Best colleges in India to study Graphic Design courses

Graphic design Institutes in India

1. National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad

• Established in 1961, the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad is an autonomous institution under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India which is meant for design education, practice, and research. Now it is recognized as one of the best institutes for design courses for industrial, communications, textile, and IT.


• Ahmedabad is the main campus of NID whereas the post-graduate campus is in Gandhinagar and an R&D campus is in Bengaluru. The other NIDs are in Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh.


• NID offers Bachelor and Master level professional education programs in various design domains including graphic design. NID is also involved in promoting design.


• The bachelor of graphic design is a 4 years program and a master's program is 2.5 years long.

2. Pearl Academy

• Founded in 1993, the Pearl academy is one of the leading design institutes empowering the creative minds of the students to create success in design, media, fashion, and businesses. Pearl academy campuses are set up in locations Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Delhi-West, and Delhi-south.


• Pearl offers undergraduate, postgraduate, MA courses and professional courses in diverse streams in design, fashion, media, and business categories.


• Here undergraduate course in Graphics and communication design is a 4 years program that can be done after 12th in any stream. They will provide professional diploma certificate at the end of this 4-year graphics design course.


• Also, they offer a short-term professional course (11 months) in Advertising and Graphics which focuses on visual basic design understanding, developing, and executing the graphic products.

3. MAEER'S MIT Institute of Design, Pune

• The MIT Institute of Design (MITID) is located in the Pune city of Maharashtra. Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Education and Research (MAEER) founded this institute.


• MITID offers B.Des and M.Des programmes in graphic design along with several other design courses.


• Here Twinning program is also incorporated where the exchange of students takes place for a defined duration (2+2 years or 3+1 years) with the International collaborated institutes such as De Montfort University and Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. This is simply the migration of students between the collaborated institutes for few years of the course.


• To be eligible for the B. Des program in graphic design you have to complete 10+2 from any stream.
  To be eligible for the M. Des program in graphic design you need to have Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Applied Arts, Literature, Media, Film, Animation, or any communication design discipline.

4. LPU (Lovely Professional University)

• Established in 2005 and spread over a huge area (around 600 acres), Lovely Professional University (LPU) is located in the Phagwara, Punjab. This is a private university and it has almost all the courses available for the students interested in various streams/subjects including graphic design courses.


• LPU offers BSC and Bachelor program (B. Design) in graphic design. BSC is a 3 years course whereas B. Des is a 4 years program.


• If you have successfully completed your 3 years in B.Design and then in case you are not interested in pursuing this course then you can leave with a BSC degree.

5. ARCH College Of Design & Business ( ARCH), Jaipur

• Jaipur-based ARCH College Of Design & Business was established in 2000 under the ARCH Educational Society for specialized education in Design.


• At ARCH, there are 3 courses/programs offered in the graphic design category.
  
  1. Undergraduate- Undergraduate graphic design is further divided into 3 courses.
  a. BVA (Applied Arts) - 4 years Bachelor in Visual Art
  
  b. B.Design - 4 years Bachelor Of Design
  
  c. BA/MA International – 2+1+1 study abroad Bachelors/Integrated Masters in Arts
  This is a complete 4-year program. When the students complete the first 2 years at ARCH Jaipur, then the last year is taken up as an International Degree with the study abroad opportunity at an International university ARCH collaborated with. After 3 years they will be awarded a Bachelor's degree and after this, they have the choice of following a 1-year master's program at the same International university they received a Bachelor's degree.
  
  2. Postgraduate- Postgraduate graphics design course is 2 years Master in VOC Design Entrepreneurship which inculcates entrepreneurial skills in the students to initiate their own business.
  
  3. Professional courses

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