Top 5 Fashion Design Colleges in East India

Being a creative field, fashion design requires aspirants to have a natural inclination towards styling and keen fashion sense.

However, in order to ace the nuances of colours and textures, one needs to secure adequate training from a good college.Most good fashion design colleges conduct their own entrance exams to offer admissions to suitable candidates.

We have already listed the top 10 fashion design colleges in India followed by the best fashion design colleges in South India. In this article we will be listing the best colleges one should consider joining if they want to pursue a degree course in fashion and textile design.

NIFT Kolkata

Admission through: NIFT Entrance Exam

Established in 1995, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Kolkata started operations at a hired “accommodation on Manjusha Bhavan, Salt Lake with limited facilities”.

The present campus of NIFT Kolkata spreads over an area of five acres and was established in 1999 at Salt Lake. NIFT Kolkata offers education to 750 students.

Courses taught at the college include – BDes Fashion Design, BDes Leather Design, BDes Accessory Design, BDes Textile Design, BDes Knitwear Design, BDes Fashion Communication and BFTech Apparel Production.

JD Birla Institute

Admission Through: Academic performance in Class XII and interview round.

Affiliated to Jadavpur University in Kolkata, JD Birla Institute was established in 1962 and was initially called – Smt Jawahari Devi Birla Institute of Home Science.

An all-girls college, JD Birla Institute offers exclusive courses and “no other Jadavpur University affiliate can offer the BSc (Honours), BCom (Honours) and BBA (Honours) courses that are conducted at the Institute's two premises”, informs the official website.

JD Birla Institute offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to aspirants. The courses available at this college include – BSc (Hons) in Textile Science, Clothing & Fashion Studies Curriculum, BSc (Hons) in Interior Designing Curriculum, BSc (Hons) in Food Science & Nutrition Curriculum, BSc (Hons) in Human Development Curriculum, BCom (Hons) Curriculum, BBA, MSc in Human Development Curriculum, MSc in Food & Nutrition Curriculum, MSc in Textiles & Clothing Curriculum, MCom Curriculum and Diploma in Dietetics & Applied Nutrition Curriculum.

North East Institute of Fashion Technology

Admission Through: Spot Admission and Counselling

Located in Guwahati, North East Institute of Fashion Technology (NEIFT) is situated at Bora Service Bylane, GS Road.

An interdisciplinary college, NEIFT uses various means such as theory, designing projects, skills and field experience to impact knowledge to students.

The college offers one year duration fashion designing diploma programme to interested candidates.

Global Institute of Fashion Technology

Admission Through: Walk-in and Online registration

Located in Kolkata and Guwahati, Global Institute of Fashion Technology (GIFT) was established in 1999. The college offers degree as well as diploma courses to aspirants.

GIFT provides candidates with an opportunity to pursue personalised academic programmes to students wherein they receive the best classroom education coupled with industrial exposure.

Programmes on offer at GIFT include BSc in Fashion Designing, MSc in Fashion Designing, BSc in Interior Designing and MSc in Interior Designing.

JD Institute of Fashion Technology

Admission Through: Online/Offline Applications

Established in 1988, JD Institute of Fashion Technology is known to have more than 20,000 successful alumni. Some popular personalities of the fashion industry who are graduates from this college are Rocky S, Shane & Falguni, Urvashi Kaur, Reza, Gaurav Chabra, Maheka Mirpuri, Niket Mishra and Nitin- Isha.

Degree programmes offered at JD Institute of Fashion Technology are Degree in Fashion & Apparel Design and Degree in in Interior Design. Postgraduate courses offered at the college include Degree in Fashion Communication and Degree in Textile Technology. The college also offers diploma programmes in disciplines like Fashion Design, Interior Design, Jewellery Design, Visual Merchandising, Fashion Business Management, Fashion Photography and Make up Artistry.