Fashion industry in current times is flourishing than ever, and it is very welcoming to newbies who love experimenting with new designs, colors, and looks. A form of artistic expression, Fashion, has seen a major growth after the introduction of iconoclastic styles like Queer Fashion.
Seen as a full-fledged professional industry, Fashion industry keeps looking for young professionals who hold some degree, knowledge and experience in the field of fashion.
Here are top five Indian fashion designing universities of India:
1. National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi
It has ranked number one by Outlook and India Today. NIFT has many branches around India, but NIFT Delhi is considered the best among all. Even the head office of NIFT is in Delhi. The admission to it is through an entrance exam known as NIFT entrance exam.
Courses offered:
• BDes Fashion Design
• BDes Textile Design
• BDes Accessory Design
• BDes Fashion Communication
• BDes Knitwear Design
• BDes Leather Design
• BFTech in Apparel Production
• MDes
• MFM
• MFTech courses
• PhD Programmes in Design
2. Pearl Academy, Delhi
By Outlook, it has been ranked 4, and by India Today, 3. To take admission in this acclaimed academy of fashion studies, you need to go through Pearl Academy Entrance Test. The campus of the academy is in West Delhi, Naraina.
Courses offered:
• BA Fashion Design
• BA Fashion Styling and Image Design
• BA Fashion Media Communication
• BA Interior Architecture & Design
• BA Interior Product Design
• BA Fashion Business Management
• BA Fashion Marketing and Retail Management
• BA Branding and Advertising Management
• BA Luxury Brand Management
• BA Jewellery Design
• BA Communication Design (choice of four pathways: Experience Design, Graphic Design & Advertising, Interactive Media Design and Film & Animation)
3. Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology, Mohali
Ranked 8th and 10th by Outlook and India Today respectively, NIIFT is one of the pioneering fashion universities in India, which has hosted various notable alumni. It is situated in the vicinity of Chandigarh. For admission in this as well, the entrance of NIIFT has to be cleared.
Courses offered:
• BSc Fashion Design
• BSc Textile Design
• BSc Fashion Design Knits
4. NIFT-TEA College of Knitwear Fashion
It was the conception of the Tirupur exporters that brought NIFT-TEA into existence as a joint initiative of ICICI and Ministry of SSI & ARI, Government of India. It has nothing to do with any of the NIFTs though. The admission to this college is on the basis of class 12th marks for UG courses and Graduation marks in PG courses.
Courses offered:
• BSc Apparel Fashion Designing
• BSc Costume Design & Fashion
• BSc Garment Designing & Production
• BSc Fashion Apparel Management
• BSc Apparel Manufacturing & Merchandising
• BSc Computer Science
• BCom
• PG Diploma Apparel Merchandising & Management
• BBA Business Administration
• MSc Apparel Fashion Designing
• MBA Apparel Business (under CCII)
• BCom Computer Application
5. Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune.
It holds no. 7 in the ranking of India Today. For getting admissions, Symbiosis Entrance Tests (SET). It has recruited its professionals in big firms like Infosys, Autoline Industries Ltd, Cognizant Ltd, Whirlpool, Mudra Communications, etc.
Courses offered:
• BDes Communication Design
• BDes Industrial Design
• BDes Fashion Design
• BDes Textile Design
• BDes Fashion Communication
Now which college to choose, is your call. All the best!
