Bachelor in Interior Design
ESDi, Design Higher Education School
About this program
Bachelor in Interior Design
Are you spacial?
If you get impressed by looking at buildings, you choose to eat in restaurants for the design of their space rather than on their menu and you spend hours looking for beautiful spaces and furniture on pinterest, there is no doubt: interior design is your thing.
By studying the Bachelor Degree on Interior Design at ESDi you will be able to express
your creativity through functional, emotional and aesthetic spaces. We teach our students several topics like history of architecture, materials, finishes, lighting and acoustics.
Degree: Official Degree in Design, Interior Mention
Double Degree Option:
Official University Degree in Design + Bachelor in Smart Design
Credits: 286 ECTS
Duration: 4 years
Language: Spanish / English
As the concern for the functionality and aesthetics of domestic and commercial spaces increases, Interior Design professionals must adapt to the technological, ergonomic and sustainability demands of the industry.The atmospheres must guarantee the wellness of the individuals who share them and provide a high emotional connection with them.
The Degree in Interior Design at ESDi will provide you the tools to identify the needs of users and design the environments that best meet their requirements.
Such knowledge, added to the understanding of trends and the incorporation of new technologies, will allow you to create and develop both public and private, domestic and commercial spaces. Whether they are permanent or ephemeral spaces, the Interior Designers give life to pre-existing structures to the same extent that they can give image to new buildings. In our workshops and classrooms, you will learn to design digitized spaces and use the latest technologies applied to virtual design.
Admission requirements
Applicants for the undergraduate degree courses have to apply via the online application
form on our website.
It’s important to keep in mind that the admissions for each degree are limited and are covered on a first come first serve basis, which is why some groups might be closed several months before the beginning of the academic year.
Once you have officially reserved your spot, you will be able to enroll in the established periods (July: for the ordinary call or September for the extraordinary call).
Admission process steps:
- Request information through our website.
- Formalize the access test (online and free of charge). Depending on the result and if necessary, an interview with an academic leader will be arranged.
- For the Degree in English, you must present an official diploma of Spanish that certifies a minimum level of B2.
- You will receive the letter of acceptance to the requested program from your advisor.
- Make the reservation payment to save your spot.
- Start the enrollment process.
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The first two years, common to all the Design Degree itineraries, are centered on basic knowledge subjects, such as photography, technical drawing, and computing. In addition to this, the students are introduced to theory, art history, and professional ethics. From the third course onwards, the Interior Design student will focus on the conditioning of spaces, illumination, and acoustics, scenography, and refurbishment of spaces, among other subjects.
1st Year
- Art Theory and History I
- Design Theory and History I
- Sociology
- Representational Drawing
- Technical Drawing I
- Project Basis
- Computing I
- Photography I
- Form Theory and Workshop
- Introduction to Projects
2nd Year
- Art Theory and History II
- Design Theory and History II
- Communication
- Literature and Communication
- Business I: Organization and Processes
- Projects I
- Comprehensive Projects I
- Profession Ethics
- Materials and Technology I
- Computing II
3rd Year
- Projects II
- Comprehensive Projects II
- Design Issues
- Business II: Organization and Processes
- Materials and Technology II
- Elective Subjects:
- Scale Models and Prototypes
- Computing III
- History of Architecture
- Installations I
- Book and Project Presentation
- Lighting and Acoustics
- Design of Exterior Spaces
- Departmental Intensification
4th Year
- Internships
- Final Degree Project
- Elective Subjects:
- Computing IV
- Materials and Finishes
- Design and Adaptability
- Projects III
- Installations II
- Rehabilitation
- Stagecraft and Lighting
- Departmental Intensification
- Elective Workshops and Seminars
- Fundamentals of Digital Culture
- Smart Objects & Digital Fabrication
- Smart Design
- 3D Animation and Holography
- Digital Creation
- Dynamic Data Programming
- Internet of Things
- Smart Projects
- E-Commerce
Scholarships & funding
The Foundation of Textile Design (FUNDIT) is a foundation that fosters design education and research. ESDi’s future will be shaped by the core values of FUNDIT: curricular innovation, pioneer use of curricular experimentation, a visionary’s view and the collaboration between design and technology. The foundation provides financial support and various grants (scholarships and awards).
Successful applicants are adjudicated in compliance with the requirements. There is a limited number of scholarships which are subject to availability. The University reserves the right to withdraw, amend, discount or discontinue any scholarship. Even if an applicant meets scholarship criteria, a scholarship may not be awarded. Applicants will be assessed according to the assessment criteria set out for each program and scholarship category. The decisions made by the University are final and there are no provisions or appeal processes.
- ACADEMIC MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
Description
ESDi encourages academic excellence in future designers. ESDi´s Academic Merit Scholarship recognizes outstanding potential and academic achievement which will ensure success in the bachelor studies. Students must maintain good grades during their jouney at ESDi, if the undergraduate student provides evidence of the scholar’s satisfactory performance and progress, the grant may be renewed for a second, third, and fourth year.
Economic Discount
The grant consists on an 80% of discount on the total course.
- CREATIVITY SCHOLARSHIP
Description
ESDi encourages excellence in academic performance by future designers. ESDi´s Creativity scholarship recognizess the next generation of designers and motivates the future careers of those who create. The Creative Scholarships provides an economic discount on the total course to young people who are pursuing studies on a creative field and using creativity as a force for positive social impact. Candidates must
also display personal and academic excellence.
Economic Discount
The grant will consist off15% discount on the total course.
Eligibility
- FINANCIAL SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP
Description
ESDi encourages excellence in academic performance by future designers.Receiving financial support could help our students to achieve their dreams. The Financial Support Scholarship offers financial aid to aspiring, talented future designers in exchange for their participation on a project at ESDi.
Economic Discount
The grant will consist of 20% discount on the total course.
Eligibility
- o Admissions Scholarship:
- o Foreign National Passport
- o ESDi acceptance letter.
- o Valid General Certificate of Education / High School Diploma / International Baccalaureate Diploma.
- o High school transcript.
- o Have achieved of a minimum of A level / 90 percent overall.
- o A Portfolio.
- o Statement of remuneration paid of the student’s parents (Submitting a document of your parents’ income and financial assets).
- o A certificate in proof of regular income received from abroad (A statement from the student’s parents that they will send money on a monthly basis)
- o High school transcript.
- o A statement from the credit institution to certify the availability of funds (an amount in a foreign bank account of which it has been established that the balance is available to the student during the course of his studies).
How to apply
Email us with the following:
Your first, last name and name of the scholarship in the subject line.
Letter of introduction describing your history, why you are seeking an official undergraduate degree in design and why you feel you would be a good candidate for this scholarship award.
(Attach the required documents).
Tuition
Tuition fees: €9.080 per academic year
Qualification
At ESDi you will learn to:
- create pop ups
- 3D modeling and printing
- satisfy use needs make models and prototypes rehabilitate spaces
- design virtual environments
- design smart spaces
Our students, through ESDi, have collaborated with companies such as Mango, IKEA, Caixa Bank, Adidas, HP, Samsonite, Rosa Clará and more.
Career paths
Career Path:
- Conception and design of intelligent spaces
- Adequacy of residences and home spaces
- Conception and design of commercial, recreational and gastronomic spaces
- Creation of ephemeral montages: stands for fairs, exhibition montages, installations, stage sets and TV sets
- Design and redesign of offices and workspaces
- Rehabilitation of spaces and facilities
- Designing projects to break architectural barriers
- Virtual and holographic environments
- New work and leisure spaces
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+30 Years Experience
We were the first university in Spain to offer the Official Undergraduate Degree in Design. Generations of nationally and internationally renowned designers began their creative careers here.
82,1% of Students find a Job One Year after Graduation
Our community will benefit from working with the design industry and can enhance their learning with a full program of lectures, workshops, exhibitions and events.
+1.4 Hectares of Facilities
We support design and innovation through the application of the latest technologies. ESDi's facilities encompass both digital technology and traditional craftsmanship.
6 Design Programs to Suit Everyone
We are the only Spanish university offering a Double Degree in Design and Smart Design in all disciplines (Graphic, Product, Fashion, Audiovisual, Interior Design and Design Management).
30% International First-year Students
More than 25 nationalities on campus: Top 5 nationalities on campus: Italy, Bulgaria, Colombia, Nicaragua and Palestine.
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We encourage our students to take action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and also to cooperate with national and international institutions to promote pressing sustainability issues.
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