Programme details

Master of Interior Architecture – MIA

Enhance your professional capabilities and elevate your career opportunities through advanced studies in interior architecture.

Course description

Specialize in spatial experience design through the Master of Interior Architecture program at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Innovatively reimagine environments where people live, work, play, dine, shop, exercise, and learn.

This program empowers you to enhance people’s wellbeing and shape a better future through the thoughtful design of interior spaces. You’ll explore how design influences human interaction, movement, and experience within built environments. Factors like performance, identity, mood, and physical comfort will inspire your creative solutions to enhance and revolutionize interiors.

Your academic journey will delve into social, cultural, ecological, technological, historical, and contemporary contexts, expanding your understanding of design’s impact on the relationships between materials, people, and space.

This comprehensive learning experience combines structured courses with a self-directed, design-focused research thesis or portfolio, preparing you for a career at the forefront of interior architecture.

Recognized internationally, the University’s Master of Interior Architecture program is affiliated with the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) and the Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association (IDEA).

Immigration benefits

This course qualifies for 5 points if applying for residency under the Skilled Migrant Category.

This course may qualify for the following visa rights:
In-study work rights
Partner visitor rights
Partner work rights
Post-study work rights

Career Prospects

Upon completing the Master of Interior Architecture program, you can pursue specialized roles within interior design or architecture firms, or in the interior divisions of large, multidisciplinary design companies.

Career paths may also lead you to roles such as exhibition designer, stage or screen set designer, or retail designer. Opportunities could extend to becoming a lighting designer, furniture designer, or environmental designer. Additionally, teaching and research in the field are viable career options.

The program equips you with the skills and knowledge to excel in various facets of interior architecture, opening doors to a diverse range of professional opportunities.

Entry requirements

– A Bachelor of Architectural Studies degree in Interior Architecture or Graduate Diploma in Designed Environments in Interior Architecture from this university, or an approved alternative qualification. See ‘Important information’ below
– To be accepted by the head of school as being capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

EL requirement (any one of the following)
– IELTS (Academic): Minimum overall score of 6.5, with no sub-score below 6.0
– TOEFL (Internet-based test): Minimum score of 90, with at least 20 in writing
– Pearson Test of English: Minimum score of 58, with a ‘Communicative’ score of no less than 50
– EAP: Minimum final scores of 4, 4, 5, 5
– Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 176 or higher, with each skill score no less than 169
– New Zealand Certificates in English Language (NZCEL): Level 5 (Academic)
– NZAPA: English New Zealand Accredited Pathway Assessment Level 3, with no skill lower than Level 2

Victoria University

Credits
240

Duration
2 years

Intakes

February

International fees
44800 for 120 credits, 89600 for 240 credits

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