Why Get Certified?
NCIDQ Certification validates expertise, boosts credibility, and opens doors to new professional opportunities.
Benefits of Certification
1. Career Advancement
Higher Earning Potential. Employer and Client Confidence.
Employers are looking to manage risk within their businesses and boost their firm’s reputation when pursuing contracts and new clients.


2. Pursued Excellence Wherever Opportunity Leads
NCIDQ Certification is fully portable, wherever life’s opportunities take you, and accepted by all regulated jurisdictions throughout North America.
3. Networking and Resources
Forge new connections, while highlighting your services to potential clients on CIDQ’s public searchable directory.
More than 39,000 highly competent NCIDQ Certificate Holders have distinguished themselves by demonstrating a specific set of core interior design competencies, supported by verified work experience and a college degree. NCIDQ Certification meets legal and regulatory standards for the interior design profession as established by more than half of the states across the U.S. and the provinces in Canada.
