Advanced Diploma of Interior Design

If you want a career as a professional interior designer, then CIT's Interior Design qualifications are a must. Our students graduate job-ready with skills and knowledge to work in any Architectural or Design practice. Interior design is an exciting and challenging role; we will guide you through the process of transforming residential and commercial spaces, starting small and moving up to complex commercial and institutional design environments at the Advanced Diploma level. The first semester classes in both programs give students practical skills to provide advice and assistance on the styling of existing interior spaces. You'll learn about researching and analysis of a client brief, planning and arrangement of a given space, selection of colours, specification of finishes and furnishings and sourcing, costing and purchasing of products, lighting, construction and structural elements along with Building codes and regulations. You will learn how to work with clients, architects, builders, retailers and suppliers. A series of interactive projects and live briefs will teach you how to provide confident and proficient creative and technical solutions for interior residential, small commercial and institutional design projects. By developing your design and problem-solving skills, you will learn to utilise furnishings, material and the psychology of design, to work within project parameters, exploring the relationship between human activity and interaction, spatial design and sustainability. This program engages students with designing for complex environments including facilities for people with disabilities, the aged, and adaptive re-use projects, managing the changing nature of design trends, the shift to eco-friendly materials and sustainability, as well as encouraging an appreciation of design culture through historical and theoretical perspectives. The option to do a work placement in the industry assists students gaining employment. The Advanced Diploma utilises different techniques of design communication and takes advantage of using the latest software programs in our industry to produce a computer-aided drawing, 3D modelling, design and documentation. Our teachers are all working in the industry, which along with site visits and industry involvement ensures the students are given up to date practices, knowledge and skills. The Advanced Diploma offers students work placement unpaid for up to 100 hours and undertake industry level project work. Most students do gain employment after completing their work placement.

Course Subjects

Advanced Diploma of Interior Design
CRICOS: 084378D | National ID: MSF40113

Stage 1 - complete all subjects 

Stage 2 - complete all subjects 

Stage 3 - complete all subjects 

ACT Year 12 Certificate or equivalent or Adult Entry IELTS 6.0 (with no band score less than 5.0)  TOEFL iBT - 60 PTE Academic - 50 (minimum of 36 in each band)  TOEFL PBT - 550. A portfolio of recent work or images of design appreciation, demonstrating drawing/imaging and design skills, both conventional and/or electronic, which could include a visual diary, sketches and drawings, images and text, design development work, photographs etc. Colour prints, CD or video presentation of students' work is acceptable. Interview (or other negotiated process). Applicants who do not meet these entry requirements are able to commence studies through the Certificate III Design Fundamentals.