School of Fashion Design
The Fashion Design programmes at UID enables budding design aspirants to explore and discover their individualistic aesthetic philosophy. The courses help the students to build on their technical skills; critical thinking and design application. The students are able to create, evaluate, analyse and apply their skills to all areas of chosen research, be it sustainable fashion, craft clusters, denim, lingerie and intimate wear, couture and corsetry, among many others.

Why Study Fashion Design at UID?

• The course specifically focuses on techniques and technologies in fashion designing. The graduates develop critical, innovative, technical and managerial skills with respect to design sensibilities, values and socio –cultural systems.
• Students are engaged at each level in understanding and honing knowledge & skills in problem discovery and resolution, critical and imaginative thinking, verbal and visual communication and appropriate technologies.
• Pedagogy introduces the students to craft, sustainability and fashion tech as an important part of new innovations in fashion and design.
• The pedagogy engages students in an in-depth industry experience, which includes industry internship followed by a Graduation project. The emphasis is to learn from hands-on experience of professional practices in an industry environment.

Course Structure

Areas of Mastery

– Ethnic wear
– Women’s wear

Career Prospects

The programme prepares students for a wide range of careers in the Fashion Industry like mills, export houses, buying agencies, design studios, handloom and handicraft cooperatives, NGO’s, home and apparel retail brands and online stores as design merchandisers, buyers, managers, Home/Fashion Stylist and trend forecasters and work as independent entrepreneurs.