Top 10 Colleges for Fashion Designing in North India

1. National Institute Of Fashion Technology

Established in 1986, NIFT is situated in Hauz Khas, New Delhi. The establishment of this institute became a huge turning point in the industry of fashion. The famous designers such as Manish Arora, Rohit Bal and Ritu Beri are the pass outs of NIFT. It provides on campus full-time courses such as Bachelor of Fashion Technology (with the fee of Rs. 2,80,000), BDes in Fashion Design, BDes in Textile Design, Fashion Communication, BDes in Knitwear Design, BDes in Leather Design, accessory Design, BF Tech in Apparel Production, Masters of Fashion Tech. and Masters of Fashion Mgt.

2. International Institute Of Fashion Technology(IIFT)

Situated in South Extension-1, its foundation was laid in 1990. It almost has 70 branches in India as well as in foreign countries. It was built under the guidance of Ratnadeep Lal- who was a well-known fashion technologist. Not only from India but students from countries other than India such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Mauritius and other African Countries are also a part of International Institute of Fashion Technology. It provides courses such as B.B.B and B.Sc. in Fashion Designing, Textile Designing, Retail Management, Apparel

Merchandising, and Interior Designing. It also provides Diploma in courses namely Interior Designing (DID), Accessory Designing, and Jewellery Designing as well.

3. Pearl Academy

Its foundation was laid in August 1993 & was enrolled under the 1860 Act of Security Registration. It entered into the alliance with Nottingham Trent (University)(Year 1995) which is based in UK. So all the courses which are offered by Pearl Academy are validated by Nottingham Trent University. It offers courses such asB.A inFashion Marketing and Retail Mgt., Luxury Brand Management, Branding and Advertising Mgt., Interior Product Design, Interior Architecture & Design, Communication Design, Jewellery Design.

4. Wigan and Leigh College

WLC College is located in Khanpur, with its foundation being laid in 1996. It has its branches in Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Kathmandu, Hyderabad, Bangalore and many more. WLC provides courses in Fashion Technology, Media, Business Mgt., and Advertising & Graphic Design. Courses that WLC offers in Fashion Designing are- Prof. Diploma (FashionTechnology), Foundation Diploma (Fashion Technology), Advanced Diploma(Fashion Technology).

5. JD Institute of Fashion Technology

Situated in Hauz Khas, New Delhi, it was established in the year 1988. It has its branches located in Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi.

Well-known fashion designers such as Shane & Falguni, Reza, Maheka Mirpuri, Niket Mishra, Rocky S, and Urvashi Kaur are some of the eminent alumni of JD Institute of Fashion Technology. This institute also has in Account, its participation in events like Int. Jewellery Affair, Ebenzer Awards and many more. It offers courses such as – Degree courses (Interior Design& Fashion Design), PG Degree (Textile Technology & Fashion Communication) Diploma courses such as Interior Design, Jewellery Design, Visual Merchandising, Makeup Artistry, Fashion Designing, Fashion Photography.

6. Apeejay Institute Of Design

Being affiliated and validated by Apeejay Stya University, Apeejay Institute of Design was established in 1991. It has its alliances with European Fashion Certification Board (Paris), University Of Applied sciences (Netherlands), Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam, Netherlands). It offers courses like MA in Designing, Advanced Diploma (Designing), PG Diploma (Designing), M.A (Designing),

Bachelor of Designing, Diploma Certificate Course.

7. Footwear Design & Development Institute

FDDI was established in the year 1986 by the Indian Govt. (Ministry of Comm. & Industry). It has about 8 centers in India- Kolkata, Guna, Jodhpur, Noida, Fursatganj, Chennai, Rohtak, and Chhindwara. Spread across 10 acres, it offers courses such as Bdes in Fashion Designing, Footwear Designing, Retail& Fashion Merchandising, Masters of Business Administration in Footwear Designing & Production, Retail Fashion Merchandising, and Business & Entrepreneurship

8. LISAA School of Design

The founder of LISAA School of Design is Michel Glize and it is considered to be a well-known college of designing in France. The aspirants are required to clear the Lisaa Offline/Online test to get admission here.

It offers courses such as Interior Designing, Graphic Designing, Textile Designing, Fashion & Product Mgt., and Illustration & Web Designing.

9. Northern India Institute Of Fashion Design

Located in Mohali (Punjab), it was established in 1995. It also has its centers in Jalandhar as well as Punjab. A merger betweenNational Institute of Fashion Technology (Delhi) andNorthern India Institute of Fashion Design took place as a part of which NIFT (Delhi) will be guiding Northern India Institute in faculty Recruitment, Training Programs and setting up the curriculum. The courses offered by Northern India Institute of Fashion Design are B.Sc. (Textile Designing, Fashion Designing) and M.Sc. (Fashion Marketing& Management, Garment Manufacturing Technology).

10. IMS- Design & Innovation Academy

Established in 2005, IIM (Ahmedabad) is the primary advisor of school. The college introduces students with events, seminars, conferences, projects for research, completions on a daily basis. It is also associated with IFFTI. It offers Courses like Fashion Designing, Interior Designing, HND (Jewellery Designing), BFA (New Media), HND (Interior Designing), HND (Interactive Animation 7 Graphics).