Top 10 Interior Design Schools in India

Sajjad Ali

January 25, 2016

Today everywhere, you can see various construction and high rise apartments being made. It is only because of the quickly growing architecture and interior designing education. Furthermore, it is also because our population is rapidly growing but space for people living is decreasing. So here is the need to manage the living space is such a way, that can allow maximum people to live in a tiny place with more comfort and luxury. For this, you need to hire a professional interior designer that can make this possible for you in a unique way. When it comes to the interior designing as a profession, people need to learn the fundamentals of styling the houses, tiny apartments, offices, restaurants and many more using the diverse kinds of furniture or other equipment, so that the décor of the foundation prepares it more attractive and well arranged. In this article we are going to list the Top 10 Interior Design Schools in India as per 2016’s latest rankings.

What is required to be a professional designer?

If you are also interested in this profession, you must have a degree in interior designing from a famous institute. Today, numerous interior designing colleges in the countryside are offering excellent learning in different interior designing programs at various levels of education. In this article, we are going to list the top 10 interior designing schools in India as per 2016 rankings. All these institutes are ranked because of their best and more advanced learning facilities.

India’s Best Institutes for Interior Designing

1. National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad

Founded in 1961, the national institute of design has been formed under the authority of industrial policy and promotion, the ministry of industry and commerce, the government of India. It is also known as NID that additionally has three more campuses located in different modern Indian areas. Its heritage school is based in Ahmadabad, R&D campus is located at Bangalore while its postgraduate campus is situated in NID, Gandhinagar. It offers you a wide range of study programs out of which the popular programs are listed below.

Programs offered at Main Campus Ahmadabad (2½ years):

Product Design
Ceramic & Glass Design
Animation Film Design
Furniture & Interior Design
Graphic Design
Textile Design
Film & Video Communication

Programs offered at R&D Campus, Bangalore (2½ years):

Design for Digital Experience
Information & Interface Design
Design for Retail Experience

Programs offered by NID’s Post Graduate Campus (2½ years):

Toy & Game Design
Apparel Design
Transportation & Automobile Design
Photography Design
New Media Design
Strategic Design Management
Lifestyle Accessory Design

2. CEPT University, Gujarat

The second spot in our rankings is given to the CEPT university that was founded in 1991. It has five different faculties including Faculty of Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Technology, Faculty of Management and Faculty of Design. The university allows the students to get admission in the interior designing program after passing the entrance exam conducted by the university staff. It is offering three other programs in interior design as a major these programs are as follows:

International Master of Interior Architectural Design
Master of Interior Architecture & Design
Bachelor of Interior Design

3. Arch Academy of Design, Jaipur

Holding the third spot in our rankings, the Arch Academy of the design was founded in 2000. Today it is covering 24000 SQ feet of land area. It is offering admission to the candidates in its interior designing programs by considering their appearance in AIEED (All India entrance exam for design). Apart from this entrance test, the students are additionally required to submit a portfolio and clear a personal interview after that; all the qualified candidates are shortlisted. It is offering a broad range of programs out of which the most famous programs are listed below.

2-Year Programs offered by the Institute:

Wood in Art & Design, Glass in Art and Design, Interior Furnishing-2
Project Design, Implementation & Evaluation, Home Styling
Critical Study in Art and Design, Materials & Construction Techniques-2
2D, 3D and Time-based Digital Applications, SketchUp, AutoCAD-I
Furniture Design-I (Ergonomics, Anthropometry), Building Services-I
Design Project (Residential)

3-years Programs offered by the Institute :

Estimation & Costing-1, 3Ds Max Software, Landscape Design
Research Project, Building Services-2, Light Metals in Art & Design
Design Project (Commercial)
AutoCad- 2, Furniture Design-2, Advanced Construction Techniques

4- Years Program Offered by the Institute:

Exhibition & Retail Design, Entrepreneurship Skills Development
Estimation & Costing –2, Commercial Model Making, Design Project (Industrial)
Professional Practice in Art & Design, Internship

Certificate Courses offered by the Arch Academy:

Arch Diploma in Interior Design
Foundation Studies Certificate in Art & Design
Pearson Edexcel Btec Level 5 Hnd (3D Design)
Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design from KSOU

List of Top 10 Interior Design Schools in India 2016 Rankings

Rank	Institute	Address & Contact Details
1.	National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad	Opp Tagore Hall, Paldi, Ahmadabad, Gujarat 380007, India Phone: +91 79 2662 9500
2.	CEPT University, Gujarat	Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus, University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009, India +91 79 2630 2740
3.	Arch Academy of Design, Jaipur	Plot No. 9, Govind Marg, Malviya Nagar Institutional Area, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302017, India +91 141 406 0500
4.	JJ School of Arts	78, Dr. D. N. Road, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001 Phone : +91.22.22621652
5.	College of Architecture	Udhaji Maratha Boarding Campus, Gangapur Road, Nashik, Maharashtra 422002, India Phone:+91 253 257 0822
6.	Exterior Interiors Pvt Ltd	Kolkata
7.	Exterior Interiors Pvt Ltd	Kolkata
8..	Pearl Academy	A-21/13, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase II, Near Shadipur Metro Station, New Delhi, Delhi 110028, India Phone: +91 11 4980 7100
9.	Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology	No. 4, Anand Towers, 3rd Floor, Opp. To PF Building, Rajaram Mohan Roy Road, Richmond Circle, Bengaluru,Karnataka 560025, India Phone:+91 94494 07972
10.	Sai School of Interior Design	H-1 B, Near Desh Bandoo College, Kalkaji Main Rd, Block H, Kalkaji, New Delhi, Delhi 110019, India Phone:+91 98919 79131