Top 10 Fashion Design Colleges in South India

Do you have creative flair and a natural inclination towards creating new, stylish creations? Then fashion designing is your calling in life.

The perks of this profession is that you not only get to explore your creative side but also get a chance to stay among the most glamourous people and at the same time become famous and earn a good pay package.

However, in order to be among the who’s who of the fashion world it is necessary that you have received education and training at the best design schools in the country.

Having already listed the top 10 fashion design colleges in India, we will be going a step further and list the best fashion design South India.

Note: The colleges listed below are in no particular order.

NIFT Kannur

Location: Mangattuparamba, Kannur

Established in 2008, National Institute of Fashion technology (NIFT), Kannur is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institute. NIFT Kannur’s hostel can accommodate around 300 students.

NIFT Kannur is in a major educational hub as it is surrounded by institutes like – Kannur University, Kannur Engineering College, Govt. Ayurveda Medical College and Kendriya Vidyalaya.

Course:

BDes Textile Design
BDes Knitwear Design
BDes Fashion Design
BDes Fashion Communication
BFTech Apparel Production
MDes
MFM

NIFT Bangalore

Location: Bangalore

Most of the undergraduate level design courses offered at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bangalore are of four year duration.

The companies that recruit students from NIFT Bangalore are - Abhishek Industries, Adidas, Aditya Birla Group, American Pacific, Arthur Anderson, Arvind Mills, Ashima and the likes.

Course:

BDes in Fashion Communication
BFTech in Apparel Production
BDes in Knitwear Design
BDes in Textile Design
MFM (Master of Fashion Management)
BDes in Fashion Design
MFT (Master of Fashion Technology)
BDes in Accessory design

NIFT Chennai

Location: Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Chennai offers many facilities to students such as – Fully equipped lecture rooms, Design Studios and Laboratories, resource centres, Activity Centres, Gym and Wi-Fi enabled campus.

NIFT Chennai is an autonomous institute and is known to conduct regular cultural exchange programmes and also holds exhibitions wherein students are given a chance to display their work.

Course:

BDes (Leather Design)
BDes (Fashion Communication)
BDes (Fashion Design)
BFTech (Apparel Production)
BDes (Textile Design)
BDes (Knitwear Design)
MFM (Master of Fashion Management)
BDes (Accessory Design)
MDes in Automotive and Product Design

St. Teresa's College, Kerala

Location: Ernakulam, Kerala

Established in 1925, St. Teresa's College has been named after St. Teresa of Avila. The official website informs that Teresa's College, “is still the only higher education centre in Cochin exclusively for women. It is the alma mater of luminaries such as K.R.Gowari, Minister of Kerala, the late Leela Damodara Menon, Smt Mercy Ravi, Smt. Lida Jacob., I.A.S., Smt.Valsala Kumari B., I.A.S. and Smt. Mrinalini Madhavan I.P.S.”.

Course:

BSc in Apparel and Fashion Design
PG Diploma in Fashion Designing and Apparel Merchandising

Community College of Fashion Designing

Location: Mangattuparamba , Kannur University Campus, Kannur

Affiliated to Kannur University, Community College of Fashion Designing was set up in 2003. The college is well-equipped with all the latest technology necessary to impart design education to students.

Course:

Post Graduate Diploma in Fashion Designing

LISAA School of Design

Location: Bangalore

LISAA School of Design, Bangalore is recognised by the University of Mysore. LISAA is a premier Design school in France. The official website shares, “LISAA's unique approach to the design fields promotes creativity and experimentation. By re-interpreting design principles, LISAA's students are able to develop a fresh perspective to design”.

Course:

Degree in Fashion and Textile design
International Diploma in Fashion and Textile Design
International Diploma in Graphic Design, Illustration and Web Design
Degree/International Diploma in Interior, Environmental & Product Design

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Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology

Location: Bangalore

Established in 1996, Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology has been shifted to Apparel Park where there are around 75 textile as well as apparel giants.

“The new campus in Apparel Park has a technologically advanced Smart campus, highly equipped with international standard design laboratories for Textile, Pattern Making, Jewellery Making and Sewing among many others. It has a comprehensive library and research center to assist students and faculty. Each of the study center, workplace and classrooms are aesthetically designed & fitted with LCD projectors. Amphitheater, auditorium and convention hall are among the other campus highlights of Vogue”, states the official website.

Course:

Fashion Merchandising & Retail Management – MBA (FR&RM)
Fashion Design & Business Management – MBA (FD & BM)
Fashion & Apparel Designing – B.Sc (FAD)
Fashion Business & Retail Management – B.Sc (FBRM)
Garment Manufacturing Technology – B.Sc (GMT)
Textile Designing – B.Sc (TD)
Life Style & Accessory Design – B.Sc (LSAD)
Fashion Designing & Management – (GDFDM)
Graduate Diploma in Retail Management – (GDRM)
Fashion Journalism (DFJ)
Computer Aided Fashion Designing – (DFD-CAD)
Computer Aided Textile Designing (DTD – CAD)
Weekend Batches for Fashion Designing
Interior Design & Management – MBA (IDM)
Interior Design – B.Sc (ID)
Interior Design – (GDID)
Weekend Batches for Interior Designing
Jewellery Designing & Management – B.Sc (JD&M)
Jewellery Designing Manufacturing – (GDJDM)
Jewellery Designing With CAD – (DJD-CAD)
Diamond Grading & Identification – (DDGI)
Gemology – (DG)

JD Institute of Fashion Technology

Location: Banaglore

The educational division of JD Image Promotion Ltd, Bangalore, JD Institute of Fashion Technology was established in 1988. Famous alumni from this design college include the likes of - Rocky S, Shane & Falguni, Urvashi Kaur, Maheka Mirpuri, Reza, Gaurav Chabra, Nitin- Isha, Niket Mishra etc.

Course:

Diploma in Fashion Design
Diploma in Interior Design
Diploma in Jewellery Design
Diploma in Visual Merchandising
Diploma in Fashion Business Management
Diploma in Fashion Photography
BSc in Fashion & Apparel Design
BSc in Interior Design
MSc in Fashion Communication
MSc in Textile Technology

National College of Design, Tamil Nadu

Location: Chennai

Run by MRS Educational and Charitable Trust, National College of Design is a multi-disciplinary college that offers professional programmes to students in the field of design.

Talking about the facilities available on campus the official website of National College of Design shares, “The spacious classrooms, a green campus, spacious environment, contemporary space setting provides and ambiance for enhanced learning. The facilities available at the campus are modern air-conditioned auditorium, design studios, computer resource center, photography studio, editing laboratory, pattern laboratory, recreational rooms, administrative block, canteen etc”.

Course:

BSc in Fashion Design
BSc in interior Design
BSc in Jewellery Design
BSc in Animation design
BSc Vis Comm

Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology

Location: Bangalore

Founded in 1996 by the Ujwal Trust, Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology is a non-residential design school.

Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology has two campuses one at Bangalore and the other one at Pune.

Courses Offered:

Undergraduate Technical Programme – Bvoc
Undergraduate Professional Programme – BDes, BCrA
Postgraduate Programme – Mdes, MCrA
Postgraduate New Humanities and Design Programme – MA
Postgraduate Diploma Programme (Bridge Programme)
PhD Programme

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