Colleges offering Furniture Design Courses in India

You will find some very good college options to pursue Furniture Design courses in Mumbai and Delhi/NCR, which are popular for their coursework, exposure, and placements.

A few top colleges for Furniture Design course in Delhi/NCR and Mumbai are given here:

Course Name	College Name	Location
BDes in Furniture and Interior Design	SGT University	Gurgaon
BDes in Furniture Design	Apeejay Institute of Design	Delhi
Advanced Diploma in Furniture Design	Academy of Applied Arts	Delhi
Certificate in Furniture Design	YWCA Vocational Training Institute	Delhi
Furniture Designing Course	Aditya Centre of Excellence	Mumbai
Diploma in Furniture Design	Cartier Global Academy	Mumbai

Note: This info. is taken from the official website and may vary.

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Learning Furniture Design from the comfort of your home can be a really great choice for the students who are looking for short-term, budget-friendly courses for their skill advancement purposes. 

Some of the popular Furniture Design courses online in India are mentioned below for your reference -

Course Name	Online Course Provider	Course Duration
Furniture Design Course -  Blending Craftsmanship with Innovation	Academy of Applied Arts, New Delhi	6 months
Certificate Course in Furniture Designing	International Academy of Designs and Arts (IADA)	3-6 months
Diploma in Carpenter and Furniture Design	Indian Institute of Skill Development Training	6 months

 Note: This information is taken from external sources and may vary.

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Candidates who are creative and possess artistic ability must take up this course. They must strive to come up with novel ideas and furniture designs. Furniture designing is directly involved with customer satisfaction; therefore, students need to be creative, and good at drawing skills. 

The person specialising in Furniture Design also needs to have visualization, planning, and cognitive ability as well as product research and innovation skills to understand the needs and wants of the target market. With such skills, a furniture designer can bring a revolution for the demands of uptown as well as commercially.

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The time required to prepare for the Furniture Design entrance exams cannot be said with any certainty and differs on the basis of the specific exam you're preparing for. But in general, you should start at least 6 to 8 months before the Furniture Design entrance exam is tentatively scheduled to take place so that you have enough time to cover the syllabus, practice question papers, attempt mock tests, and revise the high-weightage topics.

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Yes, it is worth to take admission at DOT School of Design. The school has collaborated with Alagappa University which is accredited with an A+ Grade by NAAC and approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The college is a member of the Indian Art and Design Educators Association and AIGA. DOT School of Design offers scholarships to meritorious students under various schemes. The school appoints well-experienced and trained faculty members.

It is not compulsory to give entrance exams for the Furniture Design course admission. Of more than 40 Furniture Design colleges in India, around 20 colleges give admission on the basis of Class 12 merit and interview/portfolio submission/studio rounds. Still, to have more options open, you can give exams like CUET, NIFT Entrance, NID Entrance, etc., and score excellent marks to grab a seat at reputed Furniture Design institutes in India.

For studying Furniture Design courses in India, there are several entrance exams can serve as an entry point for admission. You can have a look at the number of colleges accepting popular exam scores and then prepare for the entrance exam accordingly:

Entrance Exams	No: of Colleges Accepting Exam Scores
CUET	5
NIFT Entrance Exam	4
CEED	4
NID Entrance Exam	4
UCEED	3
CUET PG	2
Design Aptitude Test (DAT)	1

 

For admission to the UG level programme, i.e. BDes, candidates must have passed class 12. Also, candidates are required to appear for the MITID Design Aptitude Test (DAT) based on which candidates will be selected for further admission rounds which include the Studio test and Personal Interview (PI) rounds. The final selection list is made on cumulative assessment of all rounds and for final seat allotment, candidates will be required to report to the admission cell at MITID for document verification and fee payment.

Lovely Professional University has a strong record of placements for courses like BTech, BBA, BCA, BArch, MBA, MCA, etc. Currently, the highest package offered during LPU placements in 2025 was INR 49.4 LPA. The LPU average package offered to the top 25% students of the batch 2025 was INR 10.23 LPA. The key highlights of LPU placements for the Class of 2023, 2024 and 2025 are tabulated below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Highest package	INR 54.75 LPA	INR 53 LPA	INR 49.4 LPA
Average package	INR 7 LPA (MBA, BTech CSE)	INR 7.80 (MBA) INR 7.92 LPA (BTech CSE)	INR 10.23 LPA (top 25%)
Total recruiters	1,107	1,611	2,225+
Total offers	5,500+	7,443	6,000+

Lovely Professional University has been consistently ranked by multiple ranking bodies across several categories for years. A few of the important LPU Admission Office rankings are mentioned below:

Ranking Body	Category	Ranks
QS Ranking 2026	Asian University Rankings - Southern Asia	29
QS Ranking 2026	QS Asian University Rankings	187
QS Ranking 2026	World University Rankings	901-950
NIRF 2025	Innovation	11-50
NIRF 2025	Pharmacy	13
NIRF 2025	Agriculture and Allied Sectors	17
NIRF 2025	Architecture and Planning	24
NIRF 2025	Law	26
NIRF 2025	Amongst all Government & Private Universities India	31
NIRF 2025	Management	44
QS Ranking 2025	Asian University - Southern Asia	47
NIRF 2025	Engineering	48
QS Ranking 2025	Asian University	226

The NIRF rankings for 2026 have not been released yet and will be updated here once out.

A total of 93 BArch students graduated in 2026.

The table below showcases the course-wise total strength and the number of students placed over the past three years of Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University placements:

Course	Placement Statistics (2021)	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)
BArch	- Total students: 99 - Students placed: 53	- Total students: 102 - Students placed: 59	- Total students: 93 - Students placed: 47
MArch	- Total students: 208 - Students placed: 200	- Total students: 202 - Students placed: 153	- Total students: 218 - Students placed: 204

 

Though the latest GLS Ahmedabad rankings 2026 are not out yet. The institute's BBA course got 182nd spot in India Today ranking 2025. GLS University has become Ahmedabad's first and the only university to achieve the diamond rating by QS-I Gauge India University ranking and is recognised for excellence in higher education.

No, Unitedworld Institute of Design admissions are not merit-based. The college offers seats only through DAT test followed by other selection rounds. Students must clear the DAT + Situation Test + Portfolio Evaluation + PI rounds to get a seat in the college. 

Yes, NID Ahmedabad campus is safe for girls and boys. The college campus is located in Gujarat. It has a good connection with roads and public transports. CCTV cameras are installed in the campus to keep a check on students safety. 

Avantika University offers various scholarships, tuition fee waiver schemes, teaching and research assistance to meritorious, needy, and deserving students. Students who want to avail Avantika University scholarships are required to follow certaion procedure. Given below is the step-wise process to avail Avantika University scholarships:

STEP 1: The Student Office floats a notification calling-in application from the interested students. The notification of scholarship is generally released within one month of joining along with the datewise schedule.

STEP 2: Students must then fill out the online application form and add necessary enclosures, fetch a strong recommendation of their skills from the faculty members (if applicable) and must submit the hardcopy of Avantika University scholarships form to the Student Office.

STEP 3: The Scrutiny Committee then forwards the qualified applications to the Avantika Award Committe.

STEP 4: The Avantika Award Committee goes through all the applications and approves the final list of Avantika University scholarship achievers. 

STEP 5: Selected students then receive the congratulatory mail along with relevant details.

SGT University offers courses at UG, PG, diploma and doctoral levels. The courses include MBA, BPharm, BTech, BDS, MDS, etc. The programmes are offered in streams, such as Engineering, Management, Science, Arts, etc. Candidates must complete Class 12 to apply for UG courses and graduation for PG programmes.  

For Visva Bharati University admissions to various UG & PG courses, candidates have to fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria, followed by the other selection rounds. Find below the course-wise eligibility and selection criteria related to Visva Bharati University course admissions 2025:

Course Name	Eligibility	Selection Criteria
BSc	Class 12 with 50%	CUET
BA	Class 12 with 45%	CUET
MSc	Graduation with 45%	ICAR AIEEA, CUET-PG
MA	Graduation with 45%	CUET PG
UG Diploma	Class 12	CUET

The overall the highest and average package offered during Indus University placements 2025 stood at INR 30 LPA and INR 6.8 LPA, respectively. Check out the following table for Indus University (Gujarat) packages offered in 2025 placements:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2025)
Highest Package	INR 30 LPA
Average Package	INR 6.8 LPA

The flagship course offered at Silver Oak Institute of Design is Bachelor of Design. SOID offers a 4-years (8 semesters) Bachelor in Design programme through in four specialisations, namely Fashion & Textile Design, Visual Communication Design, Interior & Furniture Design and Product Design. 

Unitedworld Institute of Design, GD Goenka University appoints experienced and trained faculty members. Unitedworld Institute of Design faculty are passionate and committed to helping the students in their career pathways. They engage the students with the latest activities and innovate teaching and quality research. 

YMCA CP-North provides many courses, it is best vocational institute offering courses like Fashion technology, office management, interior design. Where Diploma in fashion is the best course.It is the best place to learn the fashion designing course.

Dr. D.Y. Patil School of Design is a private institute located in Pune, Maharashtra. DPUSOD Pune is known to be the flagship institute of Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth. BSc & BDes are the flagship courses of the institute. The admissions to the institute are based on entrance test. The institute conducts its own entrance test called DPU All India Design Aptitude Test ( DPU AIDAT). Overall, it is a very good college for design.

ITM (SLS) Baroda University provides good campus facilities to the students. Some of these facilities are mentioned below:

• Sports and fitness facility

• Hospital

• Labs

• ATM facility

• Hostel

• Canteen

• Library

Ganpat University Gujarat placements are decent. The university is visited by top companies for placements such as Kody Technolabs, Synoptek,  etc.. Below are the Ganpat University Gujarat placement details:

Particulars	Statistics 2026
the highest package	INR 15 LPA
the lowest package	INR 3 LPA

GLS Institute of Design is a renowned institution offering B.Des. Students can choose these courses to embark on their careers in the field of Design, Animation, Mass Communication & Media. The institute is staffed with highly skilled and experienced faculty members dedicated to delivering these programs. GLS Institute of Design boasts an impressive review rating of 4 based on student feedback at Shiksha. Additionally, it has received a rating of 3.5 for Campus Life, 4 for Placements, 4.5 for Faculty, and 4 for Infrastructure.