Interaction Design BA (Hons)
- Interaction and experience design
- Undergraduate
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).
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Shape the way you experience and interact with the world around you
A space to explore and create
At Kingston School of Art, you’ll join a creative community where collaboration and critical thinking thrive. Our workshops and studios welcome all courses, providing space for students and staff to share ideas and explore making across different disciplines.
Teaching on the course centres on understanding human experience – how we sense, act and relate – as the heart of innovative design practice. We believe students learn best through making and developing as critical practitioners who influence and shape their creative field.
The BA (Hons) Interaction Design course is based within the vibrant, well-regarded Department of Illustration Animation. We are known for nurturing successful graduates, as well as our human-centred approach to visual communication, design, and immersive storytelling. These key elements will deeply enrich your learning experience.
Within this dynamic environment, you’ll also exchange ideas and approaches which open new opportunities for growth and creativity.
Student work
Why choose this course
Interaction Design at Kingston School of Art explores how people connect with technology, spaces, and each other. Through interactive storytelling, immersive experiences, and inclusive human-centred design, you’ll create interactive installations, digital experiences, and new ways for people to share stories. You will learn to reach diverse audiences and develop your own creative voice.
The course is part of the Department of Illustration Animation, known for its strong focus on storytelling across many forms and for supporting graduates who go on to become leaders in creative fields. By coming to Kingston, you’ll join a vibrant creative hub where collaboration and experimentation thrive. You’ll be part of a community known for its ethos of thinking through making and its interdisciplinary spirit, working alongside students from other courses in shared workshops and learning spaces. Guided by expert practitioners and supported by world-class facilities, you’ll develop your skills, expand your professional network, and prepare for a future in the creative industries.
Top University in London and Top 4 in the UK for Graphic Design, The Guardian University Guide 2026.
The Complete University Guide 2026 ranks us in the Top 10 in the UK for Art & Design – covers Fashion, Fashion Promotion and Communication, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration Animation, Interior Design, and Product and Furniture Design.
The Art School Experience
As part of Kingston School of Art, students benefit from joining a creative community where we encourage collaborative working and critical practice.
Our workshops and labs are open to all disciplines, enabling students and staff to work together, share ideas and explore multi-disciplinary making.
Course content
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. You will use storytelling and design thinking to turn ideas into simple interactive experiences.
In your second year, you’ll investigate how design shapes environments and shared experiences. You will work with interactive spaces, immersive media, and collaborative projects.
In your final year, you’ll design for connection—creating projects that link people, communities, and digital networks through creative technology.
Interaction Design looks at how we communicate through playful, immersive, and socially relevant experiences. You will build both creative and technical skills through hands-on making, digital tools, and critical thinking. By combining art, design, and technology, you will learn to create original interactive work.
You’ll work with the latest creative technologies, including creative coding, game design, rapid prototyping, and digital fabrication. These tools will help you bring ideas to life as interactive systems, objects, and environments.
Student work covers a wide range of possibilities: playable stories, interactive objects and wearables, virtual and augmented reality, participatory installations, and responsive digital systems. Through set projects, independent research, and collaboration, you’ll apply your skills to real-world challenges, design for diverse audiences, and explore emerging industry needs.
You will graduate with a versatile, future-focused portfolio ready for professional practice.
What you’ll explore on the course:
- Using design thinking to develop and test ideas through hands-on making, prototyping, and audience engagement
- Building your creative voice by using critical thinking and reflection to tell stories that matter to you and others
- Collaborating through inclusive, participatory design to understand diverse needs and perspectives
- Designing across platforms, from screens and interactive objects to installations and immersive environments.
- Working with interactive technologies like creative coding, physical computing, and virtual or augmented reality to build responsive experiences.
- Applying your skills in real-world projects that engage audiences and address social and cultural challenges.
Year 1
You’ll be introduced to the core principles of interaction design, focusing on the body as an instrument that experiences and responds to the world around us. Through design thinking and hands-on making, you’ll develop skills to communicate clearly and thoughtfully, learning to understand and meet diverse audience needs. You’ll be introduced to human-centred design principles, exploring how empathy and observation inform creative problem-solving.
Core modules
Year 2
In the second year, your practice will expand to consider the body in space, exploring how people interact with environments and with each other. You’ll take on immersive and collaborative projects using new technologies, deepening your critical thinking and creativity by understanding how context shapes experience.
Core modules
Year 3
In your final year, you’ll explore how bodies connect as networks, examining how groups communicate and interact across different platforms. You’ll build story worlds and design shared experiences that engage audiences, while developing your own creative voice through independent research and professional practice tailored to your goals.
Core modules
International students: direct application
Are you an international student? Have you decided Kingston is the place for you? If so, you can apply for this course directly, rather than having to go through UCAS.
What career opportunities does this course offer?
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
Future Skills
Our Future Skills programme is embedded within all our undergraduate courses and throughout the whole Kingston experience. These skills will help you to become a future-proof graduate by equipping you with the skills most valued by employers, such as problem-solving, digital competency and adaptability.
As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills. You’ll also understand how to demonstrate and articulate to employers how these future skills give you the edge.
Student work
Teaching and assessment
The course will be delivered though workshops, lectures, seminars, individual and group tutorials, project briefs, live briefs, demonstrations, study visits, peer learning, independent learning, and study skills.
Methods of assessment for the course are by practical and written coursework.
Fees and funding
Additional course costs
Some courses may require additional costs beyond tuition fees. When planning your studies, you’ll want to consider tuition fees, living costs, and any extra costs that might relate to your area of study.
Your tuition fees include costs for teaching, assessment and university facilities. So your access to libraries, shared IT resources and various student support services are all covered. Accommodation and general living expenses are not covered by these fees.
Where applicable, additional expenses for your course may include:
Scholarships and bursaries
For students interested in studying this course at Kingston, there are several opportunities to seek funding support.
Course changes and regulations
The information on this page reflects the currently intended course structure and module details. To improve your student experience and the quality of your degree, we may review and change the material information of this course. Find out more about course changes
Programme Specifications for the course are published ahead of each academic year.
Regulations governing this course can be found on our website.
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