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Architecture & Interior Architecture

The building as a whole, or the experience of interior space?

An editorial comparison based on sample institutional curricula. The program’s official name, language of instruction, and year are in the source citations below; this information does not represent all universities.

Editorial summarySource-based
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Architecture

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Interior Architecture

What does it focus on?

Architecture

Addresses buildings and the built environment through design, construction, materials, building services, planning, and construction knowledge.

Interior Architecture

Develops the spatial experience, materials and details, physical environment, and use scenarios of interior space.

Example course titles

Architecture

  • Introduction to Architectural Design
  • Architectural Project 1-4 and Diploma Project
  • Building Science, Building Materials, and Building Services
  • Architectural Technical Drawing
  • Planning Law and Construction Management and Economics

Interior Architecture

  • Basic Design I-II
  • Spatial Design Studio I-VI
  • Physical Environmental Control in Space
  • Advanced Computer Applications
  • Detail and Implementation Knowledge; Furniture Design and Construction Techniques
  • Cost Estimation, Quantity Surveying, and Professional Knowledge; Design Management

How is it learned?

Actual weekly workload cannot be inferred from course titles. The learning formats below are editorial summaries; verify them with the course information package and its instructor.

Architecture

  • Intensive workshop production in project and diploma studios
  • Connecting technical drawing with building and material decisions
  • Considering design's construction, regulatory, and building-systems dimensions together

Interior Architecture

  • Developing studio projects through presentations and computer-aided production
  • Resolving material, detail, physical-environment, and furniture decisions
  • Encountering applied dimensions such as cost estimation, quantity surveying, and design management

Theory and practice

Architecture

Theory develops through art and architecture concepts, history, and professional knowledge; practice develops through projects, drawing, and building courses. The source plan gives T/U hours but not a fixed percentage.

Interior Architecture

Spatial culture, design history, and environmental psychology provide the theoretical foundation; studio, physical environment, detail, and furniture courses form the applied side. The source plan does not give a fixed percentage.

Possible areas after graduation

These are example directions; they do not mean you gain a direct occupational title or authorization. Check regulations, graduate education, appointment requirements, and institutional conditions separately.

Architecture

  • Architectural design office
  • Construction and implementation
  • Conservation and measured survey
  • Construction management or urban design

Interior Architecture

  • Interior design office
  • Detail and implementation
  • Furniture design and construction
  • Cost estimation, quantity surveying, or design management

What changes by university?

Architecture focuses on the broader framework of buildings and building systems; interior architecture concentrates on space within the building, materials, details, furniture, and user experience. Both fields include studios, drawing, and technical knowledge. Universities may change course titles, prerequisites, studio sequences, theory/practice hours, and term structures; TOBB ETÜ includes summer studios and Cooperative Education, while MSGSÜ has a sequence of Architectural Project 1-4 and Diploma Project.

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01Official sources

Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi

Department of Architecture

Curriculum year
2025-2026
Source year
2025
Last checked

Supports the architecture course sequence, T/U structure, project and diploma studios, building courses, and professional courses.

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TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi

Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

Curriculum year
Starting in 2025-2026
Source year
2025
Last checked

Supports the interior architecture courses, theory/practice hours, studio progression, detail, furniture, cost estimation and quantity surveying, and design management.

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YÖK Atlas / Gazi Üniversitesi

Architecture

Curriculum year
Not specified
Source year
2026
Last checked

No open year listed: verify its currency with the university.

Confirms the program name and SAY score type; it is not a curriculum source.

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YÖK Atlas / İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

Interior Architecture

Curriculum year
Not specified
Source year
2026
Last checked

No open year listed: verify its currency with the university.

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