
Students and faculty engage in regional, national, and international design discourses, practices, and processes to unite interior spaces with enclosing architecture and the objects contained within them.
We see a world of design engagement in which we bring people together to make meaningful objects, spaces, and places.
Why Study Interior Architecture
at UNCG?
UNC Greensboro offers the only Interior Architecture and Design B.F.A. degree among public universities in the state. This four-year professional program allows students to focus on more art and design coursework than their peers at other schools, giving them more time to explore and hone their craft.
Our graduates are recognized in the field as thoughtful designers who can think, learn, and do. Many of our students go to work for architecture and engineering firms while others choose careers in interior design firms, concentrating on residential design or commercial interiors.
Interior architecture classes focus on understanding materials, finishes, furnishings, manufactured objects and products, buildings, context, human behavior, and human development.
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Upcoming EVENTS

Department News
February 27, 2026
Inside the Winning Designs from Interior Architecture Students’ Awards Sweep
Three proposals by IARc students to revitalize historic properties snagged every student category in the 2025 AIA Winston-Salem Desi…
May 28, 2025
IARC’s Mansell and Hicks Awarded Contract for NC Main Street Program
Callista Mansell, an Academic Professional Assistant Professor in the Department of Interior Architecture, and Travis Hicks, Profess…
April 7, 2025
Alumna’s Wild Designs Make the North Carolina Zoo Stand Out
For someone with “interior” in her degree, Crista McGee ’91 spends a lot of time outdoors. Like her fellow alumni from UNC Gr…