SBID is committed to supporting improved education in interior design and promotes graduate qualifications as the preferred career standard.

SBID has an affiliation with all of the major British universities offering either BA or MA courses in interior design (see full list of universities) and provides a key communication channel between these universities, their students and the professional interior design industry.

SBID directly helps students of interior design through the provision of bursaries, facilitation of internships and mentoring opportunities, encouragement and promotion of scholarships and active support of student competitions at both a personal and institutional level.


Educational Recognition

The European Council for Interior Architecture (ECIA) has introduced a recognition programme for courses in Interior Architecture/Design and an educational membership
for recognised institutions.

The program ECIA and SBID aim to further the quality of professional education in Interior Architecture/Design in Europe and enhance the exchange of people, services and knowledge.

SBID Recognition offers schools a quality seal that endorses students, faculty and alumni. 
ECIA and SBID Educational Membership provides a platform for the exchange of best practice, harmonization of standards, coordination of research projects and educational and professional development.