Department Aims
The aim of the Department of Interior Architecture is to train the young candidates fully prepared and equipped with knowledge to contribute to the creation of a better environment for human beings. The Department of Interior Architecture provides a contemporary undergraduate (B.Int.Arch) and graduate (M.Arch and PhD in Arch) programs in the English language in cooperation and collaboration with the Department of Architecture.
Educational programs in interior architecture focus primarily on creativity which plays a vital role in creating a caring, friendly and welcoming atmosphere supported by artistic-academic-social activities. These objectives are expected to enable students to have an outlook on life that will enable them to approach issues from different perspectives.
Undergraduate Program
Interior Architecture is a multilateral specialized profession that addresses the interior space design of the built environment. Aim of the Department of Interior Architecture is to train the young candidates, fully equipped with knowledge, to contribute to the creation of a better environment for human beings. In changing and developing design world, the responsibilities of interior architects cover a wide range of duties, including spatial analysis; design decisions; project preparation; material selection and detailing; modeling; presentation; production; and application issues. Interior architects also deal with color, texture, natural and artificial light, sound, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, furniture, and the like.
Departmental Facilities
Well-equipped studios, classes, wireless internet facilities all over the University, a central library with a rich collection of books, magazines, and databases, and the faculty library as well as photography, modeling, computer, ceramic, and material laboratories are all in service of our students. Although there is a constant increase in the number of our students, this does not prevent individual attention to be given to each of our students; thus, the warm student-academic staff relationships and low student/instructor ratio encourage students to discuss their personal ideas freely in the studio environment.
Teaching and learning
Our undergraduate programs, the studio, and theoretic courses are all formed to educate well-equipped interior architects. All the academic staff of the faculty work in collaboration to achieve unity and quality in the educational activities. This diversity leads to a flexible program that allows students to choose among a wide range of elective courses those related to their own fields of interest. Besides formal education, numerous artistic, academic and social activities are also organized in the Department. These activities allow students to experience their profession from a wider perspective. The visual and verbal presentation-based evaluation system in the studio courses which are the core of the program aims at enhancing the self-confidence of the students as well as their presentation skills. Emphasis on teamwork is another important characteristic of the program worth to be mentioned.
About the Degree Program
The foundation first year is common in our Faculty. After this first year students engage in the specialized program of their departments. Interior Design Studio courses are the backbone of the program. In these studios students gradually learn to solve the problems they may face as a professional interior architects through designing interior spaces with various functions and in different contexts. The theoretical courses are planned to support this process. The wide range of our Presentation Techniques and Computer-Aided Design courses empowers our students in presenting their design ideas in the best way. Elective courses are the other very important components of the program which allow students to specialize in different areas.
Career opportunity
With the professional qualities, knowledge, and vision that our graduates obtain throughout their educational lives, they would have no problem creating a perfect career for themselves in the future in a wide range of services related to their profession. Interior Architecture has wide application areas. Interior architects can work in design studios or architectural offices together with a team consisting of architects, civil engineers, and other related professionals in the design of new buildings or they may individually work in changing, renovating, or re-functioning of the existing ones. They may work on the design of the interior spaces of various natures such as showrooms, fairs, exhibitions, stages, yachts, planes, etc. or they might specialize in the design of furniture, illumination devices, modular systems, kitchen cabinets, etc.
Activities / Major Accomplishments
The Department is a member of the most important international organizations in the field such as IIDA (International Interior Design Association), and IFI (International Federation of Interior Architects/ Designers). Moreover, the Department of Interior Architecture continuously organizes various cultural, social, artistic, and scientific activities. As a part of summer practice students have a chance to participate in several technical, cultural, and professional trips organized both within the country and abroad. Besides the seminars and conferences organized during the year, the annual International Design Week of the Faculty gives an opportunity for our students to join in various workshops, talks, and activities and it becomes the meeting place of our students with a number of well-known designers from all over the world.
Scholarship Opportunities
Accreditation
AQAS – Agency for Quality Assurance
EMU Interior Architecture Department has AQAS accreditation
CIDA- Council for Interior Design Accreditation
Membership
IFI: International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers
EMU Interior Architecture Department is a member of IFI.
