FHDDES Higher Diploma in Interior Design

Interior designers are concerned with ideas creation, space planning, and factors that enhance living and working environments. Over the past few years, the demand for well-trained exhibition designers is rising in light of the flourishing local and China markets. This programme provides an opportunity for students to learn and get prepared to become a junior interior designer after graduation.

Employer Endorsement

Logan MacWatt

• Managing Director – Hong Kong
  Aedas Interior Ltd. (Well-known international interior design firm)

Caspar Lo (2015 Graduate) has now been working at Aedas for 2 years. He has been actively involved in some of our major projects and he has proven himself to be a talented and creative designer. Caspar's valuable design input has been appreciated by our clients and his colleagues.

Virginia Lung

• Director
  One Plus Partnership Limited (Hong Kong-based design company winning more than 500 international awards)

Charmi Chan (2015 Graduate) has been working at One Plus since 2015. She has a pleasant character and is attentive. She is also a good team player and a loyal staff. In the past years, she participated in various of our projects and travelled for lectures and award receiving ceremonies of our directors in Taiwan, Japan and Thailand.

Objectives

Upon completion of the programme, participants should be able to :

• Explain the principles and elements of interior design;
• Apply knowledge of space planning, use of materials, finishes, textiles and lighting in a wide variety of residential and non-residential projects;
• Account for interactions between human beings/behavior and its surrounding natural and built environments when undertaking design projects; and
• Integrate issues such as universal design, colour psychology, barrier-free accessibility and design elements into design project considerations.

Professional Recognition

Students of the programme are eligible to apply for student membership of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association (HKIDA).

Applicants are normally required to have either one of the following qualifications:  

• Level 2 in 5 HKDSE subjects (including English and Chinese)^; or

• Grade E in 1 HKALE A-Level (or an equivalent number of AS) subject(s); and
  (i) 5 passes in HKCEE including English and Chinese*; or
  (ii) 3 passes in HKCEE plus level 2 or above in English and Chinese*; or

• Satisfactory completion of a Pre-Associate Degree, Diploma or an equivalent programme (at QF level 3);

• Satisfactory completion of Diploma Yi Jin ; or

• Other acceptable equivalent qualifications (including non-local qualifications obtained in or outside HK, or other qualifications / experience deemed to be equivalent); or

• Mature applicants who are 21 years of age or above with a minimum of 3 years' working experience will also be considered on a case-by-case basis.

^Applicants possessing an “Attained”, "Attained with Distinction (I)" and "Attained with Distinction (II)" in HKDSE Applied Learning (ApL) subject are regarded as equivalent to HKDSE subject at “Level 2”, “Level 3” and “Level 4” respectively, with a maximum of two ApL subjects can be counted for admission purpose.

* A pass in a quality-assured Applied Learning (ApL) subject is deemed to be a pass in one HKCEE subject. (Except Chinese Language and English Language)

Admission Interview: Applicants will be invited to an admission interview 

• Discover Interior Design 室內設計探索

• Interior and Architectural Design Studio 室內空間與建築設計繪圖

• Colour Use in Interior Design 室內色彩運用

• Architectural Theory & History 建設學理論與歷史

• Design Thinking and Visual Communication 設計思維與視覺傳意

• Creative Industry in East Asia 亞洲的創意產業

• Materials for Interior Design 室內設計常用物料

• Interior Construction 室內工程

• Interior Design Studio I & II 室內設計工作坊 (一)及(二)

• General Education Courses 通識科目

• Effective Chinese Communication Skills 應用中文傳意技巧

• English for Communication I, II & III 英語溝通技巧 (一)、(二)及(三)

• IT and Digital Literacy 電腦及數位素養

• Gaining the Most from your Work-integrated Learning 從實習中成長

• Concept Presentation and Portfolio 設計概念整合與作品集

• Work-integrated Learning in Interior Design^ 室內設計工作綜合實習^

[1] Students who have attained Level 3 or above in DSE English Language can be exempted from taking English for Communication I (ENGL3057EF).
[2] Non-Chinese speaking students can be exempted from taking Effective Chinese Communication Skills (CHIN4006CF). They will have to take a GE course as replacement for fulfillment of the overall credits for graduation.

^ Course includes not less than 90 practicum hours

Graduates are eligible to apply for:

• Year 3 of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Environment and Interior Design offered by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Year 3 of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Design offered by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Year 3 of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Arts and Culture (Visual Arts) offered by the Education University of Hong Kong

• Year 3 of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Interior Architecture and Design of University of Portsmouth, UK delivered in Hong Kong