The Academy of Fine Arts Munich offers a four-year bachelor's degree programme and a two-year consecutive master's degree programme in interior design. The programme understands interior design as a discipline in dialogue with the fine arts.
The aim of the programme is to enable students to analyse spatial, structural and social issues in the complex field of interior design and to develop independent concepts and solutions for them. The programme promotes and demands an artistic and scientific approach to projects and requires students to communicate these convincingly. Graduates acquire, in particular, the ability to design and plan spaces artistically, technically, ecologically and socially, as well as to transform our built and natural environment, with a special focus on the responsible use of existing structures. Design is understood as an activity that emerges from knowledge of context, space, construction and materials, which develops this knowledge through artistic freedom and theoretical reflection and ultimately translates it into architecturally coherent concepts. This understanding is supported by close cooperation with the academy's art classes, joint teaching formats, practical experience and project work in the workshops, which shape the technical and artistic training.
In the first four semesters of the bachelor's programme, the fundamentals of interior design are established and gradually deepened in interrelated design and theory formats. Teaching in the following semesters builds on this foundation. Analysis, craftsmanship, artistic practice and theoretical knowledge are continuously intertwined so that projects can be approached from different perspectives. The programme is complemented by opportunities for international experience outside the academy.
In the consecutive Master's programme, these fundamentals are continued and reflected upon in larger and more complex design tasks. Particular emphasis is placed on independent artistic engagement with architecture and interior design, as well as on the precise elaboration of projects. Individual thematic focuses in modules accompanying the programme are expressly encouraged. Interdisciplinary collaboration remains a central component of the programme.
Both degree programmes conclude in the final semester with a thesis: the Bachelor's thesis in the eighth semester and the Master's thesis in the fourth semester.
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