Interior Design
Design interior, exterior, ephemeral or permanent spaces and furnishings, develop innovative ideas, gain experience working with real companies
Barcelona
On campus
ESP
Bachelor of Arts
Language
Spanish
Start date
September 2025
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
4 Years
Credits
240 ECTS
Course Coordination
Ignasi Bonjoch
Conceive, experiment, create the spaces you imagine. In this program you’ll discover how to turn your ideas and your client's ideas into projects that are as exciting as they are challenging.
In this 4-year program you’ll learn how to start from scratch to create comfortable, sustainable living, work and leisure spaces, giving free rein to your passion.
You’ll acquire detailed professional know-how and experience in interior design: understanding the role played by light, materials and sustainability in a program focused on user experience.
Work experience during the program lets you assimilate your new knowledge by putting theory into practice and so adding real job experience to your curriculum.
The Bachelor of Arts has a total of 240 ECTS credits divided into four academic years. It is valid throughout the European Higher Education Area and, to all intents and purposes, is equivalent to an official university degree, and accredited by the Agency for the Quality of the University System. This program enables access to official master’s degrees.
Information to decide
You’ll acquire an understanding of holistic interior design and implement your knowledge in a multitude of different spaces: indoor, outdoor, ephemeral, permanent, and more.
As a professional interior designer you’ll learn to observe trends and how styles evolve, and also how to comprehend and interpret your client’s demands and expectations.
In this progressive learning experience you’ll acquire the skills, know-how and tools you need to express your ideas with a solid foundation in design culture.
You’ll have several opportunities to apply the knowledge acquired to practice, especially in the third and fourth years of the program, by doing compulsory work experience for real companies.
This program is particularly designed for people with a keen interest in creating comfortable and sustainable environments, improving the user's interaction with their living, leisure or work space.
You’ll also find answers to any questions you might have on lighting, comfort and well-being.
An interior designer is the missing link between a user's dreams and their surroundings, the person who can create a living space they’ll enjoy, one that offers the highest levels of comfort and well-being.
This IED program gives you a comprehensive understanding of interior design from a more holistic perspective, with particular emphasis on spatial elements, such as lighting, the use of materials, the concept of comfort, respect for the environment and the importance of sustainability.
As a unique value, your syllabus includes subjects on designing a range of very different spaces, significantly increasing the fields you can work in.
To acquire a broader perspective of the design world, you’ll share subjects with students specialising in other fields such as Transportation Design, designing the interiors of ships, airplanes and trams, etc. and study the Ephemeral Project or Urban Materials with Product Design students.
Work experience with companies in the interior design sector guarantees you’ll finish the program with the necessary professional experience.
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Syllabus
What will you learn?
In the first year you’ll focus on the basics of interior design, culture and project methodology, learning to create and communicate in the most effective way.
First Semester
Design Fundamentals I
Representation Techniques I
Project Communication I
An introduction to Marketing
Science Applied to Design
Form and Colour
Second Semester
Design Fundamentals II
Representation Techniques II
Project Communication II
Technical Drawing I
Sociology
Volume I
Year Subject
The History of Art and Design
What will you learn?
In the second year you’ll develop your creative skills as a unique individual talent, deepening your knowledge of project culture and the tools used in interior design: construction plans, installations, scale models, photography, verbal communication, Autocad, Rhino, Illustrator and Photoshop.
First Semester
Multidisciplinary Workshop
Interior Design Technology I
Interior Design Representation Techniques I
Interior Design Technical Drawing I
The History of Interior Design
Volume in Interior Design I
Home Project
Second Semester
Interdisciplinary Project
Interior Design Computing
Semiotics
Personal Development Project
Interior Design Computing II
Workspace Project
Interior Design Project Communication
What will you learn?
In the third year you’ll begin to gain experience with companies in the sector, also on technical and complete projects, as well as technical construction projects, installations, in lighting technology, VRED, site management and costs. You’ll work in interdisciplinary teams with students from other courses, and study new materials with a focus on sustainability.
First Semester
Interior Design Technology II
Lighting Project
Ergonomics Project - Furniture
Technical Interior Design Project
Site Management
Home Refurbishing Project
CAD Workshop I
Second Semester
Multidisciplinary Workshop II
Interior Design Project Communication II
Trends
Urban Materials’ Project
Commercial Space Project
Interior Design Workshop I
What will you learn?
In the fourth year you’ll put what you’ve learnt into practice in the form of mandatory work experience to define your own professional profile. You’ll prepare your final project working with real companies, collaborating in the development of models and tests. If approved, your ideas will go into production to be launched on the market.
First Semester
Professional Work Experience
Design Management Project
Transportation Interiors’ Project
Ephemeral Project
Interior Design Project Communication III
Interior Design Workshop II
Multidisciplinary Workshop III
Second Semester
Final Project
Inside the labs
+2
Media Lab
+3
Hybrid Lab
+3
XR Lab
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