Graduate in Design
Interior design
The Master's in Interior Design is designed to provide design and cultural training, enabling students to develop design solutions suited to the multiple demands of a changing society characterized by current environmental, social and economic challenges. This course will deepen interests and knowledge in the context of the culture of living, cutting across boundaries between Design, Architecture and Urbanism. Projects will take shape that reflect new and diverse ways of experiencing and inhabiting the world.
Profile
Critical, practice-based and contextual learning
Objectives
The Master's Degree in Interior Design offers in-depth and specialized training in interior design, consolidating an undergraduate degree, whether in Design, Architecture or another related area, and offering something more: more knowledge, more experience, more contact with national and international researchers, designers and architects who will encourage and pass on knowledge.
Valuing your ability to represent and design space, the Master's degree offers a high-level technical and cultural qualification in the refurbishment of buildings and the design of spatial environments in which light, materials and perceptual relationships with spaces are essential. It also provides you with a research path.
In the Master's in Interior Design you will find a vibrant place for contact with the job market, through partnerships with institutions and companies in the industrial and real estate sectors, and a context for emerging social challenges. The workshop-based projects, led by specialists from different areas, will guide you in devising and bringing to life answers to specific challenges. The economical use of materials and resources, as well as the reuse of components and objects from demolition sites, will make you a designer who is sensitive to the sustainability of project practice, with entrepreneurial and research skills.
Structure, content and learning progression
Curriculum
HC — Contact hours · ECTS — European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Teaching, practice and research
Faculty
Enriching lives, opening minds
Erasmus+
Erasmus+, funded by the European Commission, is the EU's flagship program for education, training, youth, and sport. It aims to boost personal and professional development for all Europeans. This can involve student exchanges, vocational training placements, or even adult learning programs. Erasmus+ also encourages collaboration between organizations across Europe to share knowledge and drive innovation in these fields.
Graduate 2025–2026
Calendar
Atividades letivas
Graduate
● Ano letivo · 06.10.2025 — 30.06.2026
● Final — Unidades curriculares — 1.º Semestre (2.º ano) · 30.01.2026
● Final — Unidades curriculares — Anuais (1.º ano) · 30.06.2026
School closures
● Natal e Ano Novo · 22.12.2025 — 02.01.2026
● Carnaval · 16 — 18.02.2026
● Páscoa · 30.03 — 06.04.2026
● Queima das Fitas · 04 — 08.05.2026
● Sr. Matosinhos · 25 — 26.05.2026
Assessments
Publication
● 1.º semestre — Unidades curriculares — 2.º ano · 02 — 06.02.2026
● Anuais — Unidades curriculares — 1.º ano · 01 — 07.07.2026
Exams
● Unidades curriculares anuais · 08 — 09.07.2026
● Época especial · 03 — 04.09.2026
Work plan
● 1ª Época — entrega projeto/relatório de estágio/dissertação · 03.07.2025
● 2.ª Época — entrega projeto/relatório de estágio/dissertação · 20.11.2025
● Entrega de planos de mestrado para aprovação do Conselho Técnico-Científico · 31.01.2026
● Época especial — entrega projeto/relatório de estágio/dissertação · 19.02.2026
Statutes
● Pedidos estatutos especiais · 08 — 19.09.2025
● Pedidos de Estatuto de estudante praticante desportivo de alto rendimento ou de estudante-trabalhador · 06 — 31.10.2025
● Pedidos de Estatuto de estudantes com necessidades educativas especiais · 06.10 — 06.11.2025
● Apresentação do pedido de cancelamento da inscrição · 06 — 24.10.2025
Administrative Services
Contacts
For information on applications, admission or scholarships at ESAD, the Administrative Services team is available to assist by email or telephone, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 (in August, morning opening is at 9:00).
Graduate in Design
Craft Meaningful Experiences.
The Master’s in Design offers a high-quality education aimed at addressing complex and rapidly evolving social challenges. It integrates practice, research, and strong links to industry, with the participation of international guest speakers in conferences and workshops. It promotes specialisation and the consolidation of essential methodological, practical, and theoretical skills.