Residential scheme
Deliverable: A complete residential interior — space plan, furniture layout, material palette and 3D views — presented as a client-ready scheme with reasoning for each decision.
Course
Interior Design
Interior design taught as a delivered project — space planning, material selection, working drawings, 3D views and a costed BOQ — available as a certificate, diploma or advanced diploma.
- Duration: 3, 6 or 12 months
- Classroom · Online live
- Level: beginner to advanced
What you will be able to do
- Plan a space around circulation, function and real furniture dimensions
- Select materials and finishes with cost and durability in mind
- Produce working drawings a contractor can build from
- Design lighting layouts and coordinate basic electrical and plumbing
- Present a scheme with 3D views a client can understand
- Prepare a bill of quantities and a costed estimate
Who this course is for
- Class 12 pass, graduates and career changers
- Homemakers and small business owners entering design work
- Site supervisors and carpenters moving into design
- No prior design or drawing experience required
Syllabus
7 modules · 3, 6 or 12 months
Module 1. Design fundamentals
- Space, form, proportion and scale
- Colour theory and how it behaves under real light
- Anthropometrics and standard clearances
- Reading a site and measuring it accurately
Module 2. Space planning
- Circulation, zoning and function
- Furniture layout with real dimensions
- Residential planning — living, bedroom, kitchen, bath
- Commercial planning — office, retail, hospitality
Module 3. Materials and finishes
- Wood, ply, laminate, veneer and their appropriate uses
- Flooring, tiling and stone
- Paints, textures and wall finishes
- Cost, durability and maintenance as design constraints
Module 4. Services and detailing
- Lighting layout, types and layered lighting
- Electrical points and switching plans
- Plumbing coordination for kitchens and bathrooms
- False ceilings, joinery details and modular furniture
Module 5. Drawing and documentation
- Working drawings in AutoCAD
- Plans, elevations, sections and joinery details
- Dimensioning and specification notes
- A drawing set a contractor can build from
Module 6. Visualisation
- Modelling a scheme in SketchUp
- Rendering views for client presentation
- Mood boards and material palettes
- Presenting a scheme and taking feedback
Module 7. Costing and practice
- Bill of quantities from your own drawings
- Rate analysis and estimating
- Contractor coordination and site supervision
- Client handling, fees and scope
Tools and technologies you will use
- AutoCAD
- SketchUp
- 3ds Max with V-Ray
- Material and finish sample libraries
- Excel for BOQ and costing
Projects you will build
Working drawing set
Deliverable: Plans, elevations, sections, ceiling and electrical layouts and two joinery details, dimensioned and specified to the point where a contractor could build from them.
Costed bill of quantities
Deliverable: A BOQ taken from your own drawings with quantities and rates, arriving at a total that you can defend line by line.
Commercial space
Deliverable: A small office or retail scheme addressing circulation, storage, lighting and services, presented with drawings and rendered views.
Where this course can take you
- Interior Designer
- Interior Design Assistant
- Site Coordinator
- 3D Visualiser
- Modular Kitchen Designer
Duration, modes and fees
- Duration
- 3, 6 or 12 months
- Delivery modes
- Classroom · Online live
- Fees
- Share your details for the current fee
- Fees vary by track and delivery mode. The three, six and twelve month options are priced separately — ask which suits your goal before enrolling.
Placement assistance
Every student gets placement assistance — that is what 100% placement assistance means. It is support for all, not a job for all. We do not promise a specific salary, a specific number of interviews, or placement at any named company, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
What is included
- A place in the monthly placement drive, held every third Saturday
- The readiness programme every second Saturday — mock interviews and preparation
- CV review against the specific roles you are targeting
- Portfolio review, so your project work is presented the way a reviewer will read it
- Access to the vacancy pool employers send directly to the Samyak network
- Guidance on which roles realistically fit your background and which do not
- A place in the next drive, with coaching, if you are not selected in this one
What is not included
- Any guarantee of a job, an interview, or a particular salary
- Placement at a named or partner company
- Applying to jobs on your behalf
- Support before you have completed the course and its project work
- Visa, relocation or overseas placement assistance
Three tracks, one programme
The same course runs at three lengths, and the right one depends on what you intend to do with it.
| Track | Length | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate | 3 months | Fundamentals, space planning, materials, presentation |
| Diploma | 6 months | The above plus working drawings, services and detailing |
| Advanced diploma | 12 months | The above plus costing, commercial projects and site practice |
If you want to run your own projects, take the twelve months — costing and site practice are what independence actually requires. If you are joining a studio as an assistant, six months is usually the right investment. Tell us the goal and we will name one rather than the longest.
A scheme nobody can afford is a picture
Costing is in a design course for a reason.
The most common failure in early practice is a beautiful presentation the client loves and cannot pay for, followed by a scramble to strip it back. Being able to take quantities off your own drawings and arrive at a number you can defend changes the conversation entirely — you can say what is possible before you draw it.
Drawings a contractor can build from
Presentation views win the job. Working drawings deliver it.
Plans, sections, ceiling and electrical layouts, and joinery details at real scale, with specifications — this is what a carpenter and an electrician build from, and vagueness here becomes site queries, delays and things built wrong. The second project is graded on exactly that buildability.
You do not need to be able to draw
This stops more people than anything else, and it is a misunderstanding.
Everything is delivered in AutoCAD and SketchUp. What design actually requires is judgement about proportion, circulation, light and material — and that is trainable. Several of the strongest students each year arrive convinced they cannot draw, and it turns out not to matter.
Questions
Interior Design — frequently asked questions
What is the difference between the three, six and twelve month options?
The three-month certificate covers design fundamentals, space planning and presentation. The six-month diploma adds working drawings, services and detailing. The twelve-month advanced diploma adds costing, commercial projects, site practice and a larger portfolio. If you want to work independently, take the longest one; if you are supporting a designer, six months is usually enough.
Do I need to be able to draw?
No. Hand sketching helps for thinking and is taught lightly, but all deliverables are produced in AutoCAD and SketchUp. Design ability is about judgement — proportion, circulation, material — and that is trainable. Many of the strongest students arrive convinced they cannot draw.
Is interior design a realistic career without a degree?
In practice, yes. A great deal of residential and small commercial work in India goes to designers with a diploma and a strong portfolio. Larger architectural firms and institutional projects generally want a degree. The honest position is that your portfolio and your ability to deliver a site decide most of it, which is why every project here is a deliverable.
Why is costing part of a design course?
Because a scheme nobody can afford is not a design, it is a picture. Being able to take quantities off your own drawings and arrive at a defensible number is what lets you have a real conversation with a client about what is possible — and it is the skill that most separates a designer who gets work from one who presents beautifully.
Enquire about Interior Design
Three details is all we need. A course advisor will call you back.
Related courses
- SketchUp
The fastest way from a plan to a three-dimensional idea a client can react to, taught with the group and component discipline that keeps a model workable as it grows.
- 3ds Max
Architectural visualisation taught around light and camera, because a correctly modelled room still looks wrong until the lighting and the lens are right.
- V-Ray Rendering
The renderer itself, taught properly — global illumination, physical materials, camera exposure and the optimisation that turns a nine-hour render into forty minutes.
- AutoCAD
CAD taught to drawing office standard rather than as a tour of commands, because employers judge a drawing on layers, dimensioning and whether it plots correctly.
Next step
Talk to a course advisor
Tell us what you want to learn and we will help you pick the right course, batch and mode.