Faculty of Art and Design
Interior Architecture
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
The Department of Interior Architecture was established in the 2013-2014 academic year and continues its activities within the Faculty of Art and Design. The department admitted its first students in the 2013-2014 academic year and graduated its first students in 2018.
Qualification Awarded
Degree: Interior Architect Bachelor's Degree Title: Interior Architect
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle)
Bachelor's Degree (EQF-LLL Level 6)
Specific Admission Requirements
Turkish Citizens: Students are accepted to the program through central placement according to their SAY score type. Students placed in the program by ÖSYM must complete their financial obligations and register definitively within 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 or her education in an equivalent program at home or abroad can apply for horizontal transfer. A student's acceptance is examined and evaluated individually before the start of the semester, taking into account each student's conditions and the degree to which he/she has applied. Please review the relevant legislation. Nişantaşı University Associate and Undergraduate Education Horizontal Transfer Directive Regulation on the Principles of Transfer Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs at Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer Exchange Students: Within the scope of student exchange programs approved by the university and the framework of which is determined by an agreement, students from home and abroad can take the courses offered 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 Recognition of Previously Acquired Qualifications, Course Equivalence and Adaptation Principles Directive" and exemption from the necessary courses can be provided accordingly. Link to access the instructions: 40120395.pdf
Qualification Requirements and Regulations
Qualification Conditions and Rules are as explained in the "Graduation Requirements" section.
Profile of The Programme
Vision: To be one of the strong programs that train expert interior architects who can contribute to socio-cultural and social value judgments at a high level, who can compete professionally on a national and international scale, and who train successful colleagues in their theoretical and applied studies. Mission: It trains interior architects who produce user-oriented, sustainable living environments that can keep up with development and change, who think creatively and critically, who are in harmony with their environment, who can take on leadership roles, who can take part in teamwork, and who have professional ethics and moral values. Purpose/Goals: As the first step of the lifelong learning process, the Department of Interior Architecture aims to train interior architects who can produce efficient, original, sustainable, new concepts, furniture and designs by transferring the professional cultural and social knowledge they have acquired since the beginning of their undergraduate education to their professional lives. aims. Interior Architecture education is a design education and provides students with a new language of expression. Drink The aim of the Department of Architecture is to develop interior design and education, accompanied by social and cultural courses and activities. Knowledge of color, material and technical application details in furniture design, construction site, cost and to train well-equipped interior architects who can organize the workflow. General Information: Graduates of the Department of Interior Architecture; After completing the 70-day On-the-Job Professional Practices (internship) course within the four-year education, you will be able to design complex structures that combine many different functions, from furniture design to faster projects such as fairs, showcases, stands, stage and studio decorations, and residences to hotels. They can take part in the project design and implementation processes. They can work in their own design offices, in the interior design application and coordination teams of private companies, and in project teams in government institutions. After their undergraduate education, they can continue their education and choose an academic career.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
Graduates of the Department of Interior Architecture; After completing the 70-day On-the-Job Professional Practices (internship) course within the four-year education, you will be able to design complex structures that combine many different functions, from furniture design to faster projects such as fairs, showcases, stands, stage and studio decorations, and residences to hotels. They can take part in the project design and implementation processes. They can work in their own design offices, in the interior design application and coordination teams of private companies, and in project teams in government institutions. After their undergraduate education, they can continue their education and choose an academic career.
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 attend at least 70% of the theoretical courses and at least 80% of the applied courses in order to take the final exam. Students are subject to midterm and final exams for each course. The contribution of the midterm exam (scores obtained from measurement tools such as homework, laboratory exam, quiz, etc. can also be evaluated as midterm exam grade) to the success grade is 40%, and the contribution of the final exam is 60%. For the measurement and evaluation criteria of each course, you can click on the course name in the Curriculum (below). You can review the relevant regulations and guidelines. Nişantaşı University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations Exam and Success Evaluation System Directive Nişantaşı University Foreign Languages Department Education and Examination Directive Nişantaşı University Turkish Language Teaching Application and Research Center (Nişantaşı Tömer) Education and Examination Directive nisantasi-tomer-education-training-and-exam-directive-676221518.pdf
Graduation Requirements
In order for students to be eligible for graduation, they must have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum (equivalent to at least 240 ECTS in total) and their overall weighted grade point average at graduation. It must be at least 2.00 out of 4.00. For graduation, the student must successfully complete the internship or graduation project. Please review the relevant regulations and guidelines. 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 Issuance 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: Assist Prof. Ayhan HAN E-Mail: ayhan.han@nisantasi.edu.tr Telephone: +90(212)2101010 Address: Neotech Kampüs, Maslak Mah., Taşyoncası Sok. No: 1V ve No: 1Y, 34398 Sarıyer/İstanbul
Facilities
Interior Architecture education is a program that focuses on applied courses. In the workshops where design and drawing courses are conducted, education is provided in environments where creative thinking can be developed with collective and individual opportunities. Thanks to panels, discussions, visits by expert colleagues and participation in lectures, they can both expand their networks and learn from experts in various fields of Interior Architecture. By joining student clubs, they are able to meet different disciplines and work integratedly with other students. In addition, our students can have education and internship opportunities abroad through various exchange programs (Erasmus and International 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.
- Uses own imagination and creativity in applied work with materials and drawings.
- Improves 3-dimensional perception abilities and prepare artistic and axonometric views of own designs in computer environment with fast and easy methods.
- Uses information and communication technologies together with the computer program required by the field of design.
- 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.
- 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.
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 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 11
SKILLS
- 1
Use of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within the field
Programme outcomes1 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 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 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility )
- 1
Conduct studies at an advanced level in the field independently
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 5 · 9 · 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 outcomes1 · 2 · 6 · 9 · 11 - 3
Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project
Programme outcomes2 · 4 · 7 · 8 · 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 · 7 · 11 - 2
Determine learning needs and direct the learning
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 11 - 3
Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning
Programme outcomes7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11
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 outcomes5 - 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 outcomes1 · 8 · 10 - 3
Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 7 - 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 outcomes5 · 9 - 5
Use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge
Programme outcomes6 · 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 · 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 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8