Bachelor of Fine Arts - Interior Design (Optional Co-op)

The interior design degree believes in creating contextually appropriate, architecture-centric design solutions grounded in evidence-based design research and human behavior theory. The goal is to inspire and prepare students to generate holistic, technically creative construction solutions that are not only resilient, adaptable, and sustainable, but purposeful and universally designed.

RIT offers a professional interior design BFA program within a design college, in a technical university affording broader access to allied programs, technology resources, and relationships that push traditional boundaries of interior design education.  

From freshman through senior year, students will be charged with addressing real-world projects in the studio along with peers in collaborative, multidisciplinary teaming activities and in independent studies with research faculty. Students in the program, accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), begin their education with an interdisciplinary Foundations and first-year experience.

The comprehensive interior design curriculum synthesizes the technical and experiential qualities of the built environment with a consciousness for global affairs. RIT's professionally certified and experienced faculty team mentor students through project-based learning to enhance the human experience with consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of people. In addition to interior design studies and extensive studio electives within the college, students can select a liberal arts immersion offering concentrated areas of study in a unique interest or complementary subject matter relevant to the interior design profession.

The studio culture is a rigorous, student-centered learning environment with a commitment to celebrating individual capabilities and advancing the program as a collaborative collective. RIT's enthusiasm for seeing the world through multiples lenses is grounded by curiosity, respectful inquiry, and intellectual discourse.