Interior Architecture
What is it about?
The degree program interior architecture offers students a generalist, artistic-creative qualification with a focus on design. Besides the field of artistic or craftsmanship-oriented interior architecture, this also includes architecture for trade fairs and exhibitions, new media with virtual and media architecture as well as stage and film set design.
The unique feature of the degree program is the one-year foundation course in artistic methodology. The focus of the subsequent specialist studies is on project work as a simulation of the execution of real design assignments. The core component of the generalist training is the completion of project work in required elective modules in the areas of space, staging, object and corporate architecture.
What can I do with it?
The bachelor's degree is a professional qualification in interior architecture for project staff in offices and agencies and meets the high requirements of independent project management ranging from preliminary drafts to project management. The degree program qualifies graduates for work in interior design agencies and in the professional fields of trade fair, exhibition and event architecture or in the planning departments of companies (lighting/lamps, furniture, construction companies).
For degree-seeking students: detailed information on admission requirements, application deadlines, etc. can be found on the German page.
Space and Staging
Through the interior design degree programme, students will become versatile generalists in the third dimension and acquire artistic conceptual skills to support their practical work.
Application deadline for the winter semester 2026/27: 15 July 2026
The application portal opens on 1 June 2026.
Program Objectives
Versatile Generalists for the Third Dimension
The bachelor’s degree is a professionally qualifying degree in interior design for project staff at firms and agencies. Even if students do not initially plan to work independently, the large proportion of coursework required by the professional association (A–D) ensures a wide range of career opportunities in all interior design and architecture firms, as well as in corporate interior design departments, where even employees are expected to handle projects independently—from preliminary design through project management.
The tradition of generalist training is continued in the Wiesbaden bachelor’s degree program while being appropriately adapted to modern demands regarding planning and execution conditions. This generalist preparation for a diverse and expanded field of practice ensures consistently strong market demand.
Artistic Conceptual Competence as a Foundation for Practical Experience
A distinctive feature of the Wiesbaden bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture is the one-year foundational course in artistic and methodological training. Virtually free from the constraints of construction and implementation realities, this course is designed to provide a fundamental aesthetic foundation prior to specialized study. The goal of this “preparatory course” is generally to focus on artistic conceptual competence and, as a methodological foundation, to facilitate the productive integration of diverse practical demands in the subsequent project-based studies, guided by a dominant emphasis on aesthetic themes.
The integration of the excellent facilities—including workshops for wood, metal, and sculpture—into this foundational course ensures a high level of hands-on learning for the students.
Summer semester 2026
01.04.2026 Start
13.04.2026 Start of lectures
18.07.2026 End of lectures
30.09.2026 End of semester
RheinMain University of Applied Sciences and Arts Welcome Presentation 13 April 2026 at 4.30 pm at the Schlachthof Cultural Centre in Wiesbaden
Invitation Invitation from the president and further Information
Freshers' Week 13.-17.04.2026 Programm-Flyer
Start dates for the 2nd–7th semesters
13.-16.04.2026 Introductory week Programme
Stegreif Week
20.-24.04.2026 Stegreif Week for all BA students in semesters 3–7 and MA students in semester 2
further Informationen Stegreifwoche
BPT Berufspraktische Tätigkeit - preparatory phase in the 4th or 5th semester
further informationen and dates BPT
27.04. Start of courses in all semesters and subjects as per the timetable.
Timetable Summer semester 2026
Please ensure you familiarise yourself with the schedule!
13.04.2026 deadline for submitting proof of preliminary practical experience following the second semester
to the Secretariat (using the IA Formular) - or, in the case of extensions, which must be applied for via Mr Kunze, cc: Secretariat.
13–19 April 2026: Registration period for Stegreif (plus Module 1720.2 and courses 1741.2 and 1742.2)
Withdrawal deadline: possible until the last day of the exam registration period.
04.05.-08.05.2026 Resit week for exams to be retaken from the winter semester 25/26
25.05.-31.05.26 Registration deadline for all other courses, including written exams! and resit date Stegreif!
Withdrawal deadline = possible until the last day of the exam registration period (excluding written exams and make-up exams).
Withdrawal deadline for exams: 7 days before the exam date; the exam date is shown in Compass.
Your participation is only recorded in the electronic examination system once you have completed the exam registration process, and the withdrawal deadlines apply from that point onwards. If you withdraw from a course, please inform the lecturers and do not register for the exam.
Please check from 11 May 26 onwards whether your marks from the previous semester have been entered as a prerequisite for exam registration; if not, please contact your lecturers to ensure this is rectified by the start of the registration period at the latest!
It is an absolute requirement to register for all examinations within the deadlines stated above; otherwise, you will forfeit any entitlement to a mark. In the event of failure to do so, late registration (via the application form) can only be approved by the Examination Board.
Thank you for your understanding!
Examination Regulations
Examination Regulations for the Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Architecture 2020: Amtliche Mitteilung PO_2020 Nr: 685
Admissions Regulations for the Bachelor’s Degree 2020: Amtliche Mitteilung ZuSa_2020 Nr: 644
Examination Regulations for the Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Architecture 2020 with new module and course numbers (four digits): Amtliche Mitteilung RedÄnd PO_2020 Nr: 697
Examination formats (and marking schemes)
Publication of the examination formats for the current semester in accordance with the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Interior Architecture 202: 697_PF_BA_IA_ss26_260326
Examination results
Students can view their examination results via the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences examination portal (HIS-QIS).
Via QIS, students have access to, amongst other things, examination certificates and grade reports. Access is via the HDS account (HDS = HochschulDirectoryService), which was issued by the ITC (IT Centre).
Go to the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences and Arts examination portal
Recognition of prior learning
Information on the recognition of prior learning can be found under ‘Organisation of Studies’.
Timetable for Bachelor’s Thesis PO2020, Summer Semester 2026 (Note: there has been a change to the date of the information session since the last version was posted!)
Timetable for Bachelor’s Thesis Colloquia, Summer Semester 2026
MA Colloquium Week: 30 June – 3 July 2026
Bachelor’s Colloquium Week: 7 July – 10 July 2026
Friday 17 July 2026: Graduation ceremony
Schedule for Bachelor’s Thesis, Winter Semester 2026/27
Download programme outline for the Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design.
Please note that the following forms are in german:
Attest Formular (PDF 184 KB)
Korrekturblatt (PDF 378 KB)
Nachmeldung zur Online-Belegung von Prüfungsleistungen (PDF 318 KB)
Praktikumsnachweis (PDF 58,1KB)
FL-Anerkennung (PDF 140 KB)
Orientierungshilfe Computer/Hardware
Musterantrag Praktikumsaufschub Vorpraxis
BPT-B_IA-interne Praxis (Stunden-Formular)
Schlüsselantrag IA (Transponder)_für Studierende_1. Semester NEU Ab WISE 2024
Schlüsselantrag IA (Transponder)_für Studierende_Erweiterung
Schlüsselantrag IA (Transponder_für Studierende_höhere Semester
This practice-oriented Bachelor’s degree programme requires constant interaction between lecturers and students, extending well beyond the formal curriculum. Complex topics are discussed in group and one-to-one sessions. There is close personal contact between lecturers and students. Throughout the course, methodological approaches are explained as an integral part of lectures, practical sessions and seminars. Furthermore, by the end of the first year of study, students are assigned mentors from the group of professors responsible for the Interior Design programmes to provide regular personal support. At least two brief meetings are scheduled per semester. At the end of the first year of study, the mentors discuss the students’ progress to date and their future study plans with the students assigned to them.
Programme Director: Prof. Fingerle
Examination matters: Prof. Kunze / Prof. Høller
BAföG: Prof. Kiefer
Evaluation: Prof. Fingerle / Prof. Münzing
Practical Training Coordinator and Chair of the Examination Board: Prof. Kunze
Research matters (artistic research) Prof. Fingerle / Prof. Kleine
Internationalisation Officer Prof. Kleine
Public Relations Prof. Fingerle / Prof. Münzing
Library matters Prof. Kleine
IT/CAD Officer Prof. Münzing
Exhibition systems Mr Maibaum
IA Feedback Management Ms Herr
Head of Programme
Secretariat
Susanne Peter +49 611 9495 -2171
Carolin Hoffrichter +49 611 9495 -2371
Please send your enquiries preferably by email to the following department email address: sekretariat-ia(at)hs-rm.de .
Office hours during term time:
Mon to Thu 10:00 - 12:00 and13:15 - 14:15
Office hours during the summer break:
Tue to Thu 10:00 - 12:00
Case studies from all disciplines of practical experience
Project work—which simulates the execution of real-world design commissions—has traditionally been at the heart of the bachelor’s degree program. As a core component of the generalist educational framework in the bachelor’s degree program, all students complete these projects as elective-compulsory modules from the three areas
A: Spatial Design, B: Exhibition, C: Object/Furniture.
An introductory project in the 3rd semester bridges the gap between foundational coursework and project-based study. Practical assignments of relatively simple complexity provide the framework for applying all the competencies acquired in the foundational coursework—along with fundamental expertise—to independent project work.
Practical training ranging from exhibition and event design to media-based spatial design
In the 4th or 5th semester, students complete a practical project as a course project (typically in the Exhibition and Event Design subject), sometimes with external partners serving as clients. This unique project implementation, carried out under university supervision, provides an award-winning opportunity—beyond the experiences gained in individual professional internships—to engage in a (didactically guided) dialogue between theory and practical evaluation. The strong demand for members of staff in the fields of trade show, exhibition, and event architecture is addressed through a specialized bachelor’s program in interior architecture. In addition to craft- and art-oriented interior architecture with furniture design, this program also encompasses trade show and exhibition architecture, “new media” with virtual architecture and media-based spatial design, as well as stage and film set design.
Studying Abroad
We have exchange programmes with various partner universities. Our students are currently spending a semester abroad at the following universities.
E VALENCI13 – Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny de Valencia, Spain
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
San Diego State University, USA
Victoria University of Wellington, Australia
UAS in Eastern Finland
The full List of partner universities is available for download.
Please direct any enquiries regarding applications to the Internationalisation Officer, Prof. Kleine.
More information can be found here: Wege ins Ausland
Webseite: Projects and Course Content for Interior Design in Wiesbaden
Bachelor’s degree programme in Space and Staging and Master’s degree programme in Conceptual Design
Portfolio of current projects, events and initiatives
People in the degree program
Master’s degree in Conceptual Design
Apply for the master’s degree program in Interior Design at Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts! Application deadline: June 15, 2025
Studying Abroad
We have exchange programmes with various partner universities. Our students are currently spending a semester abroad at the following universities.
E VALENCI13 – Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny de Valencia, Spain
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
San Diego State University, USA
Victoria University of Wellington, Australia
UAS in Eastern Finland
The full List of partner universities is available for download.
Please direct any enquiries regarding applications to the Internationalisation Officer, Prof. Kleine.
More information can be found here: Wege ins Ausland
Committees and Representatives
Programme Director: Prof. Fingerle
Examination matters: Prof. Kunze / Prof. Høller
BAföG: Prof. Kiefer
Evaluation: Prof. Fingerle / Prof. Münzing
Practical Training Coordinator and Chair of the Examination Board: Prof. Kunze
Research matters (artistic research) Prof. Fingerle / Prof. Kleine
Internationalisation Officer Prof. Kleine
Public Relations Prof. Fingerle / Prof. Münzing
Library matters Prof. Kleine
IT/CAD Officer Prof. Münzing
Exhibition systems Mr Maibaum
IA Feedback Management Ms Herr
Attest Formular (PDF 184 KB)
Korrekturblatt (PDF 378 KB)
Nachmeldung zur Online-Belegung von Prüfungsleistungen (PDF 318 KB)
Praktikumsnachweis (PDF 58,1KB)
FL-Anerkennung (PDF 140 KB)
Orientierungshilfe Computer/Hardware
Musterantrag Praktikumsaufschub Vorpraxis
B.P.T. Praktikumsvertrag
BPT-B_IA-interne Praxis_(Stunden-Formular)
Schlüsselantrag IA (Transponder)_für Studierende_1. Semester NEU Ab WISE 2024
Schlüsselantrag IA (Transponder)_für Studierende_Erweiterung
Schlüsselantrag IA (Transponder_für Studierende_höhere Semester