ASID Membership Information

ASID offers membership to all sectors of the interior design community. If you do not find the information you are seeking, please contact ASID's member services office at (202) 546-3480 or send an e-mail to membership@asid.org.

Membership Application  (click to download the application)

Types of ASID Membership

Professional
Allied
Educator (Professional)
Educator (Allied)
International
Student
Industry Partner

To encourage involvement from all sectors of the interior design community, ASID offers a range of membership categories.

Professional Membership - The highest level of ASID membership is reserved for practitioners who have completed a course of accredited education and equivalent work experience in interior design, and have successfully passed the NCIDQ examination.
Requirements: Proof of passage of the NCIDQ examination. Professional membership in ARIDO (Canada) and CODDI (Puerto Rico) is transferable to ASID upon proof of said membership.

Allied Membership - This level is for practicing interior designers who fulfill the following requirements: a four- or five-year bachelor’s degree with a major in interior design or architecture; or a two- or three-year degree or certificate in interior design.
Requirements: Official college transcript and/or technical school records verifying degree obtained.

Educator Membership (Professional) - This level is for educators who are actively engaged as department chairs or full-time instructors in a post-secondary program of interior design education at any university or accredited school of interior design that requires completion of 40 semester credit hours in interior design-related courses, and who have successfully passed the NCIDQ exam.
Requirements: Proof of passage of the NCIDQ examination. Professional membership in ARIDO (Canada) and CODDI (Puerto Rico) is transferable to ASID upon proof of said membership, a detailed job description and a letter verifying employment as an educator.

Educator Membership (Allied) -Educators who are actively engaged as department chairs or full-time instructors in a post-secondary program of interior design education at any university or accredited school of interior design that requires completion of 40 semester credit hours in interior design-related courses are eligible.
Requirements: Official college transcript and/or technical school records verifying degree obtained, a detailed job description and a letter verifying employment as an educator.

International Membership - This membership is for qualified interior designers whose residence and principal place of business lie outside the boundaries of an ASID chapter.
Requirements: Official college transcript and/or technical school records verifying degree obtained.

Student Membership - Membership is available to students currently enrolled in an interior design or interior architecture program that requires at least 40 credit hours of design related classwork to graduate.  Students at schools where an ASID student chapter exists may join as a student chapter member; students at other schools may join as an independent student member.  Eligible ASID Student Members may advance to Allied Membership upon graduation.  Student to Allied Advancement Application.

Industry Partner Membership - Members include interior design industry manufacturers and their representatives, related trade associations and market centers. Industry Partners provide opportunities for interaction between interior designers and the interior furnishings industry that supplies services and manufactured products.

Use of the ASID appellation
Guidelines for how ASID members are required to use the Society's name when identifying themselves to the public as an ASID member.

 

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