First-Professional Master of Interior Design
Adrianne Bou-Zaid, MID Major Research Project: AI: The Future of Design
Interior Design Programs
Master of Interior Design
The First-Professional Master of Interior Design is a full-time, two-year program designed to prepare you for a successful career in the interior design industry. This degree is open to anyone with any undergraduate degree, even if it’s not in interior design or a related field.
This program blends creative practice with design exploration, allowing you to work in a studio environment and gain hands-on experience. You’ll develop creative design solutions for real-world challenges while exploring the latest trends in the design field. Through hands-on learning, research and community engagement, you’ll discover how the built environment plays a vital role in shaping meaningful interiors.
Degree Earned
Master of Interior Design
Program Format
Full time / 2 year
Jewel Mathieu, MID Major Research Project: Affordable Housing & Sustainable Design
In the First-Professional Master of Interior Design, you'll dive into intensive studio courses in your first year, tackling essential design challenges. Our professional courses will give you the practical skills you need for the industry, and supporting classes in history, theory, and electives will provide opportunities for deeper design exploration. In your final year, you'll complete a Major Research Project (MRP) to further develop your professional competencies and showcase your expertise.
Curriculum Sample
Actual curriculum may vary depending on courses offered that academic year.
Year One
| FALL | WINTER | SPRING/SUMMER |
| Interior Design Studio 1 | Interior Design Studio 2 | Interior Design Studio 3 |
| History of Interior Design | Psychology and Design | Professional Study |
Year Two
| FALL | WINTER | SPRING/SUMMER |
| ID8100 Design|Research Seminar I | ID8101 Design|Research Seminar II | Practicum |
| Graduate Elective | Graduate Elective | Milestone: Creative Project/MRP |
| Milestone: Creative Project Proposal |
Milestone: Creative Project Phase I |
The Creative School Graduate Electives
The Creative School offers graduate elective courses open to all students in the faculty. If you are interested in taking an elective outside of your program, please contact your program administrator for information on how to enroll and make sure the course can be used for credit in your program. Please note that spots for non-program students in graduate electives are limited.
Admissions Deadline
Domestic Applications
Applications for Fall 2025 - OPEN
We recommend submitting your application, including all supporting documents, via the online portal before the First Consideration Deadline:
January 20, 2025.
Applications will be accepted until the program has filled all available spots in the program and the waitlist.
International Applications
Applications for Fall 2025 - OPEN
You should submit your application, including all supporting documents, via the online portal by the Preferred Deadline:
December 1, 2024.
Applications will be accepted until the First Consideration Deadline: January 20, 2025 or until the program is full.
Admissions Timeline
The program will begin reviewing applications as early as December for International applicants and January for Domestic applicants.
Offers of admission will begin mid-to-late-March and continue throughout the spring and summer until the program is full.
Academic Requirements
- Completion of a four-year undergraduate (or equivalent) degree
- Minimum GPA or equivalent of 3.00/4.33 (B) in the last two years of study
- Transcripts
- English language proficiency requirement
Non-Academic Requirements
Statement of interest
A statement of 500-1000 words that addressed the following:
- Applicant’s reason for pursuing a graduate degree in Interior Design
- How the applicant's previous studies and experiences have prepared them for this program
- Areas of emphasis or interests that the applicant wishes to pursue during the program
- Objectives upon completion of the degree
Resumé/CV
Include professional work experience, creative practices, and related activities.
Two letters of recommendation
Letters of recommendation must come directly from the referee. At least one recommendation letter must be from a professor familiar with the applicant’s work. Applicant submitted copies will not be accepted.
Portfolio
A portfolio consisting of 10-15 pages of design and/or art-related work that highlights the applicant’s creativity, imagination, innovation and skillset in thinking and making. This work should be analogue as well as digital, and a mix of two and three dimensions. Each project should be graphically organized and contain a concise written description.
Applicants with prior experience can include professional projects in the portfolio but will be asked to identify the role and scope of work completed on any team project, as well as any team projects from previous academic work.
Please complete the Statement of Authorship form (external link, opens in new window) and include it with your portfolio submission.
Prerequisite Courses
Summer Intensive - Foundation Courses
During the admissions process applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine if admitted applicants will be required to take the foundation courses during the summer intensive, or if the requirement is waived based on their previous experience.
Applicants will receive confirmation if they must take they foundation courses, or if they are exempt, during the offer of admission process.
Example of Foundation courses that may be required to clear admission conditions:
- Foundational 2D Representation Design
- Foundational 3D Representation Design
NOTE: Courses are expected to be offered by The Creative School in the summer time (dates to be confirmed), prior to students starting the First-Professional Master of Interior Design program.
Fees & Funding
Tuition for the Master of Interior Design program is a yearly charge, which is broken into three equivalent payments due at the start of each term.
Tuition is assessed based on the yearly fee, it is not dependent on the number of courses you take per term. For more information, see Graduate Studies fees.
Admissions Awards
No application required, awarded based on your admissions application.
- Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Fellowship (TMGF)
Value ranges from $2,000 to $6,000. - Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Development Award (TMGDA)
Value ranges from $2,000 to $6,000.
- Ontario Graduate Fellowship (OGF)
Value is $12,000 for one year.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) / Toronto Met Graduate Scholarship (TMGS)
- $15,000 award for one year.
- Eligible applicants will be notified by the program to submit an application around February/March.
- For students with an A- in each of the last two years of completed study.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC CGS-M)
- $17,500 award for one year.
- For Domestic applicants with an A- avg. in each of the last two years of completed study.
- Application deadline is Dec 1; award is granted for the following Fall term.
Bridging Divides (BD) Entrance Scholarship
- Bridging Divides (BD) offers a limited number of stipends to full-time Master's and PhD students studying or applying to study at Toronto Metropolitan University on a topic related to one of Bridging Divide’s four research themes.
- Master students: Up to $20,000 per year for domestic and $30,000 for international.
- Renewable for up to a total of two years, subject to annual review of the student’s progress and the availability of funds.
- Available to prospective first-year students and existing students entering their second year of a Master's program at Toronto Metropolitan University in Fall 2024.
- Application Deadline: April 1, 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
Graduates of this program can pursue professional licensure through the Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and provincial associations. This includes the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) where graduates can apply to the Intern Competencies Review System for eligibility.
The program is designed to meet CIDA accreditation. As a new program, it will be evaluated after two years to meet CIDAs requirements for new programs.
Yes. The First-Professional MID program includes a practicum component.
Field placements in design offices, and/or other valid experiences approved by the Interior Design program, will introduce students to hands-on work experience. In addition to applying academic skills and theoretical perspectives acquired in the program, students will learn to work effectively within the interior design profession.
In addition to teaching opportunities, graduates of the MID program will be prepared as designers with areas of research expertise to bring into professional practice, pursue research opportunities, interdisciplinary collaborations, and to launch their own creative practices.
Minimum GPA or equivalent of 3.00/4.33 (B) in the last two years of study
In Graduate Studies at TMU, the minimum passing GPA is B- (2.67 or 70%). Anything below is considered an F.
This is an in-person program.
The program is two years (6 terms) in length.
The minimum time to complete the program is 2 years (6 terms).
You may be able to extend the time you take to complete the program, but that would require special permission and incur additional tuition fees.
The MID program is full time, there is no part time option at this time.
You may be able to extend the time you take to complete the program, but that would require special permission and incur additional tuition fees.
No. Undergrad courses can not be applied towards a Graduate degree.
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