How to pursue interior designing in India after class 12
Designing has emerged as one of most popular new-age career options for youngsters. It is an umbrella term that includes various categories of designing such as fashion designing, interior designing, jewellery designing, graphic designing and so on. Among these, interior designing is one of the most sought-after career options in the modern times.
What is interior designing?
It refers to designing of a space inside any building such as residences, offices, schools, theatres, shopping malls, restaurants, sports clubs. The job role of interior designers is to make a space appealing and presentable. Starting from deciding on the furniture and upholstery to setting the colour tone, everything falls under their job role.
Courses available for pursuing interior designing after HS
There are various undergraduate degree and diploma courses in interior designing that interested candidates can pursue after their class 12 exams. In these courses, students learn about the basics of interior designing such as – theories of design, fundamentals of architecture, décor and painting, colour schemes as well as art and graphics.
The undergraduate degree courses (3 years) include:
- B.A. in Interior Design
- B.Sc. in Interior Design
- B. Des in Interior Design
- B. Arch in Interior Design
There are also diploma course spanning from 1-2 years and certificate courses with the duration of 6 months to 1 year.
Top colleges
Some of the popular interior designing schools in India for both undergraduate and diploma courses are National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad; Arch Academy of Design, Jaipur; CEPT University, Gujarat, Indian Institute of Art and Design, New Delhi and JJ School of Arts, Mumbai.
Eligibility criteria
Students who wish to pursue diploma in interior designing from any recognised design institute in the country may do so after their class 12 board exams after having secured minimum 50% in any stream.
Students who wish to pursue certification in interior designing can only do so after having passed their class 10 board exams with 55% and above. E-learning platforms like Udemy, SkillShare and Coursera offer such opportunities.
Students who wish to pursue undergraduate degree courses in interior designing from any recognised design college needs to pass their 10+2 board exams with minimum 50 or 55% marks in any stream, depending on the college. They also need to sit for entrance exams that test their design and general aptitude.
Some of the popular entrance exams in India for studying interior designing include: All India Entrance Exam for Design (AIEED), National Institute of Design (NID) Aptitude Test, NIFT Entrance Exam, Symbiosis Entrance Exam and Common Entrance Test (CET) among others.
Career option after studying interior designing
After studying interior designing, individuals get several job opportunities like industrial designer, design journalist, home and studio designer, design manager and so on. Compulsory skills include design knowledge, photoshop and Adobe illustrator knowledge and excellent communication skills among others.