The Diploma in Interior Design at The One Academy develops the creative and technical skills needed to plan and design residential and commercial interiors. Students learn to study sites, organise space and develop interior concepts while considering lighting, furniture, material choices and the functional needs of users. The programme introduces both hand-drawn and digital methods for communicating design ideas, together with the technical information required to develop interior proposals. As students progress, projects become more specialised and encourage them to identify the different requirements of particular spaces and respond with practical, creative solutions. The course is suited to learners who are interested in how people experience built environments and who want to combine spatial planning, visual design and problem solving to create interiors that are functional, coherent and responsive to their context.
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SPM minimum 3 credits; OR UEC minimum 3Bs; OR IGCSE/O-Level minimum 3 credits; OR STPM at least Grade C / GP 2.00 in any subject; OR STAM at least Maqbul in any subject; OR The One Academy Certificate in Communication Design / related Certificate minimum CGPA 2.00; OR SKM Level 3 in a related field; OR another Malaysian-Government-recognised equivalent. Applicants who did not pass or take Art at SPM/equivalent must pass a Portfolio Review or Drawing Test. · Current The One Academy central entry page publishes the common Diploma rule and lists Interior Design among the covered Diploma programmes; 2026 intake page confirms the intake calendar. Final admission remains subject to the institution's current equivalency and programme-specific assessment rules.
English: Candidates without a Pass in English must take The One Academy Intensive English Programme. For international Student Pass purposes the published minimums include IELTS Academic 4.5, TOEFL iBT 33, Cambridge 147, ELS 106, PTE Academic 43 or MUET Band 3.
