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Interior Design

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Exchange Programme

Interior Design

You’ve got a colourful personality with sustainable ideas and out-of-the-box concepts

You're fascinated by the world of interior design and furniture and would love to create and develop your own designs.
This exchange programme starts in the 3rd year. Therefore, prior knowledge of Interior Design and | or Architecture, Furniture Design and construction is required.
Admission to the programme will be based on your portfolio and an online interview.
You can personalise your programme by choosing different assignments [ furniture – private housing – public spaces - … ] and electives that interest you.

Practical information

Admission requirements

You will need to show your portfolio, an online English language test (level B2) and have a skype interview.
Where

On campus
Tuition fee

Exchange Students from partner universities where both schools have signed and Inter-Institutional Agreement (IIA) or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) don't have to pay tuition fees.
Conditions

You must be studying at one of our partner institutions. You must be nominated by your home coordinator and accepted by the exchange programme at Thomas More (see admission procedure for exchange students).
Language requirements

English B2
Erasmus code

B MECHELE14

Programme

Below you can find an overview of the courses (under reservation of changes), with the number of credits per course. Credits express how many hours you need on average to process the subject matter (incl. lessons). Count about 25 to 30 hours for 1 study credit.

We have explained the most important courses in a blue tooltip.
The combination of courses can be restricted by planning issues and needs to be communicated beforehand.
Courses marked with a * are offered fully online. This means you don't have to physically come to Belgium to take these courses.

Would you like to know the detailed content of each subject? Check the programme guide.

	Code	ECTS	Autumn	Spring
COMPULSORY COURSES
Design 3 i	YD0333	9	x
Research & Innovation i	YD0332	6	x
Extra-Curricular Activities i	YD0344	3	x

	Code	ECTS	Autumn	Spring
Survival Dutch i	YR0118	3	x
Intercultural Communication i	YR0129	3	x
AutoCAD i	YD0268	3	x
Design & Research i	YD0252	3	x

We have explained the most important courses in a blue tooltip.
The combination of courses can be restricted by planning issues and needs to be communicated beforehand.
Courses marked with a * are offered fully online. This means you don't have to physically come to Belgium to take these courses.

Would you like to know the detailed content of each subject? Check the programme guide.

	Code	ECTS	Autumn	Spring
COMPULSORY COURSES
Design 3 i	YD0333	9	x
Research & Innovation i	YD0332	6	x
Extra-Curricular Activities i	YD0344	3	x

	Code	ECTS	Autumn	Spring
Survival Dutch i	YR0118	3	x
Intercultural Communication i	YR0129	3	x
AutoCAD i	YD0268	3	x
Design & Research i	YD0252	3	x

This course does not start in February.

Eyecatchers

GIDE (=Group for International Design Education)

Every year, 3rd year students of the study programme ‘Interior Design’ are working on a large project together with students and teachers from our partner universities in Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Madeira, Scotland, Switzerland and China.
The event takes place in a different partner university every year.

Faydherbe Academie

Faydherbe Academy is the platform of the Interior, Design & Architecture unit of Thomas More in which students, teachers, alumni, and partner companies challenge each other to go on a discovery tour to find the designer and do-gooder in themselves. We organise courses, workshops, excursions and other events to guide them in this. Some activities are exclusively for students, but the majority is open to anyone interested in interior design or architecture.

Practice-oriented Scientific Research with a Real Impact

We empower the designers of the future!
Rather than engaging in fundamental empirical research, our researchers develop design tools that arm designers in the fields of interior design, furniture design and architecture to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
We do this in 3 themes :

Circular Design : when waste becomes a raw material | Space and Service Design : when the user becomes a designer | Inclusive Design : when specific needs prevail |