<p>My D is looking at undergraduate interior design schools. I have read that a student needs to go to a CIDA-accredited institution for undergraduate interior design in order to become certified as an interior designer after graduation. Is that true? In that case, what happens to students who attend SCAD for interior design, since they are not CIDA accredited?
I like what I've seen about SCAD, but should we consider it?</p>
<p>The National Council for Interior Design Qualification suggests 5 different routes to certification. Review Route 1 (CIDA-accredited) and Route 2 (no CIDA accreditation). I believe you will find they are identical.</p>
<p>I do not know very much about the Interior Design dept. at SCAD, however the same profs that teach the grad program teach the undergrad program...</p>
<p>SCAD</a> Ranked America's Best Interior Design Graduate Program | Reuters</p>
<p>Thanks for the reference to NCIDQ. I went to their site, very useful!</p>
<p>Hi there!
I’m an italian university student and next march I’ll get my 3-years degree (what would be akin to a Bachelor degree) in Foreign Languages and Literatures. I want to continue my education but in a completely different field, that is, interior design. I’ve been looking around and I came across SCAD’s interior design program, which, from what I can tell, seems good and is also accredited by CIDA. I’ve also been reading topics here on CC and recently there have been good reviews.
Basically, what I really want to ask is, do I have any chance to be accepted? I went to a good high school and I graduated with a final mark of 98/100, but I have neither a formal art backround (high schools in italy just offer you art history classes) nor a portfolio and obviously my recommendations wouldn’t be art related. Will they want to know my university marks or they won’t care about them? This will sound silly, but will the fact that I’m older (22) than the regular undergraduate applicant be a disadvantage?
I’m also considering the Istituto Marangoni, a private school in Milan: it has a pretty good fame as far as the fashion department is concerned, but for the interior design program I’d have to trust the good faith of their “orientation officer”.
I’m sorry if all my questions sound really silly, but american college applications work in a very different way compared to italian university and I want to be sure I got everything right.
Thank you!</p>