Bachelor of Interior Design (Online) - Toronto

Advance your career with flexible study

Realize your potential with Canada’s only fully online, Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) accredited Bachelor of Interior Design degree. Through immersive studio experiences and internships, we equip you with technical skills, well-developed visual literacy, and problem-solving skills required for the next step in your career. Our Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) and Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) accredited degree 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)

The program is designed to:

• Teach you to apply critical, analytical and technical skills in high-level design processes.
• Help you gain expertise in the latest technical and digital media.
• Develop creative and collaborative problem-solving skills, visual literacy, cultural and ecological awareness.
• Grow a real understanding of the design industry’s business side and how to market yourself.

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 Canada and the U.S.

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