School of Interior Architecture

We commit to preparing you in creative and meaningful ways, collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders to develop the culture, stature and outreach of design within communities.

Mission + Philosophy

Interior Architecture Programs

You will work in a creative studio environment alongside students from other disciplines with emergent technology and an innovative curriculum that prepare you for a breadth of career opportunities.

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Interior Architecture

Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture
4 years

Dual Degree

4+2: Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture + Master of Architecture
6 years

4+2: Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture + Master of Landscape Architecture
6 years

Why Interior Architecture?

As a collective, faculty, students and staff in our school advance the discipline by situating spatially-driven interior architecture, maker culture and theories of interiority at the forefront of teaching and research in a wide array of formats. These include cross-disciplinary collaboration, diverse perspectives, digital fabrication and community engagement.

Accolades in the School of Interior Architecture

Recent national and international awards distinguish our school. We empower change-makers and celebrate faculty and student accomplishments as we prepare a new generation of designers.

Fab Lab

Students use the college's incredible Fab Lab, a 20,000 sf maker space in downtown Knoxville, to fabricate, ideate and explore. Ideas become reality with the impressive digital and analog technology.

Student Work: Collaboration + Creativity

You will learn in studio with students from the School of Architecture and School of Landscape Architecture. This collaborative environment encourages innovative creativity and gives better results.

Career Trajectories

You won't leave with just a degree. Our curriculum is rich with skills that will make employers take notice, like communication skills, community engagement, design thinking and fabrication experience. In fact, 100% of interior architecture graduates had jobs in the field within one month of graduation last year.

Student Achievement Data and Accreditation

Council for Interior Design Accreditation Student Achievement Data-aggregated data addressing attrition and retention, graduation rates, job placement rates, and acceptance into graduate programs.