Master’s degree · Dedicated interior design program
Master of Design in Interior Studies: Adaptive Reuse
Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Award
- Master of Design (MDes) in Interior Studies: Adaptive Reuse
- Subject
- Interior architecture, Historic & adaptive reuse
- Format
- On campus2-year+
- Price
- Not published
About this program
75-credit master of design on altering existing structures through interior interventions; the page says graduates qualify to sit for the NCIDQ exam.
- School and department
- Rhode Island School of DesignDepartment of Interior Architecture
- Subject or specialization
- Interior architecture, Historic & adaptive reuseRecorded only where the official program page names it as a focus, not for individual modules.
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- Master of Design (MDes) in Interior Studies: Adaptive Reuse
- Award status
- Accredited academic qualificationAwarded by a degree-granting institution or listed in a national qualifications framework.
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Stated by the schoolCouncil for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ)Quality mark
Scope: Graduate page states graduates of the Master of Design in Interior Studies: Adaptive Reuse program qualify to sit for the NCIDQ exam.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 2-year+
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Credits
- 75 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- RISD, Providence20 Washington Place, Providence, RI 02903-1358
Admissions and portfolio
Portfolio required
- Portfolio
- Applicants to graduate studio programs submit 10-20 examples of visual work via SlideRoom.
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each fee keeps its basis (per term, per year, per credit, whole program) and the academic year it applies to and is never converted or added up for you.
Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the institution for current fees, equipment costs and any deposit or refund terms.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, schedule, application deadline.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 3 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 3 November 2026)