Design

Well, yes. A majority of the top design institutes ask for an application fee at the time of the Fashion Designing admission process, which is usually submitted along with the duly filled college application form. The fees vary from one institute to another, but the general figure lies somewhere between INR 1,000 and INR 3,500.

You can crosscheck the same by visiting the official college website, where they mention the detailed fashion designing fee structure for students' reference.

If you belong to the General AI quota, the UCEED target rank should be below 90 to secure a seat at IIT Guwahati. In 2025, the Round 3 closing rank was 90 for B.Des admission. Please note that the cutoff ranks vary for different rounds, years, and categories. For the OBC category students, the cutoff rank was 50, so candidates must aim to secure a rank lower than 50 to improve their chances of getting admission to this institute. 

If you wish to get a Diploma in Fashion Design after 10th, you should have at least 45 to 50% marks in Class 10 from a recognised board. There is no such minimum age restriction for most of the fashion design Diploma programs, but a few colleges may put a maximum age limit.

For some design institutes, Class 10 merit can suffice for taking admission to the course, but for others you need to appear for a written test and/or personal interview/portfolio submission. So, it is better to go to the respective college website and check what all requirements and admission processes they follow so that you can prepare yourself accordingly.

The Diploma in Fashion Design syllabus differs on the basis of the course level and the college offering the program. The syllabus is a mix of core subjects, electives, studio classes, project work, and internships. Nonetheless, some core subjects taught in classes are quite similar, as given below:

• Fashion Thinking & Design Process
• Pattern Making Techniques
• Garment Making Techniques
• Fashion Figure Drawing
• Fashion Draping
• Fashion Illustration
• Fashion Forecasting

The Diploma in Fashion Designing fees at top colleges is somewhere around INR 20,000 to INR 6 lakh which differs on the basis of the Diploma level and the college where you're planning to pursue the course. College rankings and placements highly influence the fee structure.

The course fee structure for the Diploma in Fashion Design includes the tuition fee and other charges like that of hostel facilities, college applications, semester exam registration, lab fees, and other miscellaneous charges. You can read the detailed course brochure on the college websites to have better clarity.

The starting Diploma in Fashion Designing salary in India is around INR 3 LPA to INR 6 LPA which differs on the basis of the academic qualifications, skill set, internship and practical experience, job role, recruiter, work location, etc. The salary packages in the beginning may not seem very promising but with years of experience in the field your value add will increase for the recruiter and so will your earning potential. You should keep focusing on enhancing your skill set.

There are important topics that are covered in the web design syllabus: basics of web designing, multimedia, and its applications, web technologies, introduction to web design, computer graphics, mathematical structure for computer science, etc.

VIT Vellore BDes eligibility criteria is to qualify Class 12 from the recognised board with 50% marks for general category. Students visit the official website.