Welcome. Online learning interior design courses at NDA

The National Design Academy is part of The NDA Foundation - a 'not for profit' organisation committed to widening access to Further & Higher Education through innovative, affordable, flexible delivery.

Whether you are looking to turn your Interior Design, Garden Design or Soft Furnishings hobby into a career or simply enhance your creativity, NDA is proud to offer fully accredited Interior Design courses. From Diploma to Masters Degree level, our soft furnishings, curtain making, garden design and interior design courses are designed to enable you to study from the comfort of your own home.

Our interior design courses and soft furnishings & curtain making course may qualify for partial government funding which means much lower fees than those charged by colleges and all the studies are flexible enough for you to continue with other work and family commitments.

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Excellent results for the National Design Academy in the 2012 National Student Survey

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NDA Open Day

What our students say

Everything I had hoped to achieve/gain access to today was covered
Degree Open Day

I feel so much more confident now on how to produce my work more professionally
Digital Visual Presentation using PowerPoint Workshop

The workshops are very worthwhile and very motivational
Establishing Your Own Interior Design Practice Workshop

Excellent value for money and a great start to the course!
Diploma in Professional Interior Design: Inspiration Day

Workshops are always great for the exchanging of ideas and other students opinions
Exhibition Design Workshop

Interior design course open days

The aim of our Interior Design Course Open Days is to give you as much information as possible about every single aspect of our qualifications, right through from Diploma level to BA (Hons). Held regularly at the Academy in Nottingham on weekdays and weekends, everyone is welcome to learn more about the courses, and meet the tutors – and see interior design in practice!

The VLS enables students to keep in contact with their tutor and other students, access all the material they need for their course and is packed with lots of inspiration and information.

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NDA interior design practice

Giving students an invaluable insight into a working interior design practice.

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