The Department of Interior Architecture was established in the 1993-1994 academic year, reporting to the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. The department, which accepted students with a special talent exam between 1993 and 2000, has accepted students with the central exam system since 2000.

The department started education with 1 professor, 2 lecturers and 1 research assistant in 1993. Today it has a growing young, talented, and experienced academic staff. On the other hand, some of the courses in the curriculum are carried out by academic staff other relevant faculties and part-time lecturers with practical experience.  

The period of education in the department 4 years, and the graduates receive the title of "Interior Architect". In addition, KTU Graduate School of Applied and Natural Sciences has Master’s Program in Interior Architecture.

Erasmus student exchange program started in our department in 2004. The first student exchange was held in 2005-2006. Students studying at undergraduate and graduate (master's) levels have the opportunity to benefit from the exchange program. In this sense, student and lecturer exchanges are made with Coburg University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Coburg / Germany), Polytechnic University of Bari (Politecnico di Bari / Italy) and Vilnius Technologies and Design School (Vilniaus Technologijų ir Dizaino Kolegiją / Lithuania). We also have ongoing negotiations with some universities in Europe.

Since 2009, we have had student exchanges through the Farabi Exchange Program with Akdeniz University, Anadolu University, Çukurova University, Düzce University, Kocaeli University, Kütahya Dumlupınar University, and Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University.

The graduates of the department, which gave the first ones in June 1997, work at various institutions as interior architects. They are professionally employed in the public sector such as municipalities, ministries, universities, in various interior architecture, architecture, designing offices and companies, and in organizations that design and market various furniture. In addition to these, they can run their own offices and continue designing.

The department gives an average of 25 to 35 graduates per year. Among them, the employment rate in the same year is nearly 90%. This situation offers an advantage for department graduates in today's country conditions.