International Master of Interior-Architectural Design, M.A.
The international master of interior-architectural design (imiad) is a master’s degree with an international profile. In four semesters, students gain a deeper understanding of the potential and the quality of the spaces in which we spend an average of 90 percent of our lifetime living, working and leisure activities in order to be able to take responsibility for the design of the built environment with their own ideas in the future. The Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences is the place of study in the first and third semesters. You will spend the second semester at one of our partner universities. Every year, all partners meet between the second and third semester for an international workshop at one of the university locations. The teaching builds on the content and learning objectives of space-related bachelor's degree courses and deepens the design theory so that independent answers to complex design tasks can be found and developed creatively and constructively. Individual areas of knowledge can be deepened in electives.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German, English |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, winter semester until 15.06 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €181.40 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
1. Semester - International Teams
The first semester begins internationally with visiting students from the University of Cincinnati.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The project-oriented course creates the prerequisites for entry into the international job market. Diverse designs in individual or team work are based on real planning tasks and prepare you for the challenges of professional practice. The chambers of architects reserve the right to “examine in individual cases” for the registration of conversion students with a bachelor’s degree other than interior design.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
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| Semester contribution | €181.40 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | We welcome applicants who are majoring in interior design, architecture or other disciplines that primarily deal with the design of space. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, winter semester until 15.06 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application after recognition of the certificate until 15.06Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.06.2027 (244 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.