UndergraduateArchitecture
Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours)
RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours) at RMIT University is an ideas-led design degree that explores the potential and future of interior design as a practice, focused on the dynamic relations between people and the surrounding environment. Recognising that interiors are increasingly transformed by contemporary technologies and social and cultural forces, the degree challenges students' assumptions about interior design and teaches them to think and operate like a designer, learning from distinguished practitioners. RMIT is ranked number one in Australia and in the top 15 globally for architecture and built environment in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
- Year 1 You'll undertake classes in design and communications
- history and theory
- and technical studies that introduce you to concepts of interior design. Years 2 and 3 Studies are integrated in design studios and electives in technology
- communications
- specialisations
- and history and theory. Each semester
- practising professionals and academics offer a selection of studios and specialisations investigating timely and relevant topics. In second and third year
- you have the opportunity to develop your design skills and awareness through overseas travel studios. In third year
- you may also choose to study overseas for a semester. Year 4 You'll pursue an individual thesis and design project based on your accumulated skills and interests in design
- theory
- technology and communications. Final year work is celebrated through a public exhibition
- INDEX. Specialisations include: residential design
- furniture design
- retail design
- design for film and TV
- design for theatre
- exhibition and event design
- model making
- design publishing
- lighting
- materials
- digital modelling and fabrication
- projection mapping
- digital video and website design
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Prerequisites: Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL; or a study score of at least 27 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or equivalent studies . Rankings and adjustment factors Entry to this program is competitive. Applicants are ranked and selected in order of merit based on the assessment of their selection task. Selection task VTAC and Direct applicants You must complete and submit the Interior Design selection task. Applications are assessed in the order that they are received until the selection task dates below, if places are still available. For your best chance at admission into this degree, you are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Pathway applicants Applicants who are applying via one of the RMIT pathways for this degree are exempted from the selection task requirements. To specify that you
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