M.Des. in Fashion Design 

at FDDI Noida, Noida

For admission to the Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) MDes course, candidates must apply for the FDDI AIST entrance exam. While filling out the online application form, candidates have to scan the required documents and upload them with the application form. Find below the list of documents:

• Personal and educational qualification details.
• Caste/Tribe/Class certificate (for SC/ST/OBC (NC) candidate)
• Disability Certificate for Persons with Disabilities
• EWS Certificate if eligible
• Image of scanned photograph
• Image of scanned signature

Yes, FDDI Noida offers an MDes programme. This programme runs for a duration of two years. Moreover, the mode of education is full-time. Other than this, under this programme, the institute offers two specialisations for students : Footwear Design & Production and Fashion Design. Admission to both courses is done via the ASIT exam.

Footwear Design & Development Institute Noida provides a MDes programme with two specialisations: Footwear Design and  Footwear Design & Production. The overall seat intake for MDes programme is around 90. Students must note that the aforementioned seat intake is as per official sources. However, it is subject to change.

Yes, admission dates for admission 2025 is out for MDes at FDDI. Admission to the MDes programme is based on the FDDI All India Selection Test (AIST). Therefore, candidates have to watch out for the AIT admission dates. Application is open for the AIST exam and will be open till the second week of November. The AIST exam will be held in the month of January.

Master of Design (MDes), with a duration of four years is divided in eight semester. The first two semester of MDes, will be a 'Compulsory Foundation' year where a basic knowledge of Design, Design principles, process, 2D & 3D CAD, Materials, will be imparted. In the last semester the students will be taking up Design Project/Research Project. Industrial internship is in built in the curriculum. The curriculum has been designed by a team of experts from IIT- Delhi. In case of career oppurtunity, FDDI MDes open promising career opportunity in the trade as Footwear Designers for Fashion and Sport shoes, Product developer, etc. 

FDDI Noida has a good record of placements for courses like BDes, MDes and MBA, etc. The complete placement report 2022 is yet to be release on the official website for the academic year 2021-2022. However, as per the limited data available on the website, an overall 86% placement rate was recorded across all the campuses of FDDI in 2022 placements. Further, over 240 recruiters participated during the 2022 placement process and placed students in various new-age job roles. The key highlights of FDDI Noida placements for the Class of 2022 are tabulated below: 

Note: The above mentioned the highest and average packages have been taken from the students’ reviews on the Shiksha page.

No, FDDI College is not very expensive as it is a government college. Even if the students find the fee a little high they can apply for the schlarships povided by the college. FDDI never offers any scholarship of its own. The Footwear Design and Development Institute only facilitates the process by forwarding the various scholarship applications of eligible candidates as per defined criteria. Some of the scholarships received by FDDI College students in the past were UP Govt. Scholarship Scheme,   Mukhyamantri Medhavi Yojna, MP Govt. Scholarship Scheme, National Scholarship Portal, and others.

According to the students’ reviews on the Shiksha page, the average package offered during the recent FDDI Noida placement stood at INR 3 LPA. The same is tabulated below:

Note: The average package mentioned above has been taken from students’ reviews on the Shiksha page.

As per the limited data available on the website, an overall 86% placement rate was recorded across all the campuses of FDDI in 2022 placements. The following table represents the FDDI Noida placement percentage recorded in 2022 placement drive:

According to the latest students’ reviews on Shiksha page, the FDDI highest package offered during the recent FDDI Noida placements stood at INR 6.50 LPA. The same is tabulated below:

Note: The highest package mentioned above has been taken from students’ reviews on the Shiksha page.