Diploma in Fashion Designing and Boutique Management at IIFT Bangalore

IIFT Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, offers Diploma in Fashion Designing and Boutique Management as a 1-year diploma degree. There are 80 seats in each batch.

Expect to spend most of your time on how organisations run: accounting, marketing, finance, human resources, operations and business communication, usually with case studies and an internship.

IIFT Bangalore is a private institute, founded in 2001. This page brings together what is on record for this course at IIFT Bangalore — fees, seats, eligibility, the admission route and placements — so you can judge it before you apply.

Most UGD programmes follow a similar pattern: the first year builds the foundations, the middle years go deep into the subject, and the final year is given over to electives, a major project and usually an internship.

Here that means how organisations run: accounting, marketing, finance, human resources, operations and business communication, usually with case studies and an internship. Typical first jobs: management trainee, business development, sales, marketing or operations roles.

The exact syllabus is set by the college or its affiliating university and changes from year to year, so ask IIFT Bangalore for the current semester-wise plan.

IIFT Bangalore has not published a fee for Diploma in Fashion Designing and Boutique Management on our record yet. When you ask, ask for the total across all 1 years — not just the first-year figure — and whether hostel and exam fees are included.

To get into Diploma in Fashion Designing and Boutique Management, you usually need Class 12 in any stream.

Admission to this kind of course is usually through UCEED, NID DAT and NIFT. Reserved-category candidates generally get a relaxation in the minimum marks. Check IIFT Bangalore's prospectus for the exact cut-off this year.

In most years, admission follows these steps:

1. Check that you meet the eligibility above and register for the entrance exam in time.
2. Take UCEED, NID DAT and NIFT and keep your scorecard.
3. Apply to IIFT Bangalore on its website (www.iiftbangalore.com) or through the enquiry form on this page, and take part in counselling if a state or central body runs it.
4. Once you are offered a seat, verify your documents (marksheets, ID, category certificate if any) and pay the admission fee to confirm it.

For Diploma in Fashion Designing and Boutique Management specifically, the average salary on record is ₹2.1 lakh a year.

Placement numbers vary a lot by year and by branch. Ask the placement cell for the branch-wise report of the last two batches.

Ask yourself — and the college — these questions first:

• Are you genuinely interested in how organisations run? You will spend 1 year on it.
• What will the full course cost, including hostel and living costs?
• What do recent graduates of this course actually go on to do?
• How does IIFT Bangalore compare with other colleges offering UGD in and around Bangalore?