Every year a large number of candidates apply at various Fashion Designing colleges across the country with a desire to pursue a fashion designing course and become a successful fashion designer in future.

It is of the creative course options; it's a prosperous vocational training stream in India but also abroad. The Fashion industry has developed in leaps and bounds which too within a time. Career in the field, and selecting the right Fashion Designing course is assured to open up a surfeit of opportunities.

Candidates can pursue Fashion Design as a course at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Apart from this, they can even pursue short-term Diploma or Certificate programs in the field of Fashion Design. Some of the popular Fashion Design courses that are offered at different colleges in India consist of:

Popular Fashion Design Courses at UG level-

• Bachelor of Design (BDes)
• Bachelor of Fashion Technology (BF Tech)
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• Diploma
• Certificate
Popular Fashion Design Courses at PG Level-

• Master of Design (MDes)
• Master of Fashion Technology (MFTech)
• Master of Arts
• PG Diploma

Students who have cleared their Class 12 from any stream Science/ Arts/ Commerce can pursue a Fashion Design course at graduation level. However, popular Design colleges allow candidates to require part of their admission process as long as they have completed their schooling from a recognized board.

Skills for Fashion Designing –

To build a future during this field, aside from having the specified educational qualification, one must have an inventive and artistic personality. Aspirants also got to be good at drawing and possess the knack to precise their ideas by means of helpful sketches. Moreover, candidates who aspire to pursue a Fashion Design programme have to possess the below-mentioned skill-set.

Eligibility Criteria-

There are different eligibility criteria for different colleges that offers a Diploma in Fashion Design. The criteria mentioned below must be fulfilled before applying for a Diploma in Fashion Technology.
• Students must have passed a 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognized board of education.
• If the admission process is academic merit within the college of candidate’s choice, then he/she will need to satisfy the standards of the minimum aggregate percentage that has got to be achieved so as to urge admission.

Fashion Designing Colleges in India-

• National Institute of Fashion Technology
• National Institute Design, Ahmedabad
• Pearl Academy Rajouri Garden
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai
• MIT ADTU, Pune
• MIT Institute of Design
• IIFA Lancaster International Campus
• Amity University, Noida
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore
• New Delhi YMCA
• LPU- Lovely Professional University
• Parul University
• Amity School of Fashion Technology