Limperts Academy
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Limperts Academy of Design is an international awarding body for professional design
programmes. It offers a range of courses in design, including project management
and commercial design consultancy. Limperts offers a Diploma in Interior Design & Decoration and the Higher National Diploma in Interior Design (BTEC
HND
), and also, Landscape, Gardening Design, Image and Fashion design and Project Management.
Courses are delivered in the evening at its Dublin centre or as correspondence courses (distance learning). A number of schools and colleges independently run courses doing the Limperts validated courses.
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
programmes. It offers a range of courses in design, including project management
Project management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
and commercial design consultancy. Limperts offers a Diploma in Interior Design & Decoration and the Higher National Diploma in Interior Design (BTEC
Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)
The Business and Technology Education Council is the British body which awards vocational qualifications. Such qualifications are commonly referred to as "BTECs"....
HND
Higher National Diploma
A Higher National Diploma is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. This qualification can be used to gain entry into universities, and is considered equivalent to the first or second year of a university degree course....
), and also, Landscape, Gardening Design, Image and Fashion design and Project Management.
Courses are delivered in the evening at its Dublin centre or as correspondence courses (distance learning). A number of schools and colleges independently run courses doing the Limperts validated courses.
Recognition
- Limperts Academy of Design is the first education and training organisation to achieve ISO 9001:2000 Certification.
- Limperts interior design students are entitled to apply for The British Interior Design Association (BIDA) membership, they can apply for membership with the Chartered Society of DesignersChartered Society of DesignersThe Chartered Society of Designers , headquartered in London, England, is the professional body for designers. It is the world's only Royal chartered body of professional designers...
(CSD). - Limperts Academy of Design students who successfully achieve the HND in Interior Design are eligible to apply for the NCIDQNCIDQThe National Council for Interior Design Qualification , an independent of state and provincial credentialing bodies, provides the North American public with the means to identify interior designers who have demonstrated the minimum level of competence needed to practice interior design. In...
(the professional body in the USA and CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) examination after obtaining the necessary amount of work experience.