In this paper, we conduct research on the development direction and trend of interior design education under the green building background. Due to the development of the social economy and people living standard rise, the public has produced great changes to the requirement of the interior design, for interior designers professional ability is also put forward higher requirements. As the main position of interior design talent cultivation, universities of professional interior design must be according to these changes, corresponding education reform. Reform must be from the construction of curriculum system, teaching content and teaching method and so on as all aspects of interior design education to promote at the same time, in order to achieve their purpose. Our research proposes the novel paradigm for the interior design education which will enhance the current teaching mode.