Fashion Design

The usual requirements for admission to the New Delhi YMCA, Institute for Fashion Technology and Design's Advanced Diploma in Fashion Designing are a minimum of 50% in the 12th grade and a background in the arts, sciences or business. You are eligible based on your 59% in the 12th grade. Direct admission, however, is subject to the institute's policies for each academic year, as they may pick candidates through an entrance exam or in-person interview. To confirm the admissions procedure and any other prerequisites such as skill tests or portfolio submissions that might be a part of the evaluation it is best to get in touch with the college immediately.

The position of Head of Department (HoD) or Associate Professor in universities like UPES School of Design can be held without a PhD under certain exceptional cases mentioned below:

Exceptions of UGC Guidelines: UCG guidelines permit those with experience in the relevant field and having given so much to the discipline to also become faculty as it is not mandatory for them to have a PhD. This holds more ground in professional or design disciplines, where experience is more precious than qualification.

A legacy appointment was made before these rules came into effect-based requirement for the Ph.D. stipulated by the UGC effective July 2023.

Qualification Equivalence for Design Disciplines: In several creative and applied sectors such as design, institutions will award qualifications such as a master's and a wealth of professional experience the place a candidate may hold, having undergone evaluation on eligibility for such reference standings.

Institution Autonomy: UPES being a private university under Indian laws, enjoys certain autonomy with regard to recruitment. The university is expected to follow UGC norms but is very flexible in recruiting a high-profile industry professional as faculty, which is what design education normally relies on.

If you seek clarification on certain cases, UPES is available for contact or you could look up faculty recruitment policies and profiles to understand what guidelines are invoked during the recruitment of faculty of the School of Design.