Studies at the Department of Interior Architecture and Design are divided to a Fall semester (Oct 1 – mid Feb) and a Spring semester (March 1 – mid June). The full length of studies in our Department is 4 years, namely, 8 semesters. The 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th semesters are held during the Fall period, and the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th semester are held during the Spring period. At the end of each semester there is a short examination period (2-3 weeks). You can find a full list of the courses that we offer, including a general description and the ECTS credits attached to them, here: http://www.teiath.gr/sgtks/eadsa/categories.php?mid=4173&lang=en
Our Department is part of the School of Arts & Design, University of West Attica. Students who are interested to apply to our Department may also consider that it is possible to take 2-3 courses at the other departments that our School consists of: the Department of Photography, the Department of Graphic Design, and the Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art. * The latter involves a lot of specialty knowledge, so it might be hard for a student in any of the other disciplines to follow the courses offered.
Our courses are generally divided into Theory and Synthesis (Studio).
- The Theoretical courses are mostly consisting of live lectures, which are usually held in Greek. In this case, our foreign students are usually asked to work on a small essay in the agreed language, under the supervision of the tutor responsible for the course. Nevertheless, in some cases the teacher may actually choose to give lectures in english, so our foreign students might end up having to take an exam in the end of the semester.
- Our Synthesis studios usually combine theoretical requirements and studio work, plus they also include some kind of specialty knowledge (e.g. lighting design, vernacular architecture, etc.), focusing around a case study project. For these projects, students are required to work in groups for the full duration of the semester. In most cases a small theoretical essay is also attached to the course.
All of the courses are generally taught in Greek. No teacher is obliged to communicate in English, but most of them do, and they are usually happy to take particular measures to accommodate our Erasmus students. Since our courses are generally divided between theory and studio, the requirements for our foreign students are different. We encourage our Ersamus+ students to use the first couple of weeks to introduce themselves to their teachers and see about the requirements of their courses. Please note that it is also possible to change the original program of studies during the first 2-3 weeks, on the grounds of having better knowledge of the actual requirements of the courses, by using the “During the Mobility” form.
We encourage our foreign students to mingle with the local students and participate in mixed groups. Still, it is understandably common to find the Erasmus students creating groups amongst themselves. Both cases are accepted; still, we do not hold special classes for our foreign students. Generally it is normal to find our own students open to helping the foreign students with the details and requirements of the courses.
As a gesture of introduction, we also encourage our Erasmus+ students to send us a small CV, a letter of motivation and a portfolio in digital form (e.g. pdf, or online) in order to facilitate their placement and selection of courses.
University of West Attica, Department of Interior Architecture and Design 