Interior Designing schools and colleges are very few in number in India. The field of interior design is an ever changing field. Years ago there were no programs for interior design in universities or colleges. Slowly they started to appear. Today, we have an entire accreditation process that certifies a program will teach certain principles and practices at a very high standard.

There are many Interior Designing schools in India. Some offer diploma courses of one year or is a full fledge course say to the match point of giving you bachelors in Interior Designing. There are even Post Graduate courses in Interior Designing. Some schools take entrance tests and some even look at the work experience or if the student has given an art related exam. This is easier for them to judge about the students abilities and capabilities and even while giving admissions.

Interior design can be a great and profitable career but you need to look at an interior design school that will give you the tools you need to make you and your business successful. Whether you are looking for an online interior design school or another form of interior design training, Penn Foster offers a great program.

Most traditional colleges and universities who have interior design programs will teach reading, writing and arithmetic, as well as provide interior design courses. These classes are very important but when you are crunched for time or really just want to get out there and get started, online schools will give you the training much more quickly.

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Schools and Colleges in India

• Arch Institute of fashion and Design / Arch Gemology & Jewellery Institute
  D-103 /C, Lalkothi Marg , Bapu Nagar ( Sewar Area) Jaipur, Rajasthan
  Phone : 0141-2702163, 3096203
  Web Site : www.archedu.org
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  Institution Details : ARCH is the National Technical Consultant of the IASE (Deemed) University for the Jewellery and Gemology stream authorized to open study centers all over India & abroad. ARCH runs under the management of the ARCH EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY registered under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act
  
  Course : Degree in Interior Design
  Duration : 3 year
  Diploma in Interior Design
  Duration : 2 year
  Certificate Course in Interior Design
  Duration : 1 year
  
  
• CREATIONS - The School of Design and Technology, Pune
  826, Shukrawar Peth, Gadikhana Chowk, Pune
  Phone : +91 0 9422324278
  e-mail : Contact us
  website : http://www.creationsindia.net
  
  Creations is a design school, offering a variety of courses related to Design, Art and Technology. Creations offers Diploma courses in Jewellery & Fashion Designing, Interior Designing, as well Media and Animation. Subjests like Landscaping, arts, ceramics, and pottery are also available. Creations has been appointeed as the exclusive national partner with DELCAM (UK), for their Jewel Smith software, Speed Step (Germany) for the Fashion Designing Solution, as well Pattern Maker (USA), again for their Fashion CAD Solution.
  
  Creations also conducts course in Diamond Grading with IGI- International Gemological Institute.
  For more details,
  contact : Mr. Sandeep Agarwal.
  Office : +91 20 24465585
  
  
• St. Francis Institute of Art and Design
  Mt. Poinsur, Borvili (West), S.V.P Rd
  Mumbai, Maharashtra
  Phone: 022-28936302
  Web: www.sfartinstitute.com
  Courses
  1. Master Diploma in Interior Design 3 yrs full time
  2. Diploma in Interior Design 3 yrs. part time.
  3. Diploma in Commercial Art 3 yrs. full time
  
  
• UB&A  
  Architecture And Education
  E-314A, Basement, Sector-27, Noida-201301, U.P.
  Tel: + 91 120 3959 303
  Web: www.ubaworld.com
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  Fulltime/ Correspondence Courses offered
  1) Advance Diploma In Interior Design(ADID)
  Duration : 1 1/2 years
  Eligibility :Graduation / Diploma In Interior Design
  
  2)Diploma In Interior Design (DID)
  Duration : 1 year
  Eligibility : 10+2
  
  3)Certificate Course In Home Interiors
  
  4) Coaching For AIIA Entrance Examinations.
  Eligibility: 3 yrs Diploma in Architecture.
  
  5) Coaching For AIIA students to pass AIIA Papers/Thesis.
  
  6) Coaching For B.Arch Entrance Examinations.
  Eligibility: 10+2
  
  7)Customized Training Program (CMTP).
  Eligibility: Diploma/ Degree in Architecture/ Civil/ Mechanical Engg.
  Work on live projects/ Earn monthly stipend.
  Duration: 6 Months
  100% Assistance in Job Placement for all our Students.
  
  
• Creative -I
  College of Creative Arts Ganga Dham Comm.Phase I,Sr. No. 612 - 615,
  Lullanagar Bibwewadi Road,
  Market Yard, Pune 411 037.
  Tel. No. : 020-24209166 / 77 / 88 / 99
  E-mail : Contact us
  Website: www.creativei.info
  
  
• JJ School of Arts
  Dr. D. N. Road,Fort Mumbai-400 001
  Phone: 2620488
  Course :Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) (Craft- Interior Decoration) 4 years (60 seats)
  Eligibility: 10+2 or equivalent
  
  
• School of Interior Design
  Centre for Environmental Planning Technology (CEPT),
  Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus,
  University Rd, Navrangpura,
  Ahmedabad - 380009
  Phone: 91-79-630 6652, Fax: 91-79-630 2075
  Contact now (E-mail) - Email
  Website- www.cept.ac.in
  
  Institution details: School of Interior Design, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), is an autonomous institution offering its own diplomas for various academic programmes which are recognised by the Government of India.School of Interior Design is a specialised academics institute of CEPT
  
  Course : 5 years (10 semester) full time professional education programme in interior design leading to the award of a diploma by CEPT.
  
  Eligibility: Candidates passing XII Standard Higher Secondary Certificate Examination of Gujarat State in Science Stream (or its equivalent) in single sitting with Physics, Mathematics & English as compulsory subjects along with any of the following subjects: (a) Chemistry (b) Biology (c) Computer Science (d) Engineering Drawing (all at higher/ advance level) securing a minimum aggregate score of 50% for all subjects except 45% for SEBC & 40% for SC/ST/ candidates.
  
  
• National Institute of Fashion Design
  NIFD Campus,
  2-B, Madhya Marg,
  Sector 27,
  Chandigarh - 160 019
  Phone -657958
  Fax 640944
  Phone : +91- (172) - 2784 980-81
  Fax: + 91 - (172) - 2547095
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  Website- www.nifd.net
  
  Courses-
  a)3 years, B.Sc in Interior designing.
  b)2 years, Advance Diploma in interior Design
  c)1 year Diploma in Interior design
  d)12 months professional course
  e)6 months vocational programme
  Eligibility -10+2 or equivalent 
  
  
• IITC
  102 Richmond Road, Bangalore - 560025
  Karnataka,
  Phone- 91 - 80 - 2221 9497 / 2222 9073
  Fax - 91-80-2262637
  
  
• School of Interior Design 
  6/3, 1st Main Road, Vasanthnagar,
  Bangalore - 560052, Karnataka, India 
  
  
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
  Powai, Mumbai - 400076
  Maharashtra, India
  Phone- +91-22-25722545 FAX: +91-22-25723480
  Website www.iitb.ac.in
  
  
• Exteriors Interiors P Limited
  2nd floor, Dhondusa Complex,
  9 Residency Rd, Bangalore - 560025,
  Karnataka 
  
  
• Nirmala Niketan
  49,New Marine lines,
  Mumbai-400020
  (Tel. 2206 7345) 
  
  
• SNDT Womens University
  Nathibai Thackersey Road,
  New Marine Lines,
  Mumbai 400 020
  Phone: 2085439; 2072792
  Contact now (E-mail) - Email
  Website: www.sndt.edu 
  
  
• Sophiya College
  B.K somani Polytechnic,
  Bhalubhai desai Road,
  Mumbai 400026 
  
  
• South Delhi Polytechnic for women
  Lajpat Nagar-1V,
  New Delhi-110024
  Phone ( Office ) : 26294833, 26294836, 26482298 ( Hostel ) : 26464917
  Fax No. : 011-26474425
  Contact now (E-mail) - E-mail
  Website: www.polytechnic-sdpw.com
  
  Courses - Interior Designing course which can be under taken as a
  One-year, Two-year, Three-year or Four-year full time programme
  
  
• Apeejay Institute of Design 
  54, Tughlakabad,
  Institutional Area, 
  Mehrauli Badarpur Road, 
  New Delhi 110 062 
  Institution details-Affiliated to Guru Nanak dev University,Amritsar
  
  Course- offers 4 years and 1 year courses in Graphic, Furniture Design.
  Eligibility- for 4 year courses is Class XII and for 1 year course graduation.
  
  
• Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & higher Education for women
  Coimbatore-61 043
  Website www.tnuniv.ac.in/adu
  Phone - 0422 - 2443620 ,0422 - 2441252
  
  
• Birla Institute of Liberal Arts and Management Sciences
  5-A Sarat Bose Road (opp.Minto Park),
  Culcutta 700 020
  PHONE: 2240-4558, 2247-1271
  Contact now (E-mail) - E-mail
  Website - www.bilams.com
  Courses- 1 year course in Interior Decoration and Design
  Eligibility - Class XII or equivalent
  
  
• College of Arts and Design
  No.7,P.V.Koli street,
  Aminjikarai,
  Chennai 600029
  Institution details- Affiliated to university of Madras 
  
  
• Exterior - Interiors
  F-12, Kalkaji,
  New Delhi 110019
  Courses- conducts one year National Diploma course in Interior Design in collaboration with Jensen & Nicholson and Computer Aided Design by Edit Institute, Mumbai.
  
  Other centers-Bangalore, Calicut, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai, Pune
  
  
• Karavali College
  Menezez towers,
  Urwa Store,
  Mangalore -575006
  Phone- 0824-455656
  Contact now (E-mail) - E-mail
  Website- www.karavalicollege.ac.in
  
  Courses-B.Sc Interior Design and Decoration .3 year regular programme.
  Eligibilty-10+2 (Arts, Commerce, Science) / P.U.C. / Polytechnic Diploma / Equivalent with 45% marks in aggregate.(40% is sufficient for SC/ST candidates)
  
  
• Rachna Sansad, School of Interior design
  278,shankar Ghanekar Marg,
  Prabhadevi,
  Mumbai- 400 025
  
  Courses-
  a) A three-year part-time government diploma course (affiliated to the Maharashtra Board of Technical Education) conducted in the afternoon at the School of Interior Design
  
  b) A four-year full-time BFA (Applied Art) degree course (affiliated to the University of Mumbai) conducted in the afternoon at College of the Applied Art and Craft.
  
  
• School of Interior Design,
  Arvindbhai Patel
  Institute of Environmental Design
  Vallabh Vidyanagar 388120
  Gujarat - India.
  Phone : 91 2692 37586 / 37301
  Fax : 02692 37586
  Contact now (E-mail) - E-mail
  Website- www.apiedindia.com
  
  Courses- 3 years (6 semester) Under-graduate programme and a 2 years (4 semester) Post-graduate programme in Interior Design
  
  
• Shree Devi College of interior Design
  Ballalbgh,Mangalore-575003
  Phone-0824-2456501,456511
  Fax- 91 (824) 2451108
  Website- www.shreedevicollege.com
  Contact now (E-mail) - E-mail
  
  Courses - Bachelors Degree programme in Interior Design - B.Sc. (I.D.)
  
  
• College of Art & Design (affiliated to University of Madras)
  No. 7, P.V. Koil Street, 
  Aminjikaral, 
  Chennai-600 029
  
  
• Exteriors-Interiors (in assn. with Jensen & Nicholson conducts courses in Computer Aided Interior Design) EDIT Institute
  Mumbai. (Other centres-Bangalore, Calicut, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai, Pune)
  
  
• School of Interior Design, Institute of Environmental Design
  Near Bhaikaka Library, 
  Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120
  
  
• School of Interior Design, Centre for Environmental Planning Technology
  Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus, Navrangpura,
  Ahmedabad - 380009, India
  
  
• IITC
  102 Richmond Road, Bangalore - 560025
  Karnataka, India