Department of Interior Design
The Department of Interior Design at UID views design as a cultural practice that fosters critical thinking and situates it’s pedagogy in relation to contemporary conversation of the profession within the global context. The Interior Design programme, both at the Bachelors and Masters level is focused on promoting a deeper understanding of the potential and actual value of the spaces we inhabit.

Why study Interior & Experience Design at UID?

• The focus of the programme is on enabling students to create meaningful spatial experiences through human-centred activity learning grounded in research.
• Students engage with projects ranging in proposals for exhibition and retail environments, service and brand design, work and living environments and hospitality.
• The programme culminates in an individual graduation project as a demonstration of the cumulative student learning and insights gained throughout the programme and an internship which enables them to align themselves with the contemporary practices of the profession.
• Access to our infrastructure and multidisciplinary workshops that support scale model-making and prototype building for different design briefs.

Course Structure

Areas of Mastery

– Furniture & Lighting Design
– Retail & System Design
– Hospitality & Service Design
– Space & Experience Design
– Exhibition Design
– Interior Styling

Career Prospects

The Masters in Interior Experience Design programme creates a unique environment for its post-graduate students to reflect upon their own practice and to engage with students from their own as well as other disciplines. The focus of the programme is on enabling students to create meaningful spatial experiences through human-centred activity-based learning grounded in research. Students engage with projects ranging in proposals for exhibition and retail environments, service and brand design, work and living environments and hospitality. The course works in partnership with organisations, practices and key individuals from the design industry which support student learning and mentorship in the duration of the two years. The programme culminates in an individual graduation project as a demonstration of the cumulative student learning and insights gained throughout the programme and an internship which enables them to align themselves with the practices of the profession.