School of Interior Architecture & Design

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The School of Interior Architecture & Design is a serious professional program for the serious professional designer. Our curricula delves not only into the conceptual and theoretical but into the practical as well. Our teaching is hands-on, focused on aesthetics, and geared toward application and business. We are accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, the most prestigious accreditation available in the United States for interior design schools.

Our program includes interactive interior architecture and design classes guided by our experienced faculty. Our courses teach the skills needed to help you succeed in a number of careers, including project designer, visualization specialist. or building information management (BIM) designer.

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Degrees

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The School of Interior Architecture & Design’s degree programs integrate theory, design, and technology in tandem with the standards of the industry. You will work in a dynamic learning environment to develop the requisite intellectual, artistic, and ethical abilities needed for a professional practice.

Allied Skills

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The School of Architecture is a progressive design laboratory of highly passionate students and a distinguished faculty of practicing architects, who work together to explore the boundaries of one of the most compelling professions you can enter today.
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The landscape architecture school at Academy of Art University provides students with the design and technical content and skills to enter the profession of landscape architecture and to create beautiful, viable, and innovative outdoor places both here at home and around the globe. You’ll learn the multiplicity of opportunities available in the profession and gain the skills and tools to help you succeed.
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In the School of Industrial Design, you will learn to design with the user experience as a priority, a product’s branded look and feel as a criteria for success, and sustainability as a key design element. From smartphones to Mars landers, industrial designers create tomorrow’s products today.
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Attend the School of Game Development and experience the entire game production process from brainstorming ideas to designing and developing the art, assets, and code that will bring those ideas to life. Our program Is run by game-industry professionals who will teach you the skills you’ll need to prepare you for cutting-edge careers in this growing and exciting industry.
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Online Learning

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The School of Interior Architecture & Design offers an online interior design degree program fully aligned with our onsite courses so that students get the same curriculum, regardless of the campus. Through a robust and well-established online education program, the Academy’s exclusive Learning Management System (LMS), built from the ground up, provides custom content to our online students. The same instructors, as well as access to tools and resources are also provided, same as for those on-site.

Both the Bachelor of Fine Art and Master of Fine Art online degree programs for the School of Interior Architecture & Design are accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), an independent, non-profit accrediting organization for interior design education programs at colleges and universities in North America. This means that you will receive quality education no matter where you may be.

Be part of our vibrant, creative community. Earn your online interior design degree at your own pace, in your own time.

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Student Work

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Careers

Academy of Art University offers some of the best training and hands-on experience to help accelerate in various careers in interior architecture. We pride ourselves in doing an exceptional job preparing you to excel in your future profession through degree programs that equip aspiring professionals with a comprehensive toolbox of marketable skills, leading to a successful career.

  • AutoCAD/BIM Designer
  • FF&E Designer
  • Job Captain
  • Project Designer
  • Visualization Specialist

Companies That Have Hired Our Students

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I think that as a student, if you love to do Victorians, do it! But also learn about the modern designs. The more styles you learn just shows how well-versed you are.
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Antonio Martins

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