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The Department of Interior Design at the University of Florida is an internationally recognized program committed to evidence-based design that emphasizes the role of human centered research to guide the design process.

UF Undergraduate Application Information for Interior Design

The UF Office of Admissions reviews freshman admission applications. Admitted freshman applicants can declare Interior Design as a major.

No portfolios will be reviewed for freshman.

Application Deadline: November 1st

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The College of Design, Construction & Planning reviews transfer applications. Students who have earned an AA degree or at least 60 credit hours may apply for transfer admissions. Transfer applicants are considered on a space available basis.

Competitive applicants should complete the below prerequisite courses prior to transferring to UF:

Physics I PHY 2053 OR Applied Physics PHY 2004
Precalculus MAC 1147 OR Precalculus Algebra MAC 1140 AND Trigonometry MAC 1114
Art History II ARH 2051

Application Deadline:
Summer: February 1st
Fall: May 1st

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Frequently Asked Questions

UF Freshman applicants are considered by UF Office of Admissions via CommonApp. They are not reviewed by the College of Design, Construction and Planning. Students should still list Interior Design as their intended major on their Common App, but they will be reviewed by the Office of Admissions against all other UF applicants for all majors.

No portfolios will be reviewed for freshman applicants for Interior Design at UF. Freshman applications are not reviewed by the College of Design, Construction and Planning. Rather, they are reviewed by the UF Office of Admissions against all other UF applications, regardless of major. This major does not require any previous architectural experience.

Students looking to transfer to UF for Interior Design have either 60 college credits or an AA degree. Competitive transfer applicants should have completed the prerequisite courses of Physics 1 (PHY2053 or PHY2004) and Precalculus (MAC1147 or both MAC1140 and MAC1114). Applicants are not expected to have prior architecture or design experience, though students may share their experiences in their personal statements. The applicant pool has become increasingly competitive and spaces are limited.

The transfer application deadline for UF’s Interior Design major is February 1st for the summer semester and March 1st for the fall semester. There are no spring semester admissions for Interior Design. Students must submit their transfer application by the deadline to be considered.

After applying to the freshman admissions process at UF, you may either be accepted into UF directly or you may be accepted into the Gator Design and Construction (GDC) @ Santa Fe program. This program allows design students to start taking classes at Santa Fe College and obtain UF status after their second semester. Learn more about this program and its benefits here.

Remember that students are only evaluated for this program after completing freshman applications to UF (deadline November 1).

Interior Design Program

Our program believes in ‘learning-by-doing’ and keeping a close connection to practice as well as the cutting edge of research-based design solutions. Students craft experiences and supporting spaces though creative solutions that consider complex human factors and safety.

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