Faculty of Art and Design
Interior Architecture (in English)
Applications open
Tuition and study format
Academic year: 2026/27
Intakes and application dates
- 2026/2027 Ön BaşvuruApplications openJanuary 1, 2026 — August 31, 2027
Programme information package
The programme's definition and learning outcomes, as the university publishes them in its official information package.
Programme definition
History
English Interior Architecture Department was established in 2016 and continues its activities within the Faculty of Art and Design. The department admitted its first students in the 2016-2017 academic year and graduated its first students in 2021.
Qualification Awarded
Degree: Bachelor of Interior Architecture Title: Interior Architect
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle)
Bachelor's Degree (EQF-LLL Level 6)
Specific Admission Requirements
Undergraduate (Except Special Talent) Turkish Citizens: Students are admitted to the program by central placement according to SAY score type. Students who are placed in the program by OSYM are required to complete their financial obligations and register on the announced registration dates. Foreign Nationals: Foreign students are accepted in accordance with the criteria determined by the University Senate. Please review the relevant web page. Horizontal Transfer: A student who has started his/her education in an equivalent program in Turkey or abroad can apply for transfer. The acceptance of the student is examined and evaluated individually before the start of the semester, taking into account the conditions of each student and the degree applied for. Please review the relevant legislation. Nişantaşı University Associate and Undergraduate Education Transfer Directive Regulation on the Principles of Transferring Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer Exchange Students: Students coming from Turkey and abroad within the scope of student exchange programs approved by the University and framed by an agreement can take the courses given in the program.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)
Students' previous education and achievements can be recognized in accordance with the "Istanbul Nişantaşı University Directive on Recognition of Previously Acquired Qualifications, Course Equivalency and Adjustment Principles" and exemption from the necessary courses can be provided accordingly. Link to reach the directive: 40120395.pdf
Qualification Requirements and Regulations
Qualification Requirements and Rules are as described in the "Graduation Requirements" section.
Profile of The Programme
Vision: To be one of the strongest programs in its field with the goals of educating expert professionals who contribute to the welfare of society at a high level, who have the ability to compete professionally and academically on a national and global scale, and to conduct pioneering theoretical and applied studies in education and research in the field of interior architecture. Mission To educate interior architects who produce sustainable and user-oriented living environments, think creatively and critically, are sensitive to the environment, can reconcile theory and practice, can lead, continuously improve themselves, are prone to teamwork, have ethical values and are entrepreneurial. Aim/Goals: The aim of the interior architecture undergraduate program is to equip young interior architects with all kinds of contemporary technical knowledge and skills, while educating them as people with moral and ethical values, loving their country, aiming to be beneficial to humanity by producing sustainable and user-oriented living environments, enlightened, contemporary and having a worldwide vision. General Information: Space design has a great importance in our lives as it shapes the way we live and therefore shapes us. In our department, our students study with an interdisciplinary education approach that provides a balanced blend of artistic, structural, social and cultural relations with the elements that affect interior design. Starting from the first semester, Interior Architecture education begins with applied and theoretical courses that develop design thinking and practice. In Design Studio courses, one of the core courses, our students receive practical training in drawing workshops in an interactive and collective environment where design problems are discussed. In various department courses where the artistic and theoretical framework is defined, technical infrastructure is created, and different areas of specialization are reinforced, students are provided with access to many different points of the Interior Architecture discipline. In addition to traditional education, computerized design and digital production models, which have become an indispensable element of contemporary design with the opportunities of the NeoTech campus, are also included in Interior Architecture education from the early stages of our curriculum. In addition to the department courses, there is the opportunity to learn many different languages with basic English courses and various elective language courses. Our graduated interior architects, who can design human-oriented interiors, respond to the physical and psychological needs of the user, are competent in design, have high communication skills and are successful, offer various lives to the society in different perspectives with the ability to touch and shape life that their education gives them. Our students are prepared for their future not only as interior architects competent in design, but also as individuals who see education and development as a lifelong sustainable process, who are willing to learn, and who can produce practical ideas and solutions. They can easily find a place for themselves in a wide variety of design fields such as interior architecture, architecture, restoration, computer design and can shape these fields effectively.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
There are many job opportunities for our graduates as interior architects in national and international companies, interior architecture, architecture or design offices. They can be a designer in project design areas or an implementer and supervisor in project implementation areas. There are also opportunities to work in different areas of visual and industrial design. Besides professional life; our students who have successfully completed the program and have the required grade point averages can apply for master's and doctoral degrees in the Department of Interior Architecture and other branches of science that accept students from this field.
Access to Further Studies
Our graduate students who have successfully completed their undergraduate degrees can start their master's or integrated doctorate education in national and international institutions if they meet the requirements of Higher Education Institutions (ALES, foreign language score, sufficient grade point average for application).
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
Students who register for the relevant course at the beginning of the semester must have attended at least 70% of the theoretical courses and at least 80% of the applied courses in order to take the final exam. Students are subjected to midterm and final exams for each course. The contribution of the midterm exam (scores obtained from measurement tools such as homework, laboratory exams, quizzes, etc. can also be evaluated as midterm grades) to the success grade is 40% and the contribution of the final exam is 60%. You can click on the course name in the Curriculum (below) for the assessment and evaluation criteria of each course. You can review the relevant regulations and directives. Nisantasi University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations Examination and Success Evaluation System Directive Nişantaşı University Department of Foreign Languages Education and Examination Directive Nişantaşı University Turkish Language Teaching Application and Research Center (Nişantaşı Tömer) Education and Examination Directive ogretim-ve-sinav-yonergesi-676221518.pdf
Graduation Requirements
In order to be eligible for graduation, students must have successfully completed all of the courses in the curriculum (totaling at least 240 ECTS credits) and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 at the graduation stage. For graduation, the student must have successfully completed the internship or graduation project. Please review the relevant regulations and directives. Nişantaşı University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations Nişantaşı University 8th Semester On-the-Job Professional Practices (IMU) Directive Nişantaşı University Directive on the Regulation of Diploma, Diploma Supplement and Other Documents 511959282.pdf
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )
Tam Zamanlı
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent
Head of Department of Interior Architecture Asst. Prof. Ayhan HAN | ayhan.han@nisantasi.edu.tr | Nişantaşı University Neotech Campus Office 123 | Maslak Mahallesi 1453 Söğütözü Sokak Ağaoğlu Maslak 1453 No: 20, 34398 Sarıyer-İstanbul
Facilities
Applied courses are very important in Interior Architecture education. In our design and drawing lessons, the students have training in drawing studios, collective and individual working areas, where creative thinking is essential. In order to strenghten the applied areas, students are given the opportunity to both expand their networks and learn various areas of Interior Architecture from their own professionals by contacting the invited speakers in different time periods such as panels and discussions. By participating in various student clubs, students meet different disciplines and integrate with each other. In addition, our students can have the opportunity to study and internship abroad with various exchange programs (Erasmus and Abroad agreements) during their education.
Programme outcomes
- Have the theoretical and practical knowledge to understand and interpret designs and applications for projects in the field of Interior Design.
- Apply the knowledge they have in the field of interior design and application, and develop projects by offering solutions in line with user requests in the interior.
- Designs space and furniture.
- Constitutes design concepts, project concept, technical and presentation knowledge.
- Improves 3-dimensional perception abilities and prepare artistic and axonometric views of own designs in computer environment with fast and easy methods.
- Realizes the expression and presentation of the own prepared interior project in an understandable language.
- Plans building and construction systems as a whole, with system components, system environment and relationships between components.
- Recognizes the aesthetic value in interior adesign projects, knowledge in the field of art history and different perspectives.
- Configures the form, facade and structure design of the interior and product design.
- Organizes the necessary modifications in the interior in line with the usage requirements, the establishment of the relations of the selected materials with the existing building elements, and the detailed studies of the fixed elements related to the interior arrangement.
- For the design of a space; they can easily take part in the team that follows the process from the first stage of the sketching to the end of the applications.
- Students will have the opportunity to work in international architecture, interior architecture and design offices with the English language education they have gained through professional English courses.
- During their education in the department, students will learn professional English at an advanced level and will have the opportunity to improve their English reading, writing and speaking skills. Thus, they will graduate having learned the English expressions about their profession.
- They will be able to use English and other foreign languages they have studied effectively in professional and academic fields.
Programme outcomes and the Turkish Qualifications Framework
Each line is an item of the Turkish Qualifications Framework; the numbers beside it are the programme outcomes that meet it.
KNOWLEDGE
- 1
Possess advanced level theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks with updated information, practice equipments and other resources
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 9 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14
SKILLS
- 1
Use of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within the field
Programme outcomes3 · 4 · 5 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the field
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13
COMPETENCES ( Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility )
- 1
Conduct studies at an advanced level in the field independently
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 7 · 11 - 2
Take responsibility both as a team member and individually in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field
Programme outcomes2 · 7 · 11 - 3
Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project
Programme outcomes2 · 4 · 10 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Learning Competence )
- 1
Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach
Programme outcomes1 · 4 · 8 · 11 - 2
Determine learning needs and direct the learning
Programme outcomes2 · 4 · 5 · 8 · 11 - 3
Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning
Programme outcomes11 · 14
COMPETENCES ( Communication and Social Competence )
- 1
Inform people and institutions, transfer ideas and solution proposals to problems in written and orally on issues in the field
Programme outcomes6 · 10 · 11 - 2
Share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals and non-professionals by the support of qualitative and quantitative data
Programme outcomes6 · 10 · 11 - 3
Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility
Programme outcomes2 · 6 · 10 · 11 - 4
Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level
Programme outcomes6 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 - 5
Use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge
Programme outcomes5 · 6 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Field Specific Competence )
- 1
Act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethic values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also, environmental protection, worker's health and security
Programme outcomes2 · 9 · 11