Undergraduate in Design

Interior Design

In Interior Design you will find appropriate technical, historical and cultural preparation. You'll be able to explore different forms of spatiality and ways of experiencing them. Through ideation and drawing, modelling and digital models, you'll have the opportunity to design and develop equipment and work on the lighting dimension, intervening in various types of environments. Between the home and the commercial space, the permanent and the ephemeral, you'll be able to create new forms of intervention for future ways of living.

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Professional Future

  • Interior Designer in Design or Architecture Ateliers
  • Furniture and Lighting Designer
  • 3D Visualisation and Modelling Artist
  • Interior Decoration and Styling Consultant
  • Interior Project Manager / Construction Coordinator
  • Professional in Set Design and Ephemeral Spaces
  • CAD/BIM Technician in Design and Architecture Offices
  • Trainer, Teacher and/or Researcher
  • Interior Designer for Television and Audiovisual Production
  • Home Staging Specialist
  • Visual Merchandising and Window Display Specialist
  • Sustainable Design Consultant
  • Virtual Interior Designer

Critical, practice-based and contextual learning

Objectives

Structure, content and learning progression

Curriculum

Semester — 1
Design Fundamentals 75 HC 8 ECTS
Design and Technologies 45 HC 4 ECTS
Drawing I 60 HC 4 ECTS
Interaction Design 45 HC 4 ECTS
Geometry and Projection 30 HC 4 ECTS
Themes of Contemporary Culture 30 HC 3 ECTS
Theory of Perception 30 HC 3 ECTS
Semester — 2
Semester — 3
Semester — 4
Semester — 5
Semester — 6
Electives

HC - Contact hours - ECTS - European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

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Applications and Admissions

Profile

Dialogue between design, industry and culture

Partnerships

The Undergraduate Programme in Interior Design is also a space for contact with reality and the labour market, through partnerships with institutions and companies in the industrial and real estate sectors.

  • Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos
  • Câmara Municipal da Maia
  • Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso
  • Câmara Municipal do Porto
  • Matosinhos Habit
  • Maia Ambiente
  • Rar Imobiliária
  • IKEA
  • Mar Shopping
  • Centro Comercial Brasília

Teaching, practice and research

Faculty

Year 2026–2027

Tuition Fee

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Scholarships

Turn your design dreams into reality with scholarship opportunities

Enriching lives, opening minds

Erasmus+

Erasmus+, funded by the European Commission, supports personal and professional development across the European Union through mobility, training, and cooperation between organisations.

Workshops, talks, exhibitions and on-site experiences

Agenda & Events

Undergraduate 2025–2026

Calendar

Exams

Época especial — Inscrição · 03 — 04.09.2026

Época especial · 08 — 18.09.2026

Undergraduate

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By studying at ESAD, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and make use of the school’s laboratories. You will explore and master a range of processes, tools, and technologies, both analogue and digital. The undergraduate programmes develop creative and technical skills, fostering critical thinking, collaboration, and autonomy. They prepare you to act with flexibility, responsibility, and innovation, positioning you at the centre of change.