Best Interior Design Schools in the World

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Interior Design. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 129 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Interior Design

#1 in Europe

#1 in the Netherlands

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Interior Design

#1 in North America

#1 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $12,201
Enrollment: 77,881

3. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Interior Design

#2 in Europe

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

4. Harvard University

United States | Massachusetts

For Interior Design

#2 in North America

#2 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $13,910

5. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

United States | Massachusetts

For Interior Design

#3 in North America

#3 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 88%

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Interior Design

#4 in North America

#4 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $16,326
Enrollment: 50,278

7. Beijing Forestry University

China | Beijing

For Interior Design

#1 in Asia

#1 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 25,347
Founded: 1952

8. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

United States | Colorado

For Interior Design

#5 in North America

#5 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 84%

9. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#3 in Europe

#1 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

10. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Interior Design

#4 in Europe

#1 in Sweden

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

11. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Interior Design

#6 in North America

#6 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

12. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Interior Design

#5 in Europe

#1 in Norway

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 5,670
Founded: 1859

13. Beijing Normal University

China | Beijing

For Interior Design

#2 in Asia

#2 in China

Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1902

14. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Interior Design

#7 in North America

#7 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 82%

15. Tyumen Industrial University

Russia | Tyumen

For Interior Design

#6 in Europe

#1 in Russia

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,601
Founded: 1958

16. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#7 in Europe

#2 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1824

17. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

United States | Illinois

For Interior Design

#8 in North America

#8 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 85%

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Interior Design

#9 in North America

#9 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 64%

19. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#8 in Europe

#3 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

20. Peking University

China | Beijing

For Interior Design

#3 in Asia

#3 in China

Enrollment: 35,915
Founded: 1898

21. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

For Interior Design

#4 in Asia

#1 in Israel

Founded: 1924

22. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Interior Design

#9 in Europe

#2 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

23. University of California - Berkeley

United States | California

For Interior Design

#10 in North America

#10 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $21,406
Enrollment: 45,036

24. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Interior Design

#11 in North America

#11 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 95%

25. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#10 in Europe

#4 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

26. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Interior Design

#12 in North America

#12 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 78%

27. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Interior Design

#13 in North America

#13 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 93%

28. University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest

Romania | Bucharest

For Interior Design

#11 in Europe

Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1952

29. Oxford Brookes University

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#12 in Europe

#5 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

30. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Interior Design

#13 in Europe

Enrollment: 23,900
Founded: 1831

31. University of Guelph

Canada | Ontario

For Interior Design

#14 in North America

#1 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1964

32. Zhejiang University

China | Hangzhou

For Interior Design

#5 in Asia

#4 in China

Enrollment: 60,739
Founded: 1897

33. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Interior Design

#15 in North America

#14 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 94%

34. University of Tartu

Estonia | Tartu

For Interior Design

#14 in Europe

Enrollment: 13,000
Male:Female: 33:67

35. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Interior Design

#1 in Australia

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

36. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Interior Design

#15 in Europe

#1 in Italy

Founded: 1859

37. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Interior Design

#16 in Europe

#1 in Switzerland

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 23,420

38. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Interior Design

#17 in Europe

#3 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

39. University of Pennsylvania

United States | Pennsylvania

For Interior Design

#16 in North America

#15 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $14,578

40. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Interior Design

#2 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

41. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#18 in Europe

#6 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

42. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Interior Design

#17 in North America

#16 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 85%

43. University of Evora

Portugal | Evora

For Interior Design

#19 in Europe

Founded: 1973

44. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Interior Design

#20 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

45. University of New Mexico

United States | New Mexico

For Interior Design

#18 in North America

#17 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $7,531

46. University of Montreal

Canada | Quebec State

For Interior Design

#19 in North America

#2 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 45,360
Founded: 1878

47. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Interior Design

#3 in Australia

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

48. Tongji University

China | Shanghai

For Interior Design

#6 in Asia

#5 in China

Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1907

49. Nanjing Forestry University

China | Nanjing

For Interior Design

#7 in Asia

#6 in China

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1985

50. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Interior Design

#21 in Europe

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

51. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Interior Design

#22 in Europe

#2 in Sweden

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

52. Cornell University

United States | New York State

For Interior Design

#20 in North America

#18 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $24,262

53. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#23 in Europe

#7 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

54. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Interior Design

#24 in Europe

#2 in Italy

Founded: 1321

55. Carleton University

Canada | Ontario

For Interior Design

#21 in North America

#3 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 27,823
Founded: 1942

56. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Interior Design

#4 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

57. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Interior Design

#1 in New Zealand

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

58. Sichuan Agricultural University

For Interior Design

#8 in Asia

#7 in China

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1906

59. Dublin Institute of Technology

Ireland | Dublin

For Interior Design

#25 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

60. Stanford University

United States | California

For Interior Design

#22 in North America

#19 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $14,402

61. University of California - Davis

United States | California

For Interior Design

#23 in North America

#20 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Receiving Aid: 65%
Average Aid: $17,628
Enrollment: 40,050

62. Technical University of Madrid

For Interior Design

#26 in Europe

#1 in Spain

Founded: 1971

63. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Interior Design

#24 in North America

#4 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 95,055
Founded: 1827

64. MARA University of Technology

Malaysia | Shah Alam

For Interior Design

#9 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1956

65. Washington State University

United States | Washington

For Interior Design

#25 in North America

#21 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $9,993
Enrollment: 29,843

66. University of Kansas

United States | Kansas State

For Interior Design

#26 in North America

#22 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 86%

67. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

United States | North Carolina

For Interior Design

#27 in North America

#23 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 76%

68. Northeast Forestry University

For Interior Design

#10 in Asia

#8 in China

Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1952

69. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Interior Design

#27 in Europe

#8 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

70. University of Oregon

United States | Oregon

For Interior Design

#28 in North America

#24 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $13,590
Enrollment: 22,257

71. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Interior Design

#29 in North America

#25 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Receiving Aid: 54%
Average Aid: $15,895
Enrollment: 52,434

72. Helwan University

For Interior Design

#1 in Africa

#1 in Egypt

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

73. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Interior Design

#28 in Europe

#3 in Sweden

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

74. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Interior Design

#29 in Europe

#9 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

75. University of Idaho

United States | Idaho

For Interior Design

#30 in North America

#26 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 99%

76. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Interior Design

#31 in North America

#27 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 72%

77. Lund University

For Interior Design

#30 in Europe

#4 in Sweden

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

78. Central South University of Forestry and Technology

China | Changsha

For Interior Design

#11 in Asia

#9 in China

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1958

79. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Interior Design

#31 in Europe

#10 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

80. National University of Singapore

Singapore | Singapore City

For Interior Design

#12 in Asia

#1 in Singapore

Enrollment: 30,098
Founded: 1905

81. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Interior Design

#32 in Europe

#2 in Switzerland

Enrollment: 18,576

82. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Interior Design

#13 in Asia

#1 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 10,357
Founded: 1881

83. Utah State University

United States | Utah

For Interior Design

#32 in North America

#28 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

84. University King Juan Carlos

Spain | Mostoles

For Interior Design

#33 in Europe

#2 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1996

85. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Interior Design

#34 in Europe

#3 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 16,239
Founded: 1962

86. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Interior Design

#35 in Europe

#4 in Italy

Enrollment: 78,324
Founded: 1224

87. City University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Interior Design

#14 in Asia

#10 in China

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1984

88. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Interior Design

#36 in Europe

#1 in Poland

Founded: 1955

89. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Interior Design

#37 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

90. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Interior Design

#15 in Asia

#11 in China

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1920

91. Urbana University

United States | Ohio

For Interior Design

#33 in North America

#29 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Net Price: $21,774
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,344

92. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Interior Design

#38 in Europe

#5 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

93. Southwest Jiaotong University

China | Chengdu

For Interior Design

#16 in Asia

#12 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1896

94. Inner Mongolia University

For Interior Design

#17 in Asia

#13 in China

Founded: 1957

95. University of the Aegean

Greece | Mytilene

For Interior Design

#39 in Europe

#1 in Greece

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Founded: 1984

96. University of Arkansas

United States | Arkansas

For Interior Design

#34 in North America

#30 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 81%

97. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Interior Design

#40 in Europe

#6 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

98. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Interior Design

#41 in Europe

#11 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1451

99. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Interior Design

#42 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 24,391
Founded: 1457

100. University of Wales Trinity Saint David

United Kingdom | Wales

For Interior Design

#43 in Europe

#12 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2010