Established in 1986, Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida (FDDI Noida) is one of the 12 campuses of the Footwear Design and Development Institute under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. FDDI has the goals of developing human resources within the country, to provide and develop appropriate infrastructure to the Indian footwear industry. FDDI also promotes the growth of export quality footwear from within the country alongside leather products, retail and fashion merchandise.
Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida is a Government owned autonomous university. The faculty members are well-trained from the top fashion schools in the world. They bring out the best potential in the students through their extensive exposure and practical experience as well as their professional skills. The faculty members indulge the students in diverse real-world projects as well.
Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida offers four undergraduate and three postgraduate programs. The candidates seeking admission to FDDI Noida need to appear for the FDDI All India Selection Test (FDDI-AIST), followed by counselling. The selected candidates need to then pass a written Paper based Test (PBT) to get admitted in the specified courses. Although FDDI Noida does not provide any scholarships by itself, the students from all FDDI campuses are eligible to apply for scholarship programmes provided by the government at the central or state level.
The placement procedure at Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida happens to be a centralized placement for all the campuses and is run by Footwear Design and Development Institute, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. The Corporate and Public Relations (C&PR) department of FDDI provides career counselling and guidance to the students. The C&PR department is responsible to invite reputable organizations for internships and placements of the students. The invited organizations include Adidas, Apparel Group-Dubai, AVT, Bata India Ltd., Carlton London, Clarks, Da-Milano, Farida Group, Future Group, Gaurav Gupta, Genesis Luxury, Globes, H&M, Hi-Design, Khadims, Landmark, Liberty, Lifestyle, Li & Fung, Marks & Spencers, Max Lifestyle, Puma among others.
The campus of FDDI Noida is spread over 10 acres and provides an array of modern amenities and infrastructure to help the students in their academic and social experience. The library provides access to the students to a huge collection of printed materials such as books, reports, periodicals, subscribed, foreign and Indian journals and magazines.
The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled and the classrooms are equipped with modern teaching aids like air conditioning, LCD, multimedia notebooks, overhead projectors, cordless microphones and speakers. There are separate hostel facilities at FDDI Noida which accommodate 350 male students and 200 female students. The hostels are well furnished and have a recreation room with colour television and music systems. Healthy food is provided in the hostel mess halls run by the students apart from the cafeteria where a variety of snacks and beverages are available.
There are multiple fully operational labs at Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida like the IT lab, Visual Merchandising lab, CAD/CAM lab, Cutting/Closing workshop, Component workshop, Lasting, Finishing workshop and the testing centre to help the students with their practical knowledge. Sports facilities like badminton, tennis and basketball help the students in their overall development. The campus also has an open-air amphitheatre and fully air-conditioned auditoriums with state-of-the-art audiovisual facilities and overhead LCDs, recording systems, dais and solar lights.
Admission Procedure
Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida offers a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in design and management like B. Des B.B.A, M.Des, and MBA. All candidates for undergraduate and postgraduate admissions must submit an online application for the FDDI All India Selection Test (FDDI-AIST), followed by counselling. Each and every qualified applicant would need to pass a test (Paper Based Test) given by FDDI. Only English will be used as the test's medium. A candidate for the postgraduate program must have a bachelor's degree in any field. All qualified candidates must appear at the examination centres they select for the written entrance examination in the city of their choice. The written admission exam aims to evaluate candidates' knowledge, aptitude, and suitability for the chosen program.
Faculty
The faculty at Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida is skilled and experienced, which motivates students to achieve their best potential. In association with Academia, R & D, and practising staff, the faculty creates printed self-educational materials. Through collaboration with the faculty members on diverse real-world projects, students develop their skills and knowledge while learning essential information about design applications and market dynamics. The professors have training from some of the top fashion schools in the world as well as from FDDI, bringing to the classroom their professional skills, extensive exposure, and years of practical experience.
Placements
All Footwear Design and Development Institute campuses participate in a centralized campus placement procedure run by the FDDI, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. The Institute's students receive important career counselling and guidance from the Corporate and Public Relations Department. For internships and job placement of students across all campuses and courses, the C&PR department invites reputable national and international businesses. Adidas, Apparel Group-Dubai, AVT, Bata India Ltd., Carlton London, Clarks, Da-Milano, Farida Group, Future Group, Gaurav Gupta, Genesis Luxury, Globes, H&M, Hi-Design, Khadims, Landmark, Liberty, Lifestyle, Li & Fung, Marks & Spencers, Max Lifestyle and Puma are a few companies that offer placements and internships.
Scholarships
According to the procedures and qualifying requirements, students from all Footwear Design and Development Institute campuses are eligible to apply for scholarships given by government (central and state) agencies. There are no scholarships available from FDDI, however they process and forward the scholarship applications of the eligible students to the applicable agencies.
Contact Details
A-10/A, Sector-24, Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida-201301
0120 4500152
9718633810
9354491833
contact@fddiindia.com
Latest Updates: 13th October, 2023
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