Diploma in Fashion Design

A Diploma in Fashion Design is a program designed for students who wish to pursue fashion design by learning the skills and acquiring the right knowledge to pursue a career in the fashion industry. This specialised 1-year diploma course focuses on subjects like pattern making, garment construction, textiles, and fashion marketing.

Diploma in Textile Design

A Bachelor of Textile Design is an undergraduate design programme that focuses on the creative and technical aspects of textiles and fabric development. Students learn how fabrics are designed, developed and used across fashion, home furnishings, lifestyle products and other applications.

Diploma in Apparel Design

A Diploma in Apparel Design is a practical programme focused on the design, development and construction of clothing. It covers areas such as fashion illustration, pattern making, garment construction, textiles, draping, surface ornamentation and apparel merchandising. Practical projects help students understand how a design is developed into a finished garment.

Diploma in Fashion Technology

A Diploma in Fashion Technology is a practical programme that combines fashion design with the technical aspects of garment development and production. Students learn areas such as pattern making, garment construction, draping, textile science, CAD, apparel production and fashion merchandising. The course is designed to build both creative and technical skills for the fashion and apparel industry.

Diploma in Fashion Styling

A Diploma in Fashion Styling is a short-term programme focused on developing practical skills in fashion styling, trend analysis, wardrobe curation, visual presentation and fashion communication. Depending on the programme, students may also learn photography, visual merchandising and portfolio development. Current diploma programmes in India range from short-term courses to one-year programmes.

Diploma in Fashion Merchandising

A Diploma in Fashion Merchandising focuses on the business and product side of the fashion industry. It teaches students how fashion products move from product development and sourcing to production, buying, retail and sales.

Diploma in Fashion Communication

A Diploma in Fashion Communication focuses on how fashion is communicated through visuals, media, writing, styling and digital platforms. Unlike a fashion design diploma, which mainly focuses on creating garments, Fashion Communication deals with the presentation and communication of fashion through photography, graphic design, journalism, visual merchandising, styling and promotional content.

Diploma in Fashion Business

A Diploma in Fashion Business focuses on the commercial and management side of the fashion industry. The course covers how fashion products are researched, planned, marketed, merchandised, sold and managed.

Diploma in Fashion Management

A Diploma in Fashion Management focuses on the management and commercial side of the fashion industry. It combines fashion knowledge with areas such as marketing, merchandising, retail, brand management, consumer behaviour, forecasting and entrepreneurship.