Fashion Design

Students enrolled in the Lifestyle Accessory Design course master the process of creating lifestyle product accessories including fashion garments combined with home accessories and luxury items. Students enrolled in this programme need a minimum of 3 years but can finish within 4 years to complete their studies at a cost between INR 5,00,000 and INR 10,00,000. Students study design principles together with materials and production methods and market trends and analysis. Students need to complete 6-8 semesters of study that include 30-40 subjects as well as a final project or dissertation. The field of accessory design, product development and entrepreneurship provides beginning level salaries between INR 3,50,000 to INR 6,00,000 per annum for students who finish their graduation.

History graduates can independently pursue Fashion Designing as an acceptable career pathway when fashion interests them greatly. Fashion institutes provide postgraduate Diploma and certificate programs designed to teach non-design graduates. Students can pursue M.Des (Master of Design), PG Diploma in Fashion Designing, short-term certification courses among others.

Fashion industry opportunities have emerged in both Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities because these locations see growing boutique stores as well as textile operations and local fashion businesses in addition to expanding online fashion ventures. Fresh graduates in design earn between Rs 3-5 LPA at the beginning of their careers although their compensation increases to Rs 6-10 LPA with industry experience. Freelance business or boutique ownership offers lucrative opportunities in these cities as the recent years have proven their potential for profitability.

NITTE School of Fashion Technology and Interior Design is a moderately competitive institute to get into, as its acceptance rate stands at 50%. This figure tells us that almost 50 out of every 100 applicants manage to get enrolled in the institute, which is more than half of all the applicants. Therefore, once an applicant fulfills NITTE School of Fashion Technology and Interior Design admission requirements i.e., competitive grades, standardised test scores, English language requirements as well as relevant documents, they are most likely to secure an admission in the institute. However, students must not take this lightly and apply to the institute within the deadlines in order to get enrolled as a student.