Paris College of Art

Master of Arts in Interior Design

Develop Your Professional Interior Design Practice

In our one-year MA in Interior Design, we work with emerging designers who want to specialize in interior design and prepare for professional practice. The program is particularly suited to students with an undergraduate background in interior design, architecture or another design-related field. For admission, we look for drawing and sketching ability, knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and CAD software, and a strong portfolio of selected projects.

Our interdisciplinary approach brings the studio and classroom together as complementary learning spaces. You will develop design thinking, technical and professional skills, and your own creative expression while applying them to interior design projects. Through a combination of core, supporting and elective courses, we give you both depth in your chosen field and a broader understanding of interior design practice.

Focus on Retail, Commercial and Residential Interiors

We place particular emphasis on preparing you for the realities of the professional interior design market. You will explore the design of retail, commercial and high-end residential spaces, developing the skills needed to work across different types of clients and environments.

Because the MA is designed to prepare you to enter professional practice after graduation, we focus primarily on studio work and research rather than preparation for academic teaching. After completing the program, you can apply your skills in a range of settings, including work as an independent interior design consultant or entrepreneur, with residential clients, commercial clients such as hotel chains and luxury flagship stores, as an in-house designer for retail or hotel groups, or within architecture firms.

rovides them with the necessary tools and skills to become professionals in the industry.

The Master of Arts (MA) in Interior Design is a one-year program aimed at emerging designers and conceived to provide them with the necessary tools and skills to become professionals in this field. This program prepares students to meet the demands of an expanding high-end residential and commercial property market in capital cities around the world. Students with an undergraduate background in interior design, architecture and other design related fields will be particularly suited for this program. A demonstrated ability to draw and sketch, knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and CAD software programs, as well as a strong portfolio of selected projects, are criteria for admission.

Interdisciplinary in nature and structure, the program conceives the studio and the classroom as complementary spaces for developing design thinking, technical and professional skills, as well as creative expression in developing an interior design project. Since this is an initial terminal degree where graduates are expected to join the job market upon graduation, the focus of the program is on studio and research, rather than on scholarship and preparation for teaching.

Graduates of the program will be able to apply their skills in settings as varied as independent interior design consultants and entrepreneurs for individual residential clients, for commercial clients (hotel chains and luxury brand flagship stores), as in-house designers for commercial retail and hotel chains, or in architecture firms. The combination of core, supporting and elective classes ensure depth and breadth of content.