Interior Design - Bachelor's Degree Course

The Bachelor’s degree course Interior Design is the first stage in the training to become an interior designer. The emphasis of the course lies in artistic, constructional design, creative and scientific subjects. In the first two semesters students are taught the basic principles of the focal points mentioned above. From the second semester, conceptual design, the synthesis of all the skills to be acquired by the students stated above, becomes an integral part of the course.

A multifaceted range of elective subjects awaits the students from the fourth semester to enable them to develop their own focal points in their studies. The course is accompanied by excursions, specialist lectures and impromptu designs. The course is completed by the Bachelor dissertation.

Course Content

Artistic proficiency: e.g. drawing, experimental design, photography, lighting design, colour and materials

Design and planning proficiency: e.g. planning and illustration using digital media, planning and design methods

Technical proficiency: e.g. furniture and interior fittings design, building design and technical fittings

Academic proficiency: e.g. cultural history and history of art, colour and cognitive psychology

Job Description

The interior designer designs complete concepts and detailed solutions for the interiors of buildings as well as temporary and mobile pieces of architecture. This includes creating arrangements for public places and places with prestige-related functions (e.g. foyers, museums) and the designing of business premises (e.g. shops, restaurants). Some other important areas of work concern the business world (e.g. offices, service industry) and recreation and the living environment (e.g. customised and serial furniture, kitchen planning). The interior designer addresses the issues of the basic formal design of interiors and their structural arrangement, the selection of materials and products, colour and lighting concepts, the design and harmony of the furniture and finishings, as well as the integration of technology and media.

The design products used by the interior designer contribute to lending creative expression to social ideals and requirements in the place of work, in the world of business, in the area of recreation and in the living environment.

Facts

Academic Degree

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Faculty

Design

Campus / Distance learning

Studies on campus

Normal period

7 semesters

Start of studies

to the winter semester

Place of study

Wismar

Classroom Languages

german

Accreditation

This course has an accreditation

Conditions for admission
  • General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification

or

  • Proof of completion of another educational qualification recognised as equivalent in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

or

  • Passing an entrance examination (for applicants without general or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification) after at least two years of vocational training and at least three years of professional experience in a field directly related to the desired course of study.

or

  • Passing an examination to complete advanced training as a master craftsman/woman in accordance with the Berufsbildungsgesetz or the Handwerksordnung in their currently valid versions

 and

  • Proof of a preliminary internship of at least ten weeks in craft businesses

 and

  • Successful participation in the examination to demonstrate relevant artistic ability – this process involves submitting a portfolio of artistic and creative work and taking an aptitude test.