Bachelor of Interior Design - Toronto

Launch your career with confidence

Realize your potential with our Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) accredited Bachelor of Interior Design degree. Through immersive studio experiences and industry internships, we equip you with technical skills, well-developed visual literacy, and creative problem-solving skills to prepare you for the next step in your career. Our Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) and Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) accredited program culminates in a thesis project where you design your dream space and enhance the role of interior design in serving society. Our graduates also move closer to becoming registered interior designers by taking their National Council of Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) exam.

The mission of the Bachelor of Interior Design program is to cultivate student knowledge and foster exploratory and critical skills through educational experiences that are relevant to effectively meet the demands of their future professional career and the betterment of society.

Professional Accreditation

• Accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)•Recognized by the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) and the Interior Designers of Canada (IDC)

NCIDQ Certification

Completing the Bachelor of Interior Design helps you fulfill some of the educational and work experience related prerequisites to sit for your NCIDQ examination and join a 30,000-strong network of proven interior designing experts.

Degrees Offered

Ontario

Bachelor of Interior Design (Online/On-campus)

Graduates of Yorkville University’s Bachelor of Interior Design program will be able to:

• Create designs for a variety of market sectors that effectively interpret the relationship of the human response to the built environment.
• Apply the principles and psychology of design theory, and colour methodology.
• Articulate the challenges of the changing world of design, and its connection to culture, history and empathy for an interior environment.
• Apply a systematic design process to creatively solve challenging design problems.
• Employ effective and professional communication skills and techniques to interact and negotiate in collaborative environments, including client presentations.
• Demonstrate entry to practice knowledge of building systems, material selection and interior detailing in relation to interior design and interior construction.
• Use current industry tools, mechanical, digital and manual methods to express design ideas.
• Employ both convergent and divergent thinking in the process of observation, investigation, speculative enquiry, ideation and implementation of design solutions.
• Apply relevant building codes, laws, regulations, sustainability and universality to human welfare and safety when designing interior spaces.
• Engage in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to underpin design ideas.
• Critically reflect and evaluate personal depth of knowledge and practical experience to collaborate effectively with others.
• Model sound business practices related to project management and professional ethical conduct.
• Develop a professional portfolio and branding as a design professional.

Career Outcomes

Bachelor of Interior Design graduates create functional, inspirational and healthy environments for living, working and playing.

Graduates are qualified to write the NCIDQ exam to professionally register as an interior designer, which is required to practice in some jurisdictions in North America.

A variety of rewarding careers include:

• Hospitality Design (hotels and restaurants)
• Health Care Design
• Corporate Design
• Educational Design
• Residential Design
• Furniture Manufacturing and Supply
• Lighting Design
• Exhibit Design