There are several different types of memberships that you may be eligible for.  Please review the list of membership types below, as well as a summary of their requirements.  For more information, please email Sharlyn Underwood at asidmail@yahoo.com or visit the national website's membership section by clicking here.  Click here for membership applications.

 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.

 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.