Appendix C (Interior Design Programmes)

2.0 STAFF REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Academic staff

Academic staff  to  student  ratio  shall  be  maintained within  1:8 to 1:15. Academic staff teaching interior design courses shall be appropriately qualified in Interior Design, Architecture and related field.

2.2 Part time academic staff

Apart from the full-time academic staff, interior design schools are strongly encouraged to engage part-time academic staff from amongst practising professionals in interior design, architecture and related fields. Apart from the academic administrator, studio master and subject coordinators must be from full time academic staff.

2.3 Studio Teaching and Learning

Individual project works with direct staff-student tutorial or dialogue shall form the basis of the student learning. Staff to student ratio shall be within 1:15.

2.4 External Examiners

The programme shall be formalised with an examination by independent external examiners at the end of every graduating year.  For  this purpose,  the external examiners shall include experienced practising interior designers, architects and senior academician from other schools.

The External Examiner’s reports  shall be included in the documentation to be submitted for accreditation.

2.5 Support staff

There shall also be sufficient qualified and experienced members of technical and administrative staff to provide adequate support to the educational programme.