Design

The BDes course duration is generally 4 years in India, which is divided into eight semesters. The curriculum differs on the basis of the particular specialisation chosen by you like Fashion Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Web Design, Graphic Design, or others. The BDes course structure includes core modules, electives, projects, studio classes, and internships.

The BDes subjects are generally updated on a regular basis for you to keep pace with the everyday evolving industry trends and technological advancements in the world of design. An excellent understanding of emerging technologies and new design methodologies like sustainable fashion, digital fashion and AI in design, is important for career success after BDes.

You can study BDes courses in more than 500 colleges in India of which around 330 are privately owned, 68 are government colleges and the remaining are public private. Some top BDes colleges in India on the basis of past admission trends and student popularity include the top NIFTs, NIDs, Amity University, ITM IDM Mumbai, Pearl Academy, IIAD Delhi, UID Ahmedabad, and IDC (IIT Bombay).

You can go to the top BDes colleges' websites to check the course fees, course content, infrastructural facilities and placement support to make an informed decision as to which college to go for.

BDes full form is Bachelor of Design - a UG degree course in the design field spanning 4 years. Top BDes specializations include Fashion Designing, Interior Design, Fashion8 Design & Product Design. Students can choose to study BDes in any specialisation on the basis of their interests and understanding, for which they need at least 50% marks in the Class 12 board exams in any stream and clear relevant entrance tests.

IILM University, Gurugram aims to provide the best to its students.

There are fashion labs with sewing machines, draping mannequins, and fabric libraries.

Product design labs have 3D printers, laser cutters, wood/metal tools.

Mac labs are stacked with Adobe Suite, CAD, and design software.

There's even a photography studio with proper lighting setups. 

Here students don't just“learn” about tools, they actually get to use them regularly.

Fashion Designing entrance exam syllabus and weightage is different for each exam but some common subjects on which you're tested are Design Principles, Fashion Illustration and Drawing, Textile Science and Technology, Garment Construction and Pattern Making and Design Thinking.

You also need to have good knowledge of current affairs and fashion trends in industry and must be good at English and analytical intelligence.

Each course syllabus has a good portion of theoretical modules taught in classroom lectures, but the Interior Design syllabus is heavier on theory as it includes knowledge of architectural history, building codes, and structural engineering principles, while the Fashion Design syllabus has a strong bent towards practical applications for garment construction and styling.

No doubt you will study about the history of fashion, traditional and modern fashion designing, and other trends in the Fashion Design course syllabus; the focus would be more on its practical, hands-on applications.

It is not at all compulsory to give an entrance exam for admission to Communication Design courses at the UG level. You will find several design institutes that give admission on the basis of Class 12 board exam marks and take into account extra rounds like GD, PI or portfolio submission.

But in the case of PG Communication Design entrance exams, the admission is majorly based on valid entrance exam scores.

The required preparation for Communication Design entrance exams cannot be said with any certainty as it totally depends on the particular exam that you're planning to appear for. 

Generally, you should start your preparation at least 4 to 6 months before the exam date so that you have a good amount of time to cover the syllabus, have a look at last year's question papers, practice mock tests, and revise in the last month to score well.

Good Luck!