Offered by Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada, Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours) is a bachelor's degree in Interior Design programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 10,359 per semester (CAD 3,891 per semester for local students).
This honours degree prepares students for a professional career in interior design by combining professional and general studies with an emphasis on critical thinking and applied research. The curriculum builds an environmental and global perspective, teaching students to weigh ecological, economic, and social factors as they design healthy living and working spaces. Project work grows in scale and complexity over the course of the program, moving from residential-scale assignments to larger commercial projects in sectors such as retail, workplace design, hospitality, and healthcare. The program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) and meets the standards recognized by the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario, the American Society of Interior Designers, and Interior Designers of Canada, giving graduates a credential recognized both in Canada and internationally. Seven mandatory construction courses incorporate Building Biology Advocate certification into the curriculum. The degree suits students aiming for licensed or accredited interior design practice, or those planning to pursue further graduate study in design-related fields.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:65.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Algonquin publishes these requirements for the Sept 2027 - Aug 2028 admissions year on this program's own page; the requirements for Sept 2026 - Aug 2027 are shown separately there and can differ. Program code 6148X03FWO. All applicants must satisfy both College Eligibility and Program Eligibility.
COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY: an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or its equivalent. A mature applicant to a degree - someone without the OSSD who is at least 19 on or before the program begins - meets college eligibility by showing academic ability equivalent to an Ontario high-school graduate, proven by finishing at least one full-time post-secondary term of five concurrent courses.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY: an average of at least 65% across six Grade 12 courses taken at the university (U) or university/college (M) level, among them one Grade 12 U English course and one mathematics course at the Grade 11 or 12 C level (MBF3C, MAP4C or an equivalent). Mature applicants must meet those two subject requirements as well, directly or by equivalency. Algonquin notes that competition may push the grades or average needed up to 70%.
PORTFOLIO AND INFORMATION SESSION: applicants must submit a portfolio of original work evidencing creative and technical ability, including an assessment and a short written statement. Submission instructions are on Algonquin's Additional Admission Requirements page, and portfolio questions go to design@algonquincollege.com. Applicants are also invited to an optional information session where sample portfolios and student work can be viewed and faculty met.
Applicants presenting transcripts from outside Canada must document the subjects above and may be asked for evidence of language proficiency; a domestic applicant holding international transcripts must have them assessed by the International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS) or World Education Services (WES).
ENGLISH: Academic IELTS 6.5 overall with nothing under 6.0 in any band; or TOEFL iBT 88 overall with 22 in each of reading, listening, speaking and writing where the test was sat before 21 January 2026, or 4.5 overall with 4.5 in each section where it was sat after that date; or a Duolingo English Test score of 120 overall with 120 in Literacy and nothing under 105.
If qualified applicants outnumber the seats, Algonquin selects on English proficiency.
Application Details
Start Date:Intake terms Algonquin lists for this program, read from its own availability table on 6 September 2026: Fall 2026 (AC Day 1 orientation 8 September 2026; Fall term classes start 9 September 2026). Term start dates come from the Registrar's Important Dates page, which also gives 11 January 2027 for the Winter 2027 term and 10 May 2027 for the Spring 2027 term. Availability changes as seats fill and an intake already under way may be closed, so check the program page before applying. Algonquin's academic year runs September to August.
Application Deadline:DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents). Algonquin publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide Ontario colleges cycle and apply to every full-time day program. Applications go through ontariocolleges.ca, where 1 February is the equal consideration date each cycle: apply by then and your application is assessed alongside every other one received by that date, while applications arriving later are handled first-come, first-served for as long as places remain. For entry in Fall 2027 the ontariocolleges.ca application opened on 26 September 2026, colleges may begin issuing offers on 1 November 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. The equal consideration date that governed the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 and Spring 2027 intakes was 1 February 2026 and has already passed, so those three starts are now first-come, first-served while seats last.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS. Apply directly to Algonquin on the International Application Form in its International Application Portal (AC360) rather than through ontariocolleges.ca, with a CAD 135 application fee. There is no single fixed international deadline: Algonquin asks you to confirm the program is open before applying, warns that a program's status can change to waitlisted or closed before an admissions officer reviews the file, and publishes a closing-date sheet for each intake. For the Fall 2026 intake that sheet gives this program's own dates: 16 September 2026 is the last day to apply on the International Application Portal and receive an acceptance, and 21 September 2026 is the last day to register.
