Updated on Jan 13, 2025 11:36 IST
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The scope of Design is vast and endless with a lot of specializations for you to pursue. The Design field is an interesting career with so many job opportunities for college freshers. Design means planning and creating a system, object, activity or any process as well as the output of that in the form of a finished good or even a method. 

Design is an innovative field for you if you have an aesthetic vision and creative thinking skills. 

Why choose a Design Career?

The benefits of Design careers are as follows:

  • Extremely diverse and there is always a need for creative individuals.
  • Annual turnover is more than that of any other industry.

Design Career Scope: Top Career Profiles

You can check some of the top job options given below -

Job Profiles Average Salary
Graphic Designers INR 3.9 LPA
User Experience (UX) Designers INR 11.9 LPA
User Interface (UI) Designers INR 6.1 LPA
Photographers INR 3.8 LPA
Interior Designers INR 4.2 LPA
Art Directors INR 9.3 LPA
Advertising and Promotions Managers INR 8.3 LPA
Fashion Designers INR 4.3 LPA
Textile Designers INR 5.1 LPA
Animation Designers INR 4.2 LPA

Note - The salary is taken from Ambitionbox.com.

Design Career Scope in India: Jobs, Salary and Top Recruiters

You can have a look at the top sectors where you can get hired in India below:

Design Employment Areas
Fashion Design Interior Design Web Design
Textile Design UI and UX Design Product Design
Graphic Design Game Design Glass and Ceramic Design
Exhibition Design Automobile Design Animation
Leather Design Knitwear Design Industrial Design

Design Top Recruiters

You can see the list of top recruiters below:

Design Top Recruiters
Arvind Garments ITC Ltd Myntra
Nykaa Ubisoft EA Sports
Vir Mueller Architects Wallmakers Talati and Partners
Art-n-Glass Inc. Satyam Gartex Monkey Business
Google Microsoft IBM
Lifestyle Swarovski Raymond Apparel Ltd.

Design Career Scope: Best Design Colleges for Placements in India

You can check the best colleges with high placement packages below:

Best Design Colleges in India Average Package Offered
Delhi University Placements INR 16 LPA
Vijaybhoomi School of Design, Vijaybhoomi University Placements INR 13.3 LPA
Dashmesh Girls College, Mukerian Placements INR 12 LPA
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design And Technology Placements INR 3 - 11.75 LPA
Manipal School of Architecture and Planning Placements INR 11.75 LPA
School of Art and Design, ITM Gwalior Placements INR 10.7 LPA
Welingkar Mumbai Placements INR 10 LPA
Srinivas University Placements INR 3.8 - 10 LPA
KIIT School of Fashion Technology - KSFT Placements INR 9.5 LPA
Jamia Millia Islamia Placements INR 9.25 LPA

Source - Different Official/External Sites

Q:   Is designing a good career?
A:

Yes Designing is considered a very good, growing and also a rewarding career. 

If someone is creative and enjoy designing they can go for these courses.

Hope this helped your query! All the best!

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  • Popular Design Colleges in India
  • Popular Private Design Colleges in India
  • Popular Exams
  • Popular Design Specializations
  • Most Popular Courses
  • Top Ranked Colleges by Location
  • Popular Design UG Courses
  • Popular Design PG Courses
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Popular Design Colleges in India

Following are the most popular Design Colleges in India. Learn more about these Design colleges (Courses, Reviews, Answers & more) by downloading the Brochure.
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Popular Exams

Following are the top exams for Design. Students interested in pursuing a career on Design, generally take these important exams.You can also download the exam guide to get more insights.

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Popular Design Specializations

Following are the most popular Design Specializations . You can explore the top Colleges offering these Specializations by clicking the links below.

Popular Specializations

Top Ranked Colleges by Location

Following are the top ranked colleges for Design based on rankings published by The Week, Business Today and National Institutional Ranking Framework (MHRD).

Popular Design UG Courses

Following are the most popular Design UG Courses . You can explore the top Colleges offering these UG Courses by clicking the links below.

UG Courses

Popular Design PG Courses

Following are the most popular Design PG Courses . You can explore the top Colleges offering these PG Courses by clicking the links below.

PG Courses

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Yes, LPU does provide practical garment production training in the B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) course.

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Yes, B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) students at LPU get opportunities with fashion brands, apparel manufacturers, retail chains, and sourcing companies.

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Yes, MFM (Master of Fashion Management) students at LPU get opportunities with fashion, retail, lifestyle, and e-commerce companies. 

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After finishing the B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) from LPU, many graduates can step into jobs across apparel, textile, retail, and fashion manufacturing areas. You’ll often see openings like Production Executive, Merchandiser, Quality Assurance Executive, Apparel Technologist, Product Development As

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The B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) program at LPU usually wraps together subjects around textile science, garment construction, pattern making, apparel production technology, textile processing, quality management, merchandising, industrial engineering , supply chain management , fashion forecasting,

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Yeah, so students doing B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) at LPU get to see, textile technology along with merchandising in their syllabus, sort of in the same mix. In the course they cover things like textile fibers and fabrics , garment manufacturing processes, quality assurance, apparel production te

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Sammy

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The key difference is that B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) at LPU tends to lean more toward the technical and manufacturing side of the fashion industry, while fashion designing courses are more about the creative part, the whole design concept, illustration, styling, and yeah trend forecasting. In B.

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Yes , B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) at LPU feels like a really good fit for students who are more into fashion manufacturing and that whole apparel industry workflow, not just fashion designing alone. This course kind of leans into garment production, manufacturing technology, quality management, me

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Sammy

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Yes, internships are a big deal in the B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) curriculum at LPU. The whole program leans on industry exposure, so you do internships, industrial training, live projects factory visits, and you get to interact with professionals from the apparel , and textile sectors too. Throu

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Once students finish B.F.Tech (Apparel Production) from LPU, they can look into jobs and growth in the apparel , fashion manufacturing, retailing, merchandising, and textile spaces. You’ll usually see openings for Production Executive, Quality Assurance Executive, Merchandiser, Apparel Technologist,

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LPU graduates from M.Sc. (Interior and Furniture Design) can explore opportunities in interior design studios, furniture manufacturing companies, architectural firms, retail design agencies, and space planning consultancies. The programme focuses on design software, furniture development, sustainabl

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Sampreet Kaur

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Yes, internships and live industry projects are generally included as important parts of the M.Sc. (Interior and Furniture Design) curriculum at LPU. The programme focuses on practical learning, where students work on design projects, industry based assignments, and real world problem solving. Such

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Sampreet Kaur

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Yes, M.Sc. (Interior and Furniture Design) at LPU can be a suitable choice for students interested in interior design, furniture design, and space planning. The programme focuses on design concepts, material understanding, furniture development, and practical studio work. Its industry oriented curri

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Some of the important topics for VUNET entrance exam are

  • Synonyms and Antonyms
  • Vocabulary
  • One-word Substitution
  • Idioms and Phrases
  • Sentence Correction
  • Design-related events
  • Fashion weeks 
  • Textiles
  • Art
  • Monuments
  • Sculptures
  • Dance Forms
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Sayeba Naushad

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The duration of the VUNET Studio Test for B.Des is 90 minutes. The test will be of 50 marks.

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Sayeba Naushad

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VUNET Exam will have three parts:

  • Design Aptitude Test
  • Studio Test 
  • Presenting Portfolio / Personal Interview

Part 1 and 2 will be 100 marks.

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For Art & Design subject, Fashion Institute of Technology NYC ranks at #101-150 in 2026 QS subject rankings. In 2025, it ranked at #151-200 position.

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2022#151-200

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Akanksha Malhotra

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Answered 3 days ago

SAGE University Bhopal offers BDes in two specialsiations: 

  • Apparel Design
  • Interior Design

The college offers BDes as a four-year course. It is offered in full-time mode and the entire course is divided into eight semesters.

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Raj Priya

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Answered 3 days ago

The total tuition fee of BDes at SAGE University Bhopal is INR 2.6 Lacs to INR 14 lakh. This number is taken from the official website of college. It can change. Candidates need to pay the course fee as the last step of admission process to confirm their seat.

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The best design colleges in India offering the best recruitments are: National Institute of Design, Industrial Design Centre, and National Institute of Fashion Technology. The top recruiters are Aditya Birla, Pantaloons, Arvind, and Myntra.

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Answered 3 days ago

FIT NYC MFA in Fashion Design course is 2 year long. The tuition fee for this course is around INR 23 lakh. Those who want to take admission to this course, the students must have a Bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.0. TOEFL / IELTS score is required. 

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Some of the eminent recruiters who were part of the recent NID Kurukshetra placements are mentioned in the table below:

NID Kurukshetra Top Recruiters
TCSDeloitte
MicrosoftAccenture
OneplusAdobe

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Answered 3 days ago

NID Kurukshetra offers decent placements annually for its BDes course. As per the students' reviews on the Shiksha page, NID Kurukshetra recorded 99% placements recently. The highest and average package secured by recent batch was INR 75 LPA and INR 12 LPA, respectively.

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To get a seat at this institution, students have to first attempt the UCEED entrance exam and then appear for the counselling process to be considered eligible for admission to the UG-level course.

The IIITDM Jabalpur BDes cutoff 2026 was published till round 3 for various All India categories, like

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Neerja Rohatgi

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Answered 3 days ago

To get a seat at IIT Hyderabad for the BDes course, students have to first attempt the UCEED entrance exam and then appear for the counselling process. Only those who have appeared in the counselling process are considered eligible for the UG-level course.

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Neerja Rohatgi

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Yes, you can get into IIT Delhi with a rank of 30 if you belong to the OBC AI quota. As per the IIT Delhi BDes cutoff 2026 for the third round, the cutoff for this category was 32

Hence, getting admission with a rank of 30 is possible for the OBC AI category. Other categories, rounds, etc., will ha

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Neerja Rohatgi

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No, you cannot get into IIT Bombay with a rank of 20 for the BDes course. The IIT Bombay BDes cutoff 2026 for round 3 ranged from 1 to 15 for several All India quota categories. 

Hence, students need to attain a rank below 15 to be eligible for admission. But different categories will have different

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Neerja Rohatgi

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Answered 4 days ago

No, students cannot appear for National Institute of Fashion Technology, Shillong MFM without NIFTEE. Admissions are through the candidate's performance in the General Ability Test followed by PI round. Both are important to get selected in the programme.

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National Institute of Fashion Technology, Shillong MFM fee is INR 5.6 lakh. This is tuition fee only. The institute may charge other components. Students can complete the fee payment online.

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Nishtha Hazarika

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Answered 5 days ago

Tuition fee for BDes in Symbiosis Institite of Design, Pune is around INR 4.5 Lacs per year whereas it is more than INR 7.5 Lacs in Pearl Academy, Delhi (New Friends Colony). Thus, SID Pune has lower fee in comparison.

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