| You may be bursting at the seams with natural talent, | | | | enable you to begin building your work experience as |
| but if you want to become an Interior Designer in the | | | | you continue to study. The benefits of this approach |
| US or Canada, you need to be licensed by the NCIDQ | | | | are obvious and Limperts Academy are the only |
| (National Council for Interior Design Qualifications). In the | | | | course provider to deliberately structure their courses |
| past, many individuals may have had the talent but not | | | | this way and offer this level of flexibility. So you really |
| the financial resources to follow their dream of | | | | can have your cake AND eat it! |
| becoming a designer, but now a window of opportunity | | | | Limperts Academy of Design specialise in professional |
| has been opened wide by a European organisation | | | | design training programs that train students through |
| called Limperts Academy of Design... | | | | home study. Their Head Office is based in Ireland and |
| In the USA & Canada, the NCIDQ are responsible | | | | they have enrolled students in over 17 countries, helping |
| for official licensing through their examination, which is | | | | them to achieve standards of excellence through |
| required by anyone wishing to practice interior design in | | | | distance learning that were previously described as |
| many states. Limperts Academy of Design offer a | | | | "impossible". Their commitment to providing quality |
| BTEC HND (Higher National Diploma)in Interior Design | | | | training programs has resulted in unique teaching and |
| that meets the NCIDQ education requirements of 60 | | | | student support systems that produce unparalleled |
| semester credits. Students can complete this program | | | | results. Principal Maria Flynn sums up their approach, |
| in as little as two years, and after gaining the specified | | | | "We don't just teach design, we encourage each and |
| amount of work experience they will be eligible to sit | | | | every student to access and nurture their own natural |
| the NCIDQ examination. A significant benefit of the | | | | sense of flair and creativity. We also teach the |
| course structure offered by Limperts Academy of | | | | technical and practical skills necessary to translate |
| Design is that home study removes international | | | | those design ideas into reality." |
| borders and many obstacles that have previously | | | | If you are thinking about a career in interior design, then |
| existed. One such obstacle is the cost of education in | | | | check out the Limperts Academy of Design website |
| the US, where a typical 2 year college course will cost | | | | at if you simply want to learn from the best, then we |
| in the region of $50,000. A similar college program in | | | | invite you to review our prospectus and take the next |
| Europe will be a fraction of that cost and indeed, this | | | | step now to designing your future... |
| HND in Interior Design is available for less than the cost | | | | Limperts Academy of Design is quickly setting new |
| of a typical semester in the US. | | | | standards in the design industry and is certainly an |
| With financial barriers removed in this way, you have | | | | organisation that is worth keeping an eye on for the |
| the opportunity to explore your natural talent and study | | | | future. |
| while you continue to earn in your full time employment. | | | | The HND (Higher National Diploma) in Interior Design is |
| Limperts Academy of Design also structure this | | | | jointly validated by Edexcel International and Limperts |
| particular program so that after successfully | | | | Academy of Design, under the BTEC framework, the |
| completing the first part of the program, students will | | | | 240 credits awarded equate to 60 semester credits in |
| be awarded a Diploma in Interior Design. This will | | | | the USA and Canada. |