Admission is usually based on performance at an aptitude test conducted to evaluate one s sensibility, drawing skills, especially technical drawing, spatial apperception and so on. There is a centre in Ahmedabad that offers a five year professional programme in interior design for students who have cleared the plus two exam with science subjects. Here the requirement is sixty per cent at the tenth standard level and fifty at the plus two or equivalent level. The course content is a good mixture of arts and technical subjects. Students are trained to look for optimum use in various types of materials.
Some companies have their own specialised courses in interior design.
This course is open to all graduates and pre-graduates in any discipline. A5.With the demand to create more working space increasing and with more and more people realising the need and importance of professional designers, interior designing as a profession has come to be recognised in our country. Opportunities are aplenty in architects firms or in consultancy companies. Private business is a very lucrative option. One, however, has to be up to date on what s new, what s in, what s got maximum utility, pricing, etc. and bring about a good blend depending upon the client s requirements, budget and tastes.