBP / year

≈ 7650 GBP / year

Additional Details

Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland £7,650
Overseas and EU £19,750

Living costs

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

725 - 1167 GBP / month

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Funding

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