Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) – Lateral Entry at DOD

Manipal

Turn your visions into vogue by creating the fashion of the future

The Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) – Lateral Entry is a three-year program designed to provide professional fashion education with a strong focus on innovation and sustainability. The program enables eligible students to continue their design education through an advanced-entry pathway and develop competencies relevant to the contemporary fashion industry.

Through experiential learning, practical design work, and community engagement, you explore fashion as a creative discipline that responds to economic, ecological, and social needs. The program develops core design competencies, professional skills, and responsible practices while encouraging interdisciplinary learning and collaborative research.

Program Highlights

Sustainable Design Focus: You explore fashion innovation while considering economic, ecological, and social sustainability.

Experiential Learning: You strengthen your design abilities through studio-based learning, practical assignments, presentations, and community engagement.

Professional Competency Development: You build the design, communication, technical, and professional skills required to work in the fashion industry.

Interdisciplinary Exposure: You gain opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary learning across different areas of design.

Industry-Oriented Assessment: Your progress is evaluated through written examinations, practical work, studio assessments, presentations, viva-voce examinations, and jury reviews.

Practical Training

Develop practical design skills through studio-based coursework, assignments, experimentation, presentations, and the creation of fashion design outcomes.

Industry Projects

Apply design thinking and professional practices to projects addressing contemporary fashion requirements, sustainability concerns, and real-world design challenges.

Internships

Gain professional exposure through internship or industry-engagement opportunities prescribed as part of the program curriculum.

Practical Training

Develop practical design skills through studio-based coursework, assignments, experimentation, presentations, and the creation of fashion design outcomes.

Practical Training

Develop practical design skills through studio-based coursework, assignments, experimentation, presentations, and the creation of fashion design outcomes.

Program Highlights

Sustainable Design Focus: You explore fashion innovation while considering economic, ecological, and social sustainability.

Experiential Learning: You strengthen your design abilities through studio-based learning, practical assignments, presentations, and community engagement.

Professional Competency Development: You build the design, communication, technical, and professional skills required to work in the fashion industry.

Interdisciplinary Exposure: You gain opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary learning across different areas of design.

Industry-Oriented Assessment: Your progress is evaluated through written examinations, practical work, studio assessments, presentations, viva-voce examinations, and jury reviews.

Practical Training

Develop practical design skills through studio-based coursework, assignments, experimentation, presentations, and the creation of fashion design outcomes.

Industry Projects

Apply design thinking and professional practices to projects addressing contemporary fashion requirements, sustainability concerns, and real-world design challenges.

Internships

Gain professional exposure through internship or industry-engagement opportunities prescribed as part of the program curriculum.

Practical Training

Develop practical design skills through studio-based coursework, assignments, experimentation, presentations, and the creation of fashion design outcomes.

Practical Training

Develop practical design skills through studio-based coursework, assignments, experimentation, presentations, and the creation of fashion design outcomes.

Program Details

Outcomes
Careers

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

Develop core competencies in fashion design and professional practice.

Create innovative fashion solutions that respond to societal and environmental concerns.

Apply sustainable approaches to fashion design and development.

Communicate creative concepts through visual, written, and practical design methods.

Develop the ability to work independently and collaboratively on design projects.

Build professional readiness for employment, consultancy, entrepreneurship, or higher studies.

Engage with communities and address design requirements through inclusive and responsible practices.

Curriculum and Fees

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

Curriculum details will be updated shortly

Programme Duration

Total Programme Fee

Domestic

Total Programme Fee

NRI/OCI

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) – Lateral Entry at DOD

Turn your visions into vogue by creating the fashion of the future

Program Highlights

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

Industry and Academia Connect

Program Highlights

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

Industry and Academia Connect