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Qualifications & Leading Universities

If you are interested in becoming an interior designer, you will be required to have appropriate qualifications and training. Useful degrees to undertake include a Bachelor of Interior Design, Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Creative Industries, or even a Bachelor of Business, successfully completing majors in Interior Design.

To gain entry to a Bachelor of Design or similar undergraduate course, you will need an entrance score of 75+. Universities offering appropriate courses include Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Technology, Sydney.

Also look into these universities for the relevant degree or major: Canberra University, Charles Sturt University, Edith Cowan University, Raffles College of Design and Commerce and Whitehouse Institute of Design (Sydney), RMIT and Swinburne University of Technology,.  

To gain entrance into some of these courses, you may be required to have an Advanced Diploma in Interior Design, Interior Technology or its equivalent.  A Diploma or Advanced Diploma is offered by numerous colleges and TAFE.

These include; 

•  Victoria: Commercial Arts Training College, TAFE Victoria, Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education
•  ACT:    Canberra Institute of Technology in the ACT.
•  NSW:     South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Sydney Institute of TAFE - Design     Centre and Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

• Queensland:  Commercial Arts Training College, Gold Coast Institute of TAFE, Southbank Institute of Technology and Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE

   

  The entry criteria for tertiary institiutions differs from year to year. The above comments are a guide only. To gain specific entry criteria either contact the relevant university or use Hobson's The Good University Guide.

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