Textile Design Salient Features of the Course 1. Programme Title Diploma Course in Textile Design. 2. Entry Qualification Matriculation or as per norms laid down by AICTE/State Board of Technical Education(10+).                   3. Course Duration  Three years 4. Programme Structure     Semester system (Each semester is of 16 weeks and each week has 36 to 40 hours of contact for academic work.)  5. Intake of Students   30 students  6. Type of the Course Full Time   There is lot of hidden creativity involved in the fabrics which is used  in our daily life. All these patterns, colours, fabrics and designs are created by a Textile Designer. So, Textile Design is a course of clothes and colours, textures and patterns, weaves and threads.   Functions Textile designers produce sketches and  patterns for printed, woven or knitted textiles and many patterned surfaces, design fashion fabrics for clothing and homeware items, works with yarns and fabrics of various colours. Therefore this course requires  lot of visualisation, creativity, a sense of colours, fashion and design. In this course students get  to know about design, textile technology and management, colour theories, weaving, fashion illustration, dying and printing among other things. Main Subjects :Three Year Diploma Curricula  Drawing & Rendering Basic Textile Design Colour & Texture Textile Technology Structural Fabric Design Dyeing & Printing Tech. Printing Design Industrial Management  Computer Aided Textile Design Indian Traditional Textile & Art Appreciation Inspection and Quality Control  Dyeing & Printing Tech. IV Employment Opportunities A Textile Designer may get employment at export houses, textile mills , weaving mills   or  with an interior design studio that runs an advisory on interior furnishings.  Design studios within retail and manufacturing companies also employ  textile designers.  Textile Designer  may work as yarn technician, or a pattern maker or as an engineer, depending upon their  interest and specialization.