ABOUT FDDI

FDDI stands for Footwear Design & Development Institute is a design Institute which offers professional programmes in Footwear Design , Leather Goods & Accessory Design , Fashion Design , and Retail & Fashion Merchandise. FDDI have total 12 campuses all over India. FDDI is not certified by UGC rather it’s a self Governing institution under ministry of commerce & industry. Since 1986, this institution is running successfully with good academic results and offering the best placements to their students in the fields of Footwear, Fashion and leather goods & Retail.

Courses offer by FDDI are:

UNDER GRADUATION COURSES OFFER BY FDDI

• B. Des in fashion design
• B. Des in Footwear Design and Production
• B. Des. in Leather Goods and Accessories Design. 
• BBA in Retail and Fashion Merchandise

POST GRADUATION COURSES OFFER BY FDDI

• M. Des. in Footwear Design and Production
• MBA in Retail and Fashion Merchandise

Who can study here? 

Eligibility criteria

To study at FDDI, you need to be eligible first as per their eligibility criteria. 

•  FDDI conducts a national level entrance examination All India Selection Test (AIST) to offer admission to interested candidates. The examination is known as FDDI AIST. The admission in any courses at FDDI is based on the score of FDDI AIST.
• FDDI take admission on the basis of some other entrance exams such as UCEED, MAT etc. 
• Candidates must have passed or appeared in the 10+2 examination in any stream from any recognized board such as CBSE, IB, ICSE, or others. 
• Candidates who are Appearing for their Higher Secondary examination are eligible, but they need to give proof of having appeared for the examination during the Counselling part. 
• Final year graduation candidates can also apply, but they need to show their graduation degree or final mark sheet to their admission officer.
• Candidates with the age of 25 year in between 25th June 2023 only, are eligible. 
• Candidate must be an Indian citizen.
• proficiency in English, both written and oral is must which will help them during interview part. 

Entrance exam of FDDI

FDDI AIST- FDDI organise a 2 and half hour's pen and paper based examination which is called FDDI AIST. The exam is of 200 marks which consist 150 questions and the medium of exam is in English.

Cut off for FDDI

candidates need to match the cut off marks in FDDI AIST in order to get admission here. 

• For general category- 120
• For OBC/EWS- 115
• For SC/ST- 90
• For PwD- 110

Hope this helps!