Interior Design

Overview

Interior Design at ARCH College of Design & Business focuses on the art and science of space design—reimagining built environments through planet-friendly, human-centric, and future-forward approaches.

Rooted in a hybrid design pedagogy, the curriculum integrates spatial design thinking, contextual understanding, and technical proficiency. Students explore regenerative spatial planning, material intelligence, and smart interior systems, learning to design spaces that are responsive, efficient, and inspiring.

Hands-on learning is strengthened through immersive storytelling using AR/VR for spatial exploration, concept building, and futurescaping. Digital tools, CAD, and cloud-based studio practices support collaborative and networked design processes.

Backed by ARCH’s 25 years of excellence in design education, international collaborations, and the Design Business Incubator, students gain global exposure, entrepreneurial insight, and the confidence to create innovative, resilient, and globally relevant interior solutions—while drawing inspiration from Jaipur’s rich architectural and craft ecosystem.

Courses at a Glance

  • Duration : 4 years
  • Eligibility : 12th with minimum 50%
  • Affiliated : University of Rajasthan
  • Selection Criteria : All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED)

Year 1: Design Foundation

Students develop a strong base in design thinking, drawing, visualisation, materials, and spatial awareness while building creative confidence and communication skills essential for interior design.

Year 2: Technical Skills & Spatial Design

The focus shifts to space planning, construction techniques, materials, furniture basics, building services, and CAD, supported by hands-on studio projects and site understanding.

Year 3: Specialisation & Industry Insight

Students explore residential, commercial, hospitality, exhibition, and sustainable interiors, along with design research, user-centric planning, and electives aligned with industry interests.

Year 4: Sustainability & Professional Practice

The final year emphasises sustainable design, advanced detailing, entrepreneurship, internships, and a comprehensive final project with Industry, preparing students for professional interior design careers.

Note: Every Year, students get the opportunity to undertake Internship.

  • Duration : 2+1+1 Years
  • Eligibility : 12th with minimum 50%
  • Affiliated : PEARSON BTEC
  • Selection Criteria : All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED)

Year 1: Level 4 (HND

Students build strong foundations in interior design through design principles, spatial visualisation, drawing, materials, CAD, contextual studies, and 3D practices, developing both creative thinking and technical skills.

Year 2: Level 5 (HND)

The focus advances to professional interior design practice, including space planning, sustainable design, advanced CAD and rendering, furniture and material studies, project management, research, and industry-oriented collaborative projects.

Year 3: B.A

International Degree Study Abroad Programme

Year 4: M.A

International Degree Study Abroad Programme

Note: Every Year, students get the opportunity to undertake Internship.

  • Duration : 2 Years
  • Eligibility : Graduation with minimum 50%
  • Affiliated : Vishvakarma Skills University
  • Selection Criteria : All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED)

Semester 1: Design Research & Spatial Exploration

Students build a strong foundation in design research, user studies, spatial analysis, material exploration, and advanced design thinking, strengthening conceptual clarity and innovation in interior environments.

Semester 2: Entrepreneurship & Professional Practice

The focus shifts to design management, business strategies, sustainability, branding, and project execution, enabling students to understand interior design as both a creative and entrepreneurial practice.

Semester 3: Advanced Interior Practice & Industry Exposure

Students deepen technical expertise through advanced detailing, building systems, furniture and lighting design, digital tools, and live industry projects, supported by internships and collaborative assignments.

Semester 4: Final Thesis & Professional Readiness

The final semester emphasises research-led design development, thesis documentation, portfolio presentation, and professional preparedness, equipping students for leadership roles, consultancy, entrepreneurship, and global interior design practice.

Note: Every Year, students get the opportunity to undertake Internship.

  • Duration : 3/6/12 Months
  • Eligibility : Graduation with minimum 50%
  • Award : ARCH Certificate
  • Selection Criteria : Personal Interaction

3-Month Courses (3 Days a Week)

  • Spatial Design
  • Construction & Material and CAD

6-Month Course (3 Days a Week)

Building Services & Residential Design focuses on technical planning, spatial standards, and practical residential design through hands-on projects.

12-Month Course (3 Days a Week)

The Interior Design Certificate Program builds core interior design skills in space planning, materials, digital drafting, and design development for entry-level practice or independent work.

  • Duration : 4 years
  • Eligibility : 12th with minimum 50%
  • Affiliated : University of Rajasthan
  • Selection Criteria : All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED)

Year 1: Design Foundation

  Students develop a strong base in design thinking, drawing, visualisation, materials, and spatial awareness while building creative confidence and communication skills essential for interior design.

Year 2: Technical Skills & Spatial Design

The focus shifts to space planning, construction techniques, materials, furniture basics, building services, and CAD, supported by hands-on studio projects and site understanding.

Year 3: Specialisation & Industry Insight

 Students explore residential, commercial, hospitality, exhibition, and sustainable interiors, along with design research, user-centric planning, and electives aligned with industry interests.

Year 4: Sustainability & Professional Practice

The final year emphasises sustainable design, advanced detailing, entrepreneurship, internships, and a comprehensive final project with Industry, preparing students for professional interior design careers.

Note: Every Year, students get the opportunity to undertake Internship.

  • Duration : 2+1+1 Years
  • Eligibility : 12th with minimum 50%
  • Affiliated : PEARSON BTEC
  • Selection Criteria : All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED)

Year 1: Level 4 (HND)

Students build strong foundations in interior design through design principles, spatial visualisation, drawing, materials, CAD, contextual studies, and 3D practices, developing both creative thinking and technical skills.

Year 2: Level 5 (HND)

The focus advances to professional interior design practice, including space planning, sustainable design, advanced CAD and rendering, furniture and material studies, project management, research, and industry-oriented collaborative projects.

Year 3: B.A

International Degree Study Abroad Programme

Year 4: M.A

International Degree Study Abroad Programme

Note: Every Year, students get the opportunity to undertake Internship.

  • Duration : 2 Years
  • Eligibility : Graduation with minimum 50%
  • Affiliated : Vishvakarma Skills University
  • Selection Criteria : All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED)

Semester 1: Design Research & Spatial Exploration

Students build a strong foundation in design research, user studies, spatial analysis, material exploration, and advanced design thinking, strengthening conceptual clarity and innovation in interior environments.

Semester 2: Entrepreneurship & Professional Practice

The focus shifts to design management, business strategies, sustainability, branding, and project execution, enabling students to understand interior design as both a creative and entrepreneurial practice.

Semester 3: Advanced Interior Practice & Industry Exposure

Students deepen technical expertise through advanced detailing, building systems, furniture and lighting design, digital tools, and live industry projects, supported by internships and collaborative assignments.

Semester 4: Final Thesis & Professional Readiness

The final semester emphasises research-led design development, thesis documentation, portfolio presentation, and professional preparedness, equipping students for leadership roles, consultancy, entrepreneurship, and global interior design practice.

Note: Every Year, students get the opportunity to undertake Internship.

  • Duration : 3/6/12 Months
  • Eligibility : Graduation with minimum 50%
  • Award : ARCH Certificate
  • Selection Criteria : Personal Interaction

3-Month Courses (3 Days a Week)

  • Spatial Design
  • Construction & Material and CAD

6-Month Course (3 Days a Week)

Building Services & Residential Design focuses on technical planning, spatial standards, and practical residential design through hands-on projects.

12-Month Course (3 Days a Week)

The Interior Design Certificate Program builds core interior design skills in space planning, materials, digital drafting, and design development for entry-level practice or independent work.

Alumni Speak

Sunidhi Anand

Sunidhi Anand

Former Interior Designer,
K2 India (2013-2015)

Deeptashree Saha

Deeptashree Saha

Co Founder,
The Vernacular Modern(2013-2017)

Akshya Sharma

Akshya Sharma

Founder, KIIWA Studio
(2015-2018)

Divyansh Lakshara

Divyansh Lakshara

Founder & Principal Designer,
Chukhat Studio (2022-2025)

Industry Speak

Ashish Kala

Ar. Ashish Kala

Chairperson, IIID Jaipur
Founder, Kala Associates

Prof. Pradyumna Vyas

Prof. Pradyumna Vyas

President, World Design
Organisation, Former Director,
National Institute of Design

Ar. Abhirup Dutta

Ar. Abhirup Dutta

Founder, The Vernacular Modern

Industry Insights

Industry Insights
  • The Global Interior Design industry is projected to grow to USD 211.29 billion by 2032.
  • The Indian interior design market is expected to grow to USD 81.2 billion by 2030.
  • Jaipur has 12,879 shipments in the global furniture export market.
  • Global interior construction jobs are expected to grow 13% in the next decade
  • Jaipur accounts for about 1.8 % of all fitted furniture suppliers in India — reflecting its growing share in the country’s interior furnishing and design supply base.

The ARCH Experience

Dream 2074: A Utopia for French Luxury

Dream 2074: A Utopia for French Luxury

ARCH secured 4th position in the prestigious international competition “Dream 2074: A Utopia for French Luxury,” organised by the Cumulus in collaboration with Comité Colbert, France.

FOAID 2018: Time to Reimagine

FOAID 2018: Time to Reimagine

ARCH College won the Diamond Award at the Festival of Architecture & Interior Design (FOAID) event in Delhi.

FORHEX Fair 2025

FORHEX Fair 2025

ARCH Interior students won Best Visual Merchandising for FORHEX Fair 2025

Vastra 2017

Vastra 2017

ARCH won First Prize for Best Institutional Stall Design & Display at the prestigious Garment Fair

Gaurav Sharma

Gaurav Sharma

Created an innovative staircase that won the 1st prize in Ideation at the Inter Collegiate Competition of IIID

Aradhana Sharma

Aradhana Sharma

Won the ‘Inside Outside Design Award’ for a creative chair inspired from the betel leaf.

Deepika Kumawat

Deepika Kumawat

Won the ‘Society Interiors Design Award’ for Tea-set holder inspired by Cycle

Studio Design Project

Studio Design Project - Fabriclore

The Interior Department collaborated with Fabriclore to design and conceptualise the Fabriclore Experience Studio in Jaipur, an interactive fabric ecosystem and experiential visual merchandising.

Restaurant Design Project

Restaurant Design Project

Industry project collaboration with Hotel Clarks Amer, where students presented innovative concepts that supported strategic decision-making, for Restaurant 1589 Core & Director, Hotel Clarks Amer.

Cric n Cafe: A Cricket theme cafe project

Cric n Cafe: A Cricket theme cafe project

Designed for cricket enthusiasts, this cafe transforms the love for the sport into an immersive dining experience, with every element inspired by Cricket.

Hindola Jhula Project

Hindola Jhula Project

A sustainable furniture piece inspired by Rajasthan’s heritage, blending traditional craftsmanship with a contemporary form using sesame wood, Sanganeri fabric waste, and brass detailing.

Pankh – Furniture Design Project

Pankh – Furniture Design Project

A butterfly-wing-inspired vanity chair that merges sculptural elegance with functional luxury, celebrating the harmony between form and function

Through a progression pathway

Through a progression pathway with Universities like Teeside, UCLAN and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), UK, students completing the International Degree in Interior Design

Through a progression pathway

Dream 2074: A Utopia for French LuxuryARCH secured 4th position in the prestigious international competition A Utopia for French Luxury,” organised by the Cumulus in collaboration with Comité Colbert, France.

collaboration with the Institute

In collaboration with the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) Jaipur, hosted the knowledge-sharing series Genesis to Revolution, to explore the journey of interior projects from concept to execution.

students did a visual merchandising

ARCH students did a visual merchandising and exhibition design project for Rajasthan Urban Development Authority (RUDA) Artisans at Federation of Rajasthan Handicraft Exporters (FORHEX Fair)

collaboration with the Institute

Consultancy project for the Confederation of Indian Industry CERA Glass 2012 Trade Fair, planned and implemented signage, display, and lighting design for exhibitors across a 1300 sq. m. Cera Glass Haat exhibition space.

Wood & Furniture Workshop

Wood & Furniture Workshop: Hands-on training in garment construction and surface development.

Digital Fabrication & Laser Lab:

Digital Fabrication & Laser Lab: Laser cutting and precision fabrication for wood and mixed materials

CAD & Mac Labs

3D Prototyping Unit: Tools for creating scaled and full-size prototypes in various materials.