Master in Interior Design

The Master's Degree in Interior Design is an official degree that aims to shape your expertise in interior design, expanding your theoretical knowledge and practical skills in creating spaces that are both functional and visually appealing. This university course delves into each area of interior design from a multidisciplinary perspective, dealing with topics such as interior space and architecture, architectural design and sustainability.

This official degree will throw you into a creative and technical process that will allow you to:

Design functional and sustainable spaces full of emotion: you’ll learn everything from interior architecture to the design of ephemeral spaces, all with a contemporary focus and a commitment to the environment.
You’ll be prepared to face real challenges in the industry: designing homes that inspire, hotels that provide a true guest experience, offices that boost productivity and public spaces that resonate with the community.
This master’s degree will equip you with the tools to go beyond trends and leave your personal stamp on each project, exceeding clients’ expectations with creativity and technical precision.

Interior design is tool capable of changing how we live, work and relate to space. If you feel you have that special flair for imagining unique spaces and you want to take the next step in your career, the Master's Degree in Interior Design is for you.

*Degree approved in Spanish, pending a favourable report from the Regional Evaluation Agency/ANECA for approval to be taught in English.

Official degree issued by Universidad Europea de Madrid

Madrid (centro)

Start: October 2026 M - T 18:30h - 21:30h

Classes in English or Spanish

School of Design and Creative Technologies

Logotipo Colegio Oficial de Decoradores y Diseñadores de Interior Madrid

Become a member of CODDIM

As a graduate of the Master's Degree in Interior Design, you’ll gain access to CODDIM, the Official Association of Decorators in Madrid, which will expand your career opportunities in the design industry.

Why study the Master’s Degree in Interior Design?

Sustainable and multifunctional design

Your learning will focus on social trends and current concerns such as sustainability, energy efficiency, recycling, accessibility and biophilic design. You’ll learn to make your projects stand out by incorporating aspects such as multifunctionality, new materials, the senses and lighting that evokes comfort and certain emotions.

Networking and internships

Thanks to our strong connection with a network of leading businesses and organizations in the interior design industry, you’ll have the chance to create your own network with important industry players. You’ll also have access to internships and collaborative professional projects, helping to boost your employability in a growing industry.

Learning by designing

We’re pioneers in the development of an academic model focused on creative profiles. This model is based on practical and experiential learning, and also encourages working in collaborative environments. The goal is to emulate real working environments and foster creativity, innovation and critical thinking.

Experiment without limits

From the Art Studio, ideal for sketching and lighting studies, to the MakerSpace and CreaLab, where students can create models and prototypes with the latest advanced tools. Our specialized classrooms offer you the perfect environment to transform your ideas into real projects.

Partner companies

Our partners actively collaborate on the master's degree through exclusive sessions with leading professionals, specialised workshops and real cases provided by leading companies, helping you to enhance your employability and build a network of key contacts.

Creative Campus joins the New European Bauhaus

Creative Campus is now an official partner of the New European Bauhaus, the European Commission initiative that connects the European Green Deal with people's everyday lives, promoting a sustainable, inclusive and beautiful transformation of the spaces in which we live. Being part of this European community reinforces our commitment to education based on the design of real, sustainable and inclusive solutions. It also opens up new opportunities for us to work alongside European institutions, cultural agents and companies, promoting training that combines creativity, innovation and social commitment. Together, we are actively contributing to designing a more humane and sustainable future.

Official Training Centre

Universidad Europea has been recognised by PUE Academy as an official training centre for leading multinational technology companies such as Adobe, Microsoft, Unity, Autodesk, and Python. As a student, you’ll have access to 500 official certifications plus practice tests and advanced resources. This agreement demonstrates our commitment to educational excellence and training in the most advanced tools.

Discover our facilities

To train as a designer you need to learn in a professional setting, the kind your future will hold: Creative Campus, 5,000 m2 in the heart of Madrid with state-of-the-art facilities.

El Atrio, instalaciones de Creative Campus, la escuela de Diseño de la Universidad Europea.

The Atrium

The meeting place for students, professors and professionals, where exhibitions, presentations, performances, master classes and screenings, and other activities take place.

Games Lab

A truly unique videogame studio, equipped with the latest generation of computers (2x32 GB RAM and 1 T SSD), 34'' monitors and all software installed locally, allowing you to do all your projects at the most advanced level, with professional quality.

Media Lab

Equipped with motion capture (MoCap), Cyclorama and Chroma in a digital photo lab over 250 m2.

Aulas Wacom, Render Farm y estudios de edición

Wacom & Render Farm classrooms plus editing studios

High-performance space equipped with 24" Wacom Cintiq Pro tablets and professional software such as ZBrush, Maya, Blender and Toon Boom Harmony. A place designed to train future animators and illustrators in a professional environment.

FabLab, instalaciones de Creative Campus, la escuela de Diseño de la Universidad Europea.

FABLab Digital Fabrication Lab

With carbon printers, laser cutters, milling machines, resin printers, fabric printers, plotters, and more.

Makerspace

Manual manufacturing workshop for working with wood, clay, plaster, etc.

Fashion Studio

Sewing workshop with 25 Stockman busts, industrial overlockers, tables for pattern-making, sewing and vacuuming, BIEFFE irons, sewing machines with built-in AI (JUKY, SEWMAQ), and more.

Study plan

This master’s degree offers holistic training in interior design, preparing students to tackle any interior design project with creativity, technical skill, and working and representation methods that exceed clients’ expectations. The curriculum of the Master’s Degree in Interior Design focuses on current social trends, new lifestyles, sustainability and the latest creative techniques. But your education wouldn’t be complete without cultural knowledge of the subject. For this reason, the curriculum also covers the historical evolution of interior and furniture design, providing students with the historical background they need to inform their work.

Curriculum structure

Historical evolution of interior and furniture design (6 ECTS)
Design of residential and hospitality spaces (6 ECTS)
Digital processing (6 ECTS)
Application of materials in interior design (6 ECTS)
Advanced lighting design (6 ECTS)
Design of public and ephemeral spaces (6 ECTS)
Fundamentals of sustainability and biophilic design (6 ECTS)
Building systems and services (6 ECTS)
Internship (6 ECTS)
Master's final project (6 ECTS)

What you’ll learn each semester

First Semester

Historical evolution of interior and furniture design
Knowing our history is essential to the foundation of our development. An extensive journey through the history of furniture design, from ancient times to the effervescent design of the 20th and 21st centuries, together with an exploration of interior design history that also focuses on the last century and a half.
Design of residential and hospitality spaces
The design of our immediate habitat comes above all else. The places in which we live and take shelter. We’ll explore residential design with a special focus on versatility, multifunctionality, new lifestyles, and the growing importance of offering impactful experiences in the hospitality industry.
Digital processing
An advanced subject on the digital processing of 3D images and the presentation of projects. Digital editing, rendering and realistic lighting are achieved through programs like Photoshop, VRay Lights, Mesh Light and sView.
Application of materials in interior design
When designing interior spaces, the materials we choose play a fundamental role in creating sensations, as their textures, colors, patterns, feel, and even smells impact us in different ways. You’ll identify the properties of both natural and unnatural materials, become familiar with paints and seamless finishes, learn how to select carpentry and metalwork, and explore new eco-friendly materials and biomaterials.
Advanced lighting design
The ability to design good lighting can be what sets a good designer apart from the rest. Through light, we create atmospheres, contrasts, sensations and mystery.
Lighting allows us to highlight, guide, point out, reveal and amaze. In this subject, you’ll discover the wonderful world of lighting. Its properties and parameters, lighting methods and types of luminaires. You’ll also learn calculation methods. Ultimately, you’ll design lighting projects that make a difference.

Second Semester

Design of public and ephemeral spaces
The demand for interior design in public spaces is growing. Businesses and offices are now aware of the role design plays in boosting sales or employee productivity. Even public authorities want to adapt their workplaces to a world with a new aesthetic. You’ll learn how to design these places for a large number of users. But life in the city is full of events, launches, fairs, promotional activities, festivals... Public spaces have taken on a new dimension, and so we also cover the importance of ephemeral installations in this subject.
Fundamentals of sustainability and biophilic design
There’s no turning back. Sustainability, energy saving, natural materials and bioclimatic design have been introduced into interior design projects, as society demands it more and more. This subject introduces you to methods of designing energy-efficient, bioclimatic spaces, the services to include for low energy consumption, and the materials that are most environmentally friendly. But we also emphasize a growing trend: biophilic design. This understands the human need for contact with nature, and therefore the need to introduce it into our everyday environment.
Building systems and services
As well as knowing about materials, a competent interior designer must be familiar with building systems in order to carry out their work. This subject deals with structures, exterior walls and interior partitions, false ceilings, staircases, and all the services required in a modern space, such as air conditioning, home automation, electricity, plumbing and sanitation.
External internship
Essential contact with real work, where you’ll gain practical experience working in multidisciplinary teams, facing challenges and difficulties, and performing various tasks such as project design and modelling, report writing, implementing building solutions and measuring spaces.
Master’s Thesis
A comprehensive project with the support of a tutor, in which you’ll have to conduct research, find references, develop creative ideas, draw up technical plans and reports, and defend your work in an oral presentation before a panel, developing all the skills you’ll need in your future career.

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Entry profile

Graduates in any branch of design.
Graduates in Fine Arts.
Graduates in Architecture.
Graduates in Construction Engineering.
Graduates in other subjects who have proven work/professional experience in the area of interior design and renovations.
In addition, other qualifications awarded by a higher education institution that give access in the issuing country to postgraduate studies and that are related to the field of knowledge of this qualification will be deemed acceptable.

Learning & training outcomes

Knowledge (CON, by the acronym in Spanish)

CON01 - Identify the different factors to consider when drawing up an interior design project.
CON02 - Describe every stage of an interior design project.
CON03 - Determine which finishing materials and lighting create sensations, as a fundamental principle of interior design.
CON04 - Evaluate interior design as a means of adapting people’s lives to social shifts.

Skills (CP, by the acronym in Spanish)

CP01 - Design functional diagrams and space requirements plans for areas to be redesigned.
CP02 - Develop projects that involve space analysis, ergonomics and furnishing, with the aim of introducing new uses and functions into traditional spaces.
CP03 - Analyse the characteristics, structural constraints, advantages and disadvantages of a built space to be renovated.
CP04 - Apply cultural, technical and social knowledge in the design of an interior space.
CP05 - Demonstrate ethical commitment in your professional development in interior design.
CP06 - Come up with new ideas and original solutions based on known interior design concepts, achieving creative solutions in spatial design.
CP07 - Develop interior design projects in the context of technology, the digital environment, image and communication.
CP08 - Work actively as part of a team to tackle design proposals and technical solutions with empathy and respect.

Abilities (HAB, by the acronym in Spanish)

HAB01 - Determine the needs of the client in an interior design project.
HAB02 - Carry out an interior design project with the appropriate building systems and materials.
HAB03 - Determine which techniques and materials create sensations, as a fundamental principle of interior design.
HAB04 - Present interior design projects with the proper techniques and information tailored to each stage and stakeholder.
HAB08 - Come up with convincing ideas in interior design based on the history of design, sustainability, ergonomics or current social trends.
HAB05 - Analyse the criteria of sustainability, comfort and protection of the environment in an interior design project.
HAB06 - Draw up technical plans in order to execute an interior renovation project.
HAB07 - Apply historical research and insights to improve the efficiency of interior design.

Employability

The interior design services market had an estimated value of $137.93 billion in 2024, with projected growth to $177.13 billion in 2029. This reflects an annual growth rate of 5.13%. Around 250,000 jobs are expected to be created in this field, mainly affecting highly qualified professionals.

Career opportunities in interior design

Interior design is a profession in high demand due to economic developments, the importance of image, more leisure activities, new ways of living and new ways of working. This master’s degree will open the door to a range of roles, such as:

Residential and interior space designer.
Commercial and leisure space designer, with expertise in visual merchandising.
Workplace and administrative space designer.
Ephemeral architecture designer (fairs, events, exhibitions, etc.).
Scenic designer.
Public space designer.
Project manager in interior design.
Stylist for interior design or real estate publications.

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Credit recognition and transfers

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Master's Degree in Interior Design* Madrid

Master in Interior Design

Become a member of CODDIM

Why study the Master’s Degree in Interior Design?

Sustainable and multifunctional design

Networking and internships

Learning by designing

Experiment without limits

Partner companies

Creative Campus joins the New European Bauhaus

Official Training Centre

Discover our facilities

Study plan

Curriculum structure

What you’ll learn each semester

First Semester

Second Semester

More information

Entry profile

Learning & training outcomes

Employability

Career opportunities in interior design

Admissions

Admission exams

Place reservation

Enrollment

Educational quality endorsed by international rankings

Come see the campus

Academic quality