Advanced Professional Diploma in Interior Design

The aims of the programme are to develop:

1. Practical skills

• Visual communication skills – through drawing, making, or digital manipulation
• Visual appreciation skills
• Understanding and manipulation of materials and processes particular to Interior Design
  • Visual communication skills – through drawing, making, or digital manipulation
  • Visual appreciation skills
  • Understanding and manipulation of materials and processes particular to Interior Design

1. Intellectual skills

• Lateral thinking, conceptual thinking, analytical thinking, the ability to hold multiple and potentially contradictory possibilities in mind simultaneously
• Social, historical, cultural and political awareness
• Enhanced perception and observation skills – an inclusive approach to research
• The ability to generate ideas: creativity
  • Lateral thinking, conceptual thinking, analytical thinking, the ability to hold multiple and potentially contradictory possibilities in mind simultaneously
  • Social, historical, cultural and political awareness
  • Enhanced perception and observation skills – an inclusive approach to research
  • The ability to generate ideas: creativity

Learning activities:

Virtually all teaching takes place in a modern studio environment. Students are encouraged to direct their studies and tailor their skills to marry their creative and professional ambitions using seminars, presentations, tutorials and continual critique feedback.

Diploma to Degree — a pathway to university and further study

SQA Advanced Qualifications do not just qualify for career development they can also enable advanced entry into many undergraduate degree programmes in universities and Higher Education Institutions across the world.

Students can study at AAS College before progressing onto universities in their own country, region or abroad to complete a degree, entering directly into the third year. This option can be a cost-effective route to studying abroad and achieving a degree at an international Higher Education Institution.

We make this journey as smooth as possible through our Diploma to Degree programme. SQA has collaborated and set up articulation agreements with a number of highly regarded international institutions in countries such as the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand covering various progression models including online delivery.

These institutions recognise the SQA Advanced Diploma for advanced entry and provide students with a quality learning experience.

Important Information

• Duration: 24 months (2 years)
• Educational Form: taught
• Education Variants: full-time
• Language: English
• Intakes: 1 per academic year
• Deadline of application: 30 June 2025
• Classes Start Date: 6 October 2025
• Tuition Fees: 5,800.00€/year
• British Degree: Advanced Diploma
• Award Body: Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)

The course provides an excellent opportunity to support the international growing creative industries and construction sector economy and to provide potential applicants with dynamic and vocational study opportunity.

Many of the design skills that will acquire and develop are transferable and can lead graduates into a variety of employment fields. Career opportunities include working as an Interior Design consultant, in-house designer for a specialist retail shop-fitting contractor, Computer 3D visualizer, and corporate style consultant. In these jobs, the graduate’s role could take on many guises including Consultancy Business Design Partner or Creative Design team leader. The graduate’s role may even provide diverse opportunities to work in film, TV or theatre designing everything from performance sets to overall style adviser.

This programme delivered on campus