Bachelor of Design (Interior Design) – Lateral Entry at DOD

Manipal

Design interiors that reflect balance, comfort and sustainability

The Bachelor of Design (Interior Design) – Lateral Entry is a three-year program that prepares you to create functional, sustainable, and visually engaging interior environments. The program goes beyond decoration, helping you understand how spaces influence movement, behaviour, emotions, memories, and quality of life.

You learn to combine space planning, material technology, building services, user psychology, sustainability, and aesthetics to achieve the specific requirements of a project. Through studio-based learning, research, practical assignments, and interdisciplinary collaboration, you develop the knowledge and professional skills required to respond to changing trends in the built environment.

Program Highlights

Human-Centred Space Design: You learn to create interior environments that respond to user needs, experiences, behaviour, safety, and well-being.

Sustainable Design Approach: You understand the impact of interior design on society and the environment and develop responsible, sustainable design solutions.

Practice-Driven Learning: You translate design theory into practice through studio work, research, material exploration, technical documentation, and design projects.

Technology and Tool Integration: You learn to identify and apply suitable tools, technologies, materials, and methods for planning and communicating interior spaces.

Professional Skill Development: You strengthen communication, teamwork, leadership, ethics, project management, and presentation skills required in professional design practice.

Practical Training

Develop interior design solutions through space planning, concept development, material exploration, technical drawings, models, presentations, and user-focused design exercises.

Industry Projects

Apply design knowledge to projects that address practical requirements, environmental concerns, user experiences, building services, safety, and contemporary interior design challenges.

Internships

Gain professional exposure through internships, site visits, field-based learning, or industry engagement opportunities prescribed as part of the program curriculum.

Practical Training

Develop interior design solutions through space planning, concept development, material exploration, technical drawings, models, presentations, and user-focused design exercises.

Practical Training

Develop interior design solutions through space planning, concept development, material exploration, technical drawings, models, presentations, and user-focused design exercises.

Program Details

Outcomes
Careers

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

Apply knowledge of space planning, material technology, building services, and user psychology to interior design projects.

Identify and analyse interior environment challenges and develop appropriate design responses.

Create solutions that address user needs, well-being, safety, experience, and functionality.

Use research methods to collect, analyse, and interpret information for design development.

Select and apply relevant tools, technologies, materials, and design methods.

Develop sustainable interiors that consider their impact on society and the environment.

Follow professional ethics and understand the responsibilities of interior design practice.

Work effectively as an individual, team member, or leader in multidisciplinary settings.

Communicate design concepts through documentation, reports, drawings, presentations, and clear instructions.

Apply project management and financial principles to interior design practice.

Continue learning independently and adapt to technological developments and changing design trends.

Industry and Academia Connect

Our meaningful collaborations with industry leaders and global universities enhance your career opportunities and higher education pathways.

Admissions Path

Apply Online

Merit List based on qualifying exam marks

Provisional Admission Offer

Admission Formalities

Program Eligibility

State Boards-You must have successfully completed a 3-year Diploma in Interior Design, Architecture, or Civil Engineering from a recognized Central or State Government Board, with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks.

Curriculum and Fees

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

Curriculum details will be updated shortly

Program Duration

3 years

Total Program Fee

General:

INR 7,57,000

100 CR⁺

Worth of Scholarships

25⁺

Program Highlights

Human-Centred Space Design: You learn to create interior environments that respond to user needs, experiences, behaviour, safety, and well-being.

Sustainable Design Approach: You understand the impact of interior design on society and the environment and develop responsible, sustainable design solutions.

Practice-Driven Learning: You translate design theory into practice through studio work, research, material exploration, technical documentation, and design projects.

Technology and Tool Integration: You learn to identify and apply suitable tools, technologies, materials, and methods for planning and communicating interior spaces.

Professional Skill Development: You strengthen communication, teamwork, leadership, ethics, project management, and presentation skills required in professional design practice.

Practical Training

Develop interior design solutions through space planning, concept development, material exploration, technical drawings, models, presentations, and user-focused design exercises.

Industry Projects

Apply design knowledge to projects that address practical requirements, environmental concerns, user experiences, building services, safety, and contemporary interior design challenges.

Internships

Gain professional exposure through internships, site visits, field-based learning, or industry engagement opportunities prescribed as part of the program curriculum.

Practical Training

Develop interior design solutions through space planning, concept development, material exploration, technical drawings, models, presentations, and user-focused design exercises.

Practical Training

Develop interior design solutions through space planning, concept development, material exploration, technical drawings, models, presentations, and user-focused design exercises.