Footwear Technologist

• Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)
• Certificate course in Footwear Design and production, Shoe designing and Pattern Cutting
• Computer aided shoe designing
• Diploma in Footwear design and production, diploma in Footwear technology
• Post Graduate Diploma in Footwear technology
• B Tech Leather Technology (Only for science students)

Students from all streams are eligible for the courses but B Tech is open only for science students and admission is through entrance exam.

For admission to B Tech one has to sit in all India entrance JEE Main and reputed footwear technology institutes conduct their own entrance exam.

FDDI is one of the best institutes for footwear technology. It is widely recognized as a centre of excellence. The institute conducts wide range of professional programmes in the area of Retail Management, Footwear Design, Technology, Management, Fashion Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, Creative Designing & CAD/CAM and Leather Goods & Accessories Design etc. The long-term programmes are of two to three years duration. All programmes offered by the institute meet the international standards.

Some other institutes of repute are :

• HBTI Kanpur offers B Tech Leather Technology
• Govt. College of engineering and Leather Technology, Kolkata offers B Tech Footwear Technology
• The Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida and Chennai, offers PG Diploma in Management - in footwear technology (PGDM-FT) and other related courses
• Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai offers CAD course for footwear design
• AVI school of fashion and shoe technology, Chandigarh
• Govt Leather Institute Agra
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi & Gandhinagar
• Central Footwear Training Centre (CFTC), Chennai
• National Small Industries Corporation Limited, Chennai