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Fashion designing is the fast growing industry with a niche amidst the growing social media influence. A career in fashion design is lucrative and offers a secured future to the design aspirant who are willing to pursue their career in design. In India, there are several colleges that offer fashion design courses for the students interested to take admission to start fashion designing career. To know a fashion design career better, a student must go through and understand the course structure and subjects that are taught in the course. Careers360 brings you the syllabus and subjects for fashion designing to have a better understanding of the course.
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The courses in most of the fashion designing colleges in India are the same except with some slight changes in it. All the undergraduate courses aim to teach similar courses throughout that form the basics of the fashion designing degree. The fashion design syllabus includes subjects that help the students learn theoretical courses such as history of fashion, English, and foreign languages. The courses also offer practical teaching like sketching and drawing, 3D modelling and pattern making, etc.
The duration of the B.Des courses is four years. In these four years, the fashion designing colleges also implement courses based on the relevant software to keep up-to-date with the technology trends. The M.Des courses offer a more sophisticated study of fashion design which has a duration of two years. Throughout the four semesters in two years, these courses offer research-based and entrepreneurial based subjects to thrive in the job industry.
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According to the Fashion designing syllabus, the undergraduate curriculum consists of eight semesters that teach the students the basic fundamentals of fashion design. Some of the most common fashion design subjects that are offered almost in all colleges are listed below.
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | History of Art & Design 1 |
2. | Introduction to Fashion & Textile Orientation |
3. | Communication Skills 1 English and/or Foreign Language |
4. | Textile Science |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Digital Media Application (Application of computer software in fashion industry) |
2. | Elements of Design |
3. | Fashion Model Art and Illustration i 1 |
4. | Elements of Design |
Extra Courses Offered | |
1. | Behavioural Sciences |
2. | Yoga |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | History of Art & Design 2 |
2. | Communication Skills 2- English and/or Foreign Language |
3. | Textile Science 2 |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Introduction to Computer Aided Design |
2. | Elements of Design 2 |
3. | Introduction to Pattern making |
Extra Courses Offered | |
1. | Sewing Practice |
2. | Environmental Studies |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Marketing and Merchandising |
2. | Communication Skills 3- English and/or Foreign Language |
3. | Indian Traditional Textile |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Introduction to Computer Aided Design 2 |
2. | Introduction to Pattern Making 2 |
3. | Garment Construction 1 |
Extra Courses Offered | |
1. | Integrated Fashion Project – I |
2. | Craft Documentation |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Introduction to Hand-loom Industry |
2. | Communication Skills 4- English and/or Foreign Language |
3. | Marketing and Merchandising 2 |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Digital Presentation Technique |
2. | Draping |
3. | Garment Construction 2 |
4. | Pattern Making |
Extra Courses Offered | |
1. | Integrated Fashion Project – 2 |
2. | Surface ornamentation |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Fashion Forecasting |
2. | Communication Skills 5- English and/or Foreign Language |
3. | Apparel Production Planning & Control |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Graphic Designing |
2. | Draping 2 |
3. | Garment Construction 3 |
4. | Pattern Making |
Extra Courses Offered | |
1. | Integrated Fashion Project – 3 |
2. | Surface ornamentation – Print |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Research Methodology |
2. | Communication Skills 6- English and/or Foreign Language |
3. | Fashion Journalism |
4. | Digital Marketing |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Creative Pattern Making |
2. | Fabric Studies (fabric analysis) |
3. | Visual Merchandising |
4. | Grading |
Extra Courses Offered | |
1. | Integrated Fashion Project – 4 |
2. | Knitwear Design Development |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Intellectual Property Right |
2. | Portfolio Development for Fashion |
3. | Communication Skills 6- English and/or Foreign Language |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Styling |
Extra Courses Offered | |
1. | Couture Wear |
2. | Men’s wear Development |
1. | Graduate Fashion Design Project |
NIFT fashion design course created multifaceted graduates who have challenged the dynamic industry of fashion both creatively and responsibly. The graduates are offered with multiple opportunities that help them to tackle the real world problems and address the current human needs with a visionary future. The fashion design course in NIFT is offered with major specialisations - luxury and couture, Global Retail Fashion Business, Fashion Intersections, Image and Styling, Fashion Innovation and Intuitive Clothing, Apparel design, Fashion communication and more. Along with these best specialisations there are interdisciplinary minors in Fashion Exploration and Fashion Representation for undergraduate course and Fashion Process for postgraduate course.
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Pearl Academy lays a strong foundation for the development of career into the creative fields. Some of the foundational course' s subject includes visual representations for 2 semesters, material explorations for 2 semesters, fundamentals of design for two semesters, history of design for one semester and introduction to the specialisation for one semester. Along with that it also teaches digital tools and software for visual representation. They also offer a Summer Internship which can help the students gain experience in the diverse fashion industry.
The postgraduate curriculum consists of four semesters that provide the students with a higher approach to the study of fashion. Here is a list of the most common courses that are offered almost in all the fashion design colleges.
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Design Research Methodology 1 |
2. | Visual Research and Development |
3. | Foreign Language/ Communication Skills |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Design Technique Weaving |
2. | Creative Thinking |
3. | Material and Technique |
Extra | |
1. | Minor Design Project 1 |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Marketing and Entrepreneurship |
2. | Material Management |
3. | Foreign Language/ Communication Skills 2 |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Textile Processing |
2. | Computer Aided Design |
3. | Pattern Manipulation Technique |
Extra | |
1. | Minor Design Project 2 |
Fashion Design Semester 3 Subjects
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Behavioural Sciences |
2. | Material Management |
3. | Foreign Language/ Communication Skills 3 |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Design Project for Apparel/ Home Furnishing |
2. | Advance Pattern Making and Draping |
3. | Visual Merchandising |
Theory | |
Sl. No | Subject |
1. | Quality Control and Assurance |
2. | Behavioural Sciences |
3. | Foreign Language/ Communication Skills 2 |
Practical | |
Sl. No. | Subject |
1. | Fashion Portfolio and Design Collection |
Extra | |
1. | Internship with Dissertation |
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According to the sources, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) entrance exam for 2026 will be held in February 2026. Also, the registration period may open from November 2025.
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Dear Candidate ,
Yes , you are eligible for NIFT - UG 2026 . Based on your birthdate , you will be 19 years old as of August 1 , 2026 , which is well within the age limit .
NIFT requires applicants to be under 24 years of age on August 1 of the admission year , with a 5 year relaxation for SC/ST/PwD candidates .
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The syllabus of NIFT 2026 will be released on October 2025 by Nift officials on their official website nift.ac.in . The syllabus comprises of topics General Ability Test (GAT) and Creative Ability Test (CAT). The syllabus is different for UG and PG programmes. The GAT syllabus consists of :
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