Top 10 Fashion Design Colleges in South India
Fashion Design Institutes
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 are that you not only get to explore your creative side but also get a chance to stay among the most glamorous 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.
List of Top 10 Fashion Design Colleges
The list of top design fashion colleges is given below. The colleges listed below are in no particular order.
NIFT Kannur
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: Courses offered include BDes Textile Design, BDes Knitwear Design, BDes Fashion Design, BDes Fashion Communication, BFTech Apparel Production, MDes and MFM.
NIFT Bangalore
NIFT Bangalore
Location: Bangalore
Most of the undergraduate-level design courses offered at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bangalore are of a 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: Courses offered here are BDes in Fashion Communication, BFTech in Apparel Production, BDes in Knitwear Design, BDes in Textile Design, BDes in Fashion Design, BDes in Accessory Design, MFM (Master of Fashion Management) and MFT (Master of Fashion Technology).
NIFT Chennai
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: Courses offered include BDes (Leather Design), BDes (Fashion Communication), BDes (Fashion Design), BDes (Textile Design), BDes (Knitwear Design), BFTech (Apparel Production), BDes (Accessory Design), MFM (Master of Fashion Management) and MDes in Automotive and Product Design
St. Teresa's College, Kerala
St. Teresa's College, Kerala
Location: Ernakulam, Kerala
Established in 1925, St. Teresa's College is 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, and 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 and PG Diploma in Fashion Designing and Apparel Merchandising
Community College of Fashion Designing
Community College of Fashion Designing
Location: Mangattuparamba, Kannur University Campus, Kannur
Affiliated to Kannur University, the 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
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 on design”.
Course: Courses offered here include a degree in Fashion and Textile design, International Diploma in Fashion and Textile Design, International Diploma in Graphic Design, Illustration and Web Design and Degree/International Diploma in Interior, Environmental & Product Design.
Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology
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 centre to assist students and faculty. Each of the study centres, workplace and classrooms are aesthetically designed & fitted with LCD projectors. Amphitheatre, auditorium and convention hall are among the other campus highlights of Vogue”, states the official website.
Course: Courses offered include 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) and Gemology – (DG).
JD Institute of Fashion Technology
JD Institute of Fashion Technology
Location: Bangalore
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.
Courses: Courses include Diploma in Fashion Design/ Interior Design/Jewellery Design/Visual Merchandising/ Fashion Business Management/Fashion Photography, BSc in Interior Design, MSc in Fashion Communication and MSc in Textile Technology.
National College of Design, Tamil Nadu
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, and contemporary space setting provide an ambience for enhanced learning. The facilities available at the campus are a modern air-conditioned auditorium, design studios, a computer resource centre, photography studio, editing laboratory, pattern laboratory, recreational rooms, administrative block, canteen, etc.
Course: The Course here includes B.Sc in Fashion Design, Interior Design, Jewellery Design, Animation Design and Visual Communication.
Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology
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 in Bangalore and the other in Pune.
Courses Offered: This includes BDes, MDes, Postgraduate Diploma Programme (Bridge Programme) and PhD Programme.