Hi Sapna

Student from any stream may look up to pursue a career in Interior designing or animation. More than academic qualification, its the creative skill of the individual which leads to success in this field. An aspiring candidate must have an excellent drawing and designing skills to pursue this career. Interior Design courses focus on the techniques and the design process used by Interior Design profession.  The success as a designer be it fashion or interior, depends on your individual potential and creativity.

CAREER PROSPECTS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Diverse job opportunities exist in front of interior design professionals. They may either choose to work under supervised setup (Design studios and Interior design firms) or work independently. When it comes to Government sector jobs, PWDs, Municipal Corporations and Town Planning Departments are known to hire interior design professionals. They may also become part of Government schemes related to housing and relocation of people.

Some of the well known recruiters include-

• Interior Design firms
• Architecture and Design firms
• Infrastructure and Property Developers
• Furniture Manufacturing and Designing firms
• Interior Design shops

Starting salary depends on a number of different factors. Prominent factors are- profile of the employer, employee skills, aptitude and grades attained by the employee. Salary will rise after gaining work experience.  

INTERIOR DESIGN COURSES

Some of the well known Bachelor’s Degree courses related to interior design education are-

• BA Interior Design- Duration is 3 years
• Bachelor of Architecture Interior Design- Duration is 5 years
• Bachelor of Interior Design- Duration is 5 years (CEPT course)
• BA Interior Architecture and Design- Duration is 3 years
• Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) Interior Design- Duration is 4 years
• B.Sc. Interior Design- Duration is 3 years

Eligibility criteria: In case of almost all the courses mentioned above, 10+2 passed (any stream- Science, Commerce or Arts) with minimum 50% marks from a recognized board is the minimum qualification required. 

ENTRANCE TESTS

To get admission in reputed Design institutes, one must crack relevant entrance tests after 10+2. Here’s a list of important entrance lists, which will be of use to Design School aspirants in India-

• CEED (Common Entrance Examination for Design)
• NID- DAT (National Institute of Design- Design Aptitude Test)
• UPES- DAT (UPES- Design Aptitude Test)
• SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test)
• SOFT Entrance Test (School of Fashion Technology)
• NEED (National Entrance Examination for Design)

It is evident from the above list that there exist National level entrance tests as well as Institute wise entrance tests. Entrance tests are used to gauge the creativity, talent, skills, GK, abstract thinking and aptitude of aspirants.Entrance test generally consists of initial screening test / aptitude test, which will be followed by studio test and interview.

INSTITUTES IN INDIA

1. NID (National Institute of Design), Ahmedabad

The National Institute of Design (NID) is a design school in Ahmedabad, India. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, government of India. NID is recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India, as a scientific and industrial design research organisation.

Admission Criteria: open to 12 standard students, All India Examination, Studio Test and Interview.

Fees: Rs. 2,70, 000.

2.National Institute of Fashion Technology, [NIFT] Hyderabad

Entrance Exam Required: NIFT  Course Fees: Rs. 6.35 Lacs

Placement : At the end of the 6th semester, students are required to take a summer internship under the desired designer or import/export house at NIFT.The duration of the internship is 2 months and it gives students the necessary exposure of the industry work culture.

At the end of the fourth year, there are on-campus placements where biggest garment companies such a Madura and Arvind come in, some small companies from places like tirupur with average package of 4.25 Lacs.

3. Pearl Academy , New Delhi

 Pearl academy is surely a bit expensive but accordingly they have their own facilities and amenities which is provided to the students without any hesitation. Fees  comes upto 4-5 lacs per annum. This inclues tution fees, access to the library and other in campus costs.

Entrance Examination Pattern –

Design Stream: General Proficiency Test (GPT) - 60 minutes and Design Aptitude Test (DAT) - 120 minutes.  Business Stream: General Proficiency Test (GPT) only - 60 minutes

4. Hamstech Institute of Fashion and Interior Design, Hyderabad

Diploma in Interior Design is a two-year duration full-time course and B.Des.in interior is 4 year course.

Placement:  Candidates learning with this premier Institute are offered Placements and Internship with top brands and designers such as Tommy Hilfiger, United Colors of Benetton, pepper fry, Darpan, Asian Paints, Design Studio, Design House, Reliance trends, Stanza, Abhay Associates, Asmita Design, Diesel, and many more.

Fees : The fees is reasonable as they provide good education at affordable cost. They have unique training methodology from other colleges. For the b.des. interior course there will be fees of Rs. 1,60,000 annually i.e., Rs. 80,000 per semester.

Happy to help :)

Hi Sapna.

Greetings.

Interior Designing will obviosly give you results and you will be able to earn around 30,00,000 per annum after an experience of just 3-4 years.

Whereas talking about animation, it also do have a great scope.Now it's up to you which course you want to pick.

All the Best.