Top Fashion Designing Colleges in Hyderabad
Hyderabad is a fashion-forward city in India. If you aspire to become a fashion designer then this city is perfect for you. The cost of living is also not as high as Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, so you would not be spending all that you earn. Plus the weather is moderate for the most part of the year. Only in summers, it gets a little hot and sweaty.Apart from those 3-4 months, climate is very pleasant. You also get chance to work with top designers of India like Anushree Reddy, ShashiVangapalli, Jayanti Reddy and MrunaliniRao during your work projects in summer.
NIFT (National Institute of Fashion technology), Madhapur
The courses offered here are Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Textile and Fashion Designing and Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech) in Apparel Production. The fees for this college are higher than its counterparts but the quality of education and the infrastructure make up for it. The annual fee is around 2.5 lakh per year. Everything from fabric cutting to making sketches for clothes is taught. After getting your degree here you can either work as an apprentice under a renowned fashion designer or start your own couture studio and design clothes yourself. Last year a total of 400 companies came for campus recruitments and around 1500 students of all NIFT campuses got places in top companies like Amazon, Flipkart, Sanpdeal, Max Retail, Vishal Megamart etc.
JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Begumpet
This college is ranked among the top fashion colleges of the country for its all-round development of the student. There are several courses that teach students, brand management, networking, forecasting, runway trends and analysing market competitors to nurture them into successful designers. This college provides both Diploma and PG Diploma courses in fashion designing which constitute of both study and work sessions combined perfectly.
Hyderabad Institute of Fashion Design, Banjara Hills
This college is located in a prime locality where there are tons of design studios and workshops being held on fashion technology. The courses here will open up a wide range of career options for you after your graduation. Nepalese students need not to give the DAT prelims and mains exam to get into this college as they need to in colleges like National Institute of Design (NID). All you have to do is to fill up the application form and submit it along with the application fees well before the deadline. You then need to submit official documents like passport, 10th and 12th grade mark sheets and you will be called for an interview if you are shortlisted.
International Institute of Fashion Design, Madhapur
IIFD, Madhapur has ties with several industry-specific companies which provide training and special classes in the college itself. They train and mould you well to be a perfect fit in the real world. Several workshops are held on a bi-monthly basis where students organize mock ramp shows and bring out the artist in them to design clothes for these events. The course is very hands-on and you get to learn a lot since you are the one who’s actually doing it and not just studying about it.
Lakhotia Institute of Design, Abids
Lakhotia Institute is known for its part-time course which is quite flexible. If you are someone who currently has a job and would like to pursue a diploma course on the side in order to enhance your skills, then Lakhotia Institute of Design is a match for you. Their correspondence course allows you to study in your free time and you can submit your projects online any time before the deadline. The course fee is also reasonable and you can save a lot of living, travel and food expenses.
International School of Design, Kukatpally
ISD, Kukatpally is one of the oldest ones in this list. Known for its experienced faculty and state-of-the-art curriculum, ISD has produced several known designers in the fashion industry today. The placements are also high as compared to other new institutes and there is a freedom to choose your own electives here according to your interests. If you are someone who would like to explore other related career paths as well like footwear design, jewellery design etc., or are just not sure about your interests as of now, then you must give ISD Kukatpally a shot. There is also a good number of international students here, so you will not feel left out.
Hyderabad is the perfect place to start your fashion designing career as you will get to learn a lot here with events, seminars and workshops being organized frequently where celebrities also grace the show (all thanks to the amazing Telugu film industry here). You can also earn while you learn as most colleges offer flexible curriculum and it is, in fact, necessary in some colleges to gain experience through apprenticeships or internships in summer. The culture is pretty similar to that in Nepal so there won’t be a much of transition anxiety.
