Professional

If you are an Interior Designer and have passed the NCIDQ exam, you qualify as a Professional Member. Your application must include:

• Photocopy of NCIDQ Certificate or Card

IIDA Memberships run on the calendar year, January through December. If you are applying as a New Member or you are reactivating your Membership, there is a onetime $75 application fee.

Professional $465
Professionals are actively engaged in the profession and are NCIDQ certified.

Inactive Professional $235
Inactive Members are in good standing, but unable to continue practicing due to disability, illness, unemployment or relocation.

Retired Professional $193
Retired Members are Members in good standing but no longer practice nor intend to return to practice.

Apply online now or download an application

(Note: All applications currently reflect pro-rated dues amounts)

To qualify as a Professional IIDA Member you must be NCIDQ certified.

NCIDQ Exam Eligibility Requirements

• 4 to 5 years of interior design education plus 2 years of full-time work experience in interior design; or
• 3 years of interior design education plus 3 years of full-time work experience in interior design; or
• 2 years of interior design education plus 4 years of full-time work experience in interior design.

Criteria for eligibility are counted up to the time of application submission.

Educational Requirement

• 5 years: at least 150 semester credits (of which 90 or more are interior design related) 225 quarter credits (of which 135 or more are interior design related).
• 4 years: at least 120 semester credits (of which 60 or more are interior design related) 180 quarter credits (of which 90 or more are interior design related).
• 3 years: at least 60 semester credits or 90 quarter credits of interior design related coursework.
• 2 years: at least 40 semester credits or 60 quarter credits of interior design related coursework.

IIDA reviews your transcripts and, if necessary, copies of course descriptions .

Experience requirement

Full-time employment is defined as not fewer than 35 hours per week. It is recommended that employment be under the supervision of a full time interior design practitioner who is either NCIDQ certified, a licensed architect, or an interior designer recognized by a state/provincial regulatory agency.