PEARL ACADEMY

About Pearl Academy

Since its inception in 1993, Pearl Academy has been persistently moving forward to carve a niche in the field of holistic educations.

Today, the Academy has evolved into a globally renowned institution of higher learning with a focus on Internationalism, entrepreneurship and employability; catering to the needs of the design, fashion, business, media and retail industry.

Pearl Academy with a legacy of 26 years of creative impact has metamorphosed into an industry leader that develops courses with an understanding of the needs of the entire spectrum of the industry. The Academy is a pioneer in the Indian market, combining hybrid blended learning and real-time lectures in a structured manner, thus making learning more effective and engaging.

Campuses

DELHI

Delhi has two campuses: In Naraina and Rajouri Garden.The Naraina campus is fully equipped with plethora of facilities, world class Infrastructure and has been the launch pad for design and business professionals for the last 25 years. The Rajouri Campus is 100,000 sq ft. and is designed around the needs of design students, providing them with a contemporary architectural canvas that is permeated with slick classrooms and wide collaborative spaces perfect for the 21st century learner.
Rajouri– EROS BUILDING DISTRICT CENTRE, RAJOURI GARDEN, NEW DELHI
Naraina– A-21/13, NARAINA INDUSTRIAL AREA, PHASE II, NEW DELHI
Mob: 081305 66399, Tel. No. : 011 – 49807100 / 101

NOIDA

The campus is located in the heart of Noida, a part of the National Capital Region (NCR). This campus houses state-of-the-art labs like Sewing & Cutting, Printing & Embroidery and Make-up. It has a well-stocked Library and Resource Centre along with Design & Drawing Studios, Pattern-Making Studios and more. We will have to add a few lines here, how it is evolving as a fashion hub
B-25, SECTOR 59, NOIDA
Mob: 081305 66377, Tel. No. : 0120 – 4904000

MUMBAI

The Mumbai Centre with its state-of-the-art labs for media, fashion and interiors have ensured a world class learning experience for students. Located right in the centre of bustling Mumbai makes it a great place to get ready for the creative industries. The Mumbai Campus has won accolades like, ‘Best Upcoming Design Institute in Mumbai’ award at ‘Brands Academy Education Excellence Awards’ 2014 and Bronze Award under ‘Emerging Design School Category’ at The Edutainment Awards, 2016.
SM Center, Andheri Kurla Road, Next to Marol Metro Station, Andheri (East), Mumbai
Mob: 075064 12262, Tel. No. : 022 – 40585400

JAIPUR

The Jaipur Centre has been awarded as one of the most beautiful college campuses in India by India Today, 2016 and has also won ‘Best Learning Building’ Award at the World Architecture Festival Awards, 2009. It’s spread over 3.28 acres and has state-of-the-art infrastructure which includes world class Jewellery & Gemmology Labs, making it the ideal place to learn the nuances of fashion and design. The Centre has hosted the 14th International Conference of the International Foundation for Fashion Technology Institutes in 2012.
SP-38 A, RIICO INDUSTRIAL AREA, DELHI ROAD, KUKAS, JAIPUR
Mob: 092140 77763/ 64/ 65, Tel. No. : 01426 – 414800

Bengaluru & Kolkata

First batch commences July 2020

Courses Offered at Pearl

UG Courses

PG Courses

11 Month Professional Certificate Program

Awards and Rankings

https://pearlacademy.com/about/awards-and-honours/

• Pearl Academy has been accorded Educational Partnership of World Design Organization (WDO)
• For five consecutive years, Pearl Academy has been awarded as Best Design Institute in India (2016 – 2020)
• Pearl Academy is amongst the Top 25 Colleges in BoF (Business of Fashion) Global Fashion School Rankings 2017 (Graduate)
• Pearl Academy ranked no.2 amongst the top 10 Fashion Colleges in India by India Today – Nielsen Survey 2017
• Recognized as the Best Education Brands (2017) in Fashion Design Category by The Economic Times
• Pearl Academy Delhi NCR ranked no.1 under ‘Fashion Design School Category’ and Pearl Academy Mumbai ranked as no.1 under ‘Design Emerging School Category’
• Pearl Academy awarded as “Best Vocational Education Institute of the year – Interior Design”
• Pearl Academy Jaipur won ‘College with Best Incubator Centre’ and ‘Most International Student Friendly College’ title
• Pearl Academy ranked No. 4 by ‘The Week-Hansa Research Survey 2016 – Best Colleges’ in the Fashion Technology Colleges category (survey based on perceptual ranking only)
• Pearl Academy ranked No. 4 by Outlook-DRSHTI Survey in ‘Top 10 Professional Colleges in India’ under ‘Fashion Technology’ category
• Pearl Academy Delhi ranked no. 3 and Jaipur no.4 under top 10 fashion colleges in India
• Silver Award under ‘Fashion’ category
  Bronze Award under ‘Emerging Design’ School for Mumbai
• Pearl Academy ranked No. 2 by India Today-Nielsen survey in ‘Top 10′ list of ‘India’s Best Colleges’ under Fashion Category
  Pearl Academy, Jaipur, marks climbs up the ladder to No. 7 in the Top 10 Colleges of India in Fashion Cate
• Pearl Academy ranked No. 4 by Outlook-DRSHTI Survey in ‘Top 10 Professional Colleges in India’ under ‘Fashion Technology’ category
• Pearl Academy ranked No. 4 by ‘The Week-Hansa Research Survey 2015 – Best Colleges’ in the Fashion Technology Colleges category (survey based on perceptual ranking only)
• 2nd Best Design School (National) 2015 – Pearl Academy, Delhi
  2nd Best Indian Fashion Design Management & Technology School 2015 – Pearl Academy, Delhi
  2nd Best Regional Design School (North) 2015 – Pearl Academy, New Delhi
  3rd Best Regional Design School (South) 2015 – Pearl Academy, Chennai

• Best Fashion Design Colleges in India 2014

  Pearl Academy ranked No. 2 by India Today-Nielsen survey in ‘Top 10′ list of ‘India’s Best Colleges’ under Fashion Category
  Pearl Academy, Jaipur, marks its entry in the Top 10 Colleges of India in Fashion Category for the first time at No. 10

• Best Design School (North India) 2014 – Pearl Academy, New Delhi
  2nd Best Fashion School (National) 2014 – Pearl Academy, New Delhi
  5th Best Design School (National) 2014 – Pearl Academy, New Delhi
  5th Best Design School (South India) 2014 – Pearl Academy, Chennai
• Pearl Academy – Mumbai won (Best Upcoming Design Institute in Mumbai)
  Pearl Academy – Delhi won (Best Fashion Design Academy in Delhi /NCR)
  Pearl Academy – Noida won (Best Fashion Design Academy in Uttar Pradesh)
  Pearl Academy – Jaipur won ( Best Fashion Design Academy in Rajasthan)
• Pearl Academy was ranked No. 2 (factual ranking) by India Today-Nielsen survey for Top 10 Institutes under Fashion Category

Accreditation

Undergraduate Courses
At Pearl Academy students are enrolled for a Pathway of 11 month Diplomas that culminates in a Professional Diploma. These diplomas are internationally benchmarked; industry integrated and encourages interdisciplinary learning.

Pearl Academy does not offer any degree program but facilitates learning for Indian recognized Delhi University/Mumbai University Bachelor’s Degree at each of its campuses.

Pearl Academy diplomas are internationally benchmarked. After completion of their Advanced Diploma at Pearl Academy, students have an option for a full credit transfer out of Pearl Academy to Torrens University, Australia towards an internationally recognized Bachelor of Design/ Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Media & Communication degree.

Post Graduate Courses

On successful completion of two-year PG pathway, a student is awarded a Post Graduate Diploma from Pearl Academy validated by Domus Academy, Milan, Italy.

The curriculum of the PG Diplomas is developed in association with Domus Academy.

All PG Pathways at Pearl have an in-built 4-week exchange module (optional) at Domus Academy, Milan where students
1. Attend classes at Domus Academy
2. Get a global experience and learn latest international trends
3. Attend workshops, visit local factories / manufacturing units and interact with the industry experts of international market

Additionally, Domus Academy faculty visit Pearl every year as international faculty.

Collaborations

Keeping up with the dynamics of the market, the Academy collaborates with the best in the Industry to further strengthen the ability to deliver the unsurpassed experience to its students. These collaborations bring the best exposure through guest lectures and workshops, and many more opportunities. Recent collaborations include-

Adobe partners with Pearl Academy to launch India’s first ‘Adobe Digital Technology Academy – Inking a new chapter in skilldevelopment, Pearl Academy, India’s leading institution in design,fashion, creative business and media, entered into a strategic tie-upwith Adobe, for the launch of ‘Adobe Digital Technology Academy’ –a unique program, designed to help learners of today, leverage thepower of digital technologies and tools for skill building.

Pearl Academy and Amazon enter into an exclusive tie-up to showcase talented alumni’s creations – : Pearl Academy and Amazon announced its exclusive initiative to showcase graduating students’ and alumni’s creations at the recently launched The Designer Boutique at Amazon.in. As Pearl Academy celebrates its 26 years of nurturing creative minds, this tie up is special for budding designers who would now get the platform to take their creations to millions of customers across the country.

Placements

1. Placements: With over 99% placement record, Pearl graduates are the most sought after among big brands and organizations of creative industries.
2. Career Development Cell: Several eminent speakers from the industry visit the academy to hold interactive workshops and share their wealth of experience with the students.
3. Live Industry Projects: Students get to work on real life projects bagged in by our expert teams from the
best names/brands in the industry, ensuring live industry exposure.
4. Pearl Alumni Network: We have our official alumni network on Alma Connect for strength ensuring alumni
relations and leveraging the network for increasing placements & branding.
5. Canvass: The Incubation Centre: An ecosystem that will foster and support innovation, creativity and
knowledge based entrepreneurship amongst the Pearl Alumni community.

International Exposure

At Pearl Academy, students get numerous opportunities to learn the best global practices through several platforms & programs. With constant global exposure on offer, Pearl makes students ready for both national and international market:
1. Global Alliances: Pearl Academy is a member Global University Systems (GUS) network, which is a leading international network of quality, innovative institutions of higher education.
2. Global Faculty Exchange: International faculty exchange programs are an important part of Pearl Academy’s teaching methodology. These exchange programmes are aimed at bringing global exposure within the four walls of the classrooms and preparing our students for international opportunities.
3. Student Exchange Programmes: Pearl Academy’s education philosophy provides ample opportunities for motivated students to learn, experiment, improvise and evolve in order to develop the technological, business and diplomatic solutions needed to excel ahead in the competitive global environment.
4. Global Summer Course: Pearl Academy, in collaboration with NABA and DOMUS Academy (DA), Milan, Italy, offers miscellaneous summer courses for Pearl students.
5. International Students @ Pearl: Offering creative pathway in Design, Fashion, Media and Business, Pearl Academy invites students from international universities to experience the culture, heritage, knowledge and dynamics of one of the most vibrant country, India.

With an aim to ensure complete learning by every student and in order to give them all the tools and exposure required to be successful in tomorrow’s industry, Pearl Academy has recently developed a learning-based model, Pearl Total Learning System (PTLS), which is embedded in its curriculum. This system ensures that every student gets the right opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and motivation to embrace change, set trends and lead the change as an innovator and leader of the future.

The key features of Pearl Total Learning System are:

• Career Mentoring – 360-degree preparedness. This includes a tool to assess student professional competencies both at entry and final levels and helps students develop a career path for themselves.
• Edge Courses for Success – Special skills for tomorrow’s leaders. Students are taught special skills like Design Thinking, Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship by industry experts from around the world.
• Industry Integrated Circuit – Live Industry Projects with FDCI, INTACH and others, a ‘Learn from the Masters’ series and industry juries for final projects.
• Global Learning Project – Internationality for each student. Increased exchange opportunities plus an international experience lab along with beamed classes.

The 360-degree exposure through PTLS will deliver the competence and confidence required by you and your peers to achieve your career goals. The launch of the ‘Adobe Digital Technology Academy’ on all Pearl campuses is another acknowledgement of our industry partnerships in areas that we see as the most relevant for student success.

The endeavor of our incubation cell has been to support those students and alumni who want to be design entrepreneurs and as a part of this, recently, we announced an exclusive tie-up with Amazon India to showcase our students and alumni’s creations at the newly launched ‘The Designer Boutique’ at Amazon.in. This opportunity has opened doors to millions of fashion customers across the country who visit Amazon.in.

Admission Stages

Stage 1: Written Admission Test in 24 cities (approx. 27 Test Centers) across the country Stage 2: Personal Interview (including portfolio evaluation / material handling skills test for Design streams).

Internationality at Pearl Academy

At Pearl Academy, students get an opportunity to learn the best global practices through several international platforms such as exchange programs, summer programs, art fests, workshops and many more. With constant global exposure on offer, Pearl makes students ready for both national and international market. For more information for Internationality at Pearl Academy please visit http://pearlacademy.com/international/

Schools at Pearl Academy

School of Fashion, Styling & Textiles

DESIGN (FASHION & TEXTILES) – 2 Year MA
Course	2 Year MA in Design (Fashion & Textiles)
Duration	2 Years
Eligibility	Graduate Degree in Fashion Design or Textile Design or a Graduate Diploma in Fashion Design or Textile Design with at least 2 years work experience in Fashion/Textiles industry or any Graduations with 3 years work experience in Fashion/Textiles industry
Location	Delhi NCR (East & West), Jaipur and Mumbai
Certification	Apparel Made-ups & Home Furnishing Sector Skill Council (AMHSSC)
This Master level program provides generic design and lifestyle related inputs that are arranged to generate and encourage specific design applications based on a student’s chosen area. The objectives of the MA program are: To educate individuals from suitably qualified backgrounds to function as higher managers and specialists for the dynamic fashion industry in India and abroad. To hone creativity, initiative, innovation and judgement along with intellectual and conceptual acumen compatible with the fashion industry. To inculcate graduates with capacity for critical professional engagement and investigative attitude in the fashion business context. To develop and enhance a graduates lifelong learning skills and personal development so as to be able to work with self-direction, professionalism and originality which is essential to contribute to business and society at large through the domain of fashion.
Careers	Stylists Concept Thinkers Designers Managers Creative Thinkers Entrepreneurs Lecturers or Researchers in fashion vocational and academic fields Higher level research degrees (M.Phil or PhD)

School of Design

School of Creative Business

School of Media & Journalism

World Class Campuses

Pearl Academy has campuses in Delhi NCR (East & West), Mumbai and Jaipur. Students can choose to apply for 3 or 4 years Undergraduate pathway; 1 year or 2 years Postgraduate pathway, and 11 month certificate programs. Delhi NCR Campus Delhi NCR centre has two campuses viz. West Campus and East Campus. Delhi NCR West Campus, located in Naraina is spread across ten buildings and houses a plethora of facilities that provide the necessary infrastructure to deliver courses effectively. Delhi NCR East Campus located in Noida is spread across 1 lakh sq. ft. of academic space, built to facilitate excellent education for the increasing number of fashion, design and business aspirants. The constant exchange of classes between the 2 campuses ensure the students access the well-stocked Library and Resource Centre along with Design Studios, Drawing Studios, Art Rooms, Pattern-making Studios, Sewing and Cutting Labs, Printing and Embroidery Labs, Computer Labs, Testing Labs, Make-up Labs and more. Below is how life at this campus looks like –

	Delhi Portfolio 2016 The fashion show of Delhi Portfolio 2016 from Pearl Academy graduating students.
	Manish Malhotra at Portfolio launch Catch the king of Bollywood fashion, Manish Malhotra talk about Pearl Academy and its talented students.
	Delhi Orientation Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI at Pearl’s Orientation 2016
	Paris Fashion Week Pearlites ready to take over the Paris Fashion Week
	Masterclass with Pankaj & Nidhi Pearl Academy hosted its first Masterclass, with the husband wife designer duo – Pankaj and Nidhi.
	A walk through Delhi NCR Campus Delhi NCR centre has two campuses viz. West Campus and East Campus. Delhi NCR West Campus, located in Naraina is spread across ten buildings and houses a plethora of facilities that provide the necessary infrastructure to deliver courses effectively. Delhi NCR East Campus located in Noida is spread across 1 lakh sq. ft. of academic space, built to facilitate excellent education for the increasing number of fashion,

Mumbai Campus Our campus in Mumbai has been planned keeping the industry needs in mind. Well-equipped labs for media, fashion and interiors have ensured a world class learning experience for the students. With a strong advisory board and experienced faculty, Pearl Academy ensures that the students are industry ready. Located in Andheri (E) Mumbai centre is easily accessible with a Mumbai Metro station at a stone throw distance. Get to know about various activities that happens at Pearl’s Mumbai Centre –

	Mumbai Portfolio 2016 Catch the highlights of Mumbai Portfolio 2016 and the artistic work of Pearlites with their galvanizing thoughts.
	The Creative Indians Our Pearlites who worked on The Creative Indians show, got an opportunity to converse with TVF Qtiyapa’s team to learn from them the tricks of the trade. Here, give it a look if you are one of those who enjoy creating or watching interesting content online.
	Orange Label Project A Premium Institute for Design, Fashion, Business and Retail
	A walk through our Mumbai Campus Mumbai is amongst the most vibrant cities in India. This city is also known as the financial and the entertainment capital of the country. Our campus in Mumbai has been planned keeping the industry needs in mind. Well-equipped labs for media, fashion and interiors have ensured a world class learning experience for the students. With a strong advisory board and experienced faculty, Pearl Academy ensures that the students are industry ready. Located in Andheri (E) Mumbai centre is easily accessible with a Mumbai Metro station at a stone throw distance.

Jaipur Campus Pearl Academy established the Jaipur Campus in 2007 with the objective of utilizing the multiple crafts available in the city to its best in the fashion & design industry. Jaipur campus is ranked as the top 5 Fashion & Design Institutes in India. (India Today Nielsen survey 2016).

Spread over 3 acres Jaipur Campus has recently been ranked as one of the beautiful college campuses in India by India Today. Jaipur campus has also won the award for ‘Best Learning Building’ at the World Architecture Festival awards held in Barcelona, Spain in 2009. The center is well-equipped with state-of-the-art Labs for Fashion, Interiors and Lifestyle Accessory Design. The campus has a robust infrastructure with learning equipment which parallels the best international design institutes. The Campus has been continually hosting & organizing important events of international & national level such as 14th International Conference of the International Foundation for Fashion Technology Institutes, Jaipur Design Carnival, Design Polygon, Pow-wow, & Portfolio. Catch the glimpses of the life at Pearl’s Jaipur centre –

	Jaipur Metro Art Competition Pearl Academy and Jaipur Metro hosted ‘Jaipur Metro Art Competition’. 26 contestants with the help of 50 Pearlites painted Metro Depot’s wall at Mansarovar. Have a look at the winners and their work.
	Jaipur Portfolio 2016 With path breaking ideas, the graduating students stole the show and floored the audience. Eminent personalities like Rina Dhaka graced the evening. Click here to view
	A walk through Jaipur Centre The well-appointed Jaipur centre facilitates design learning and education. Shrimati Pratibha Patil, Hon’ble Ex-President of India, laid the foundation stone of this centre on 29th January 2007, during her tenure as the Governor of Rajasthan. Spread over 3.28 acres, Jaipur centre is equipped with state-of-the-art Jewelry & Gemology Labs. Jaipur centre has a robust infrastructure with learning equipment which parallels the best international design institutes.

Scholarships

Pearl Academy awards Merit-cum-Means Scholarship is offered to new entrants (all centers) in regular UG / PG / Masters Programs at the time of admission, for first year only, to attract meritorious students with limited means to benefit from world class education in, Design, Fashion & Business offered at the Academy.

The Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (new entrants) provides partial waiver of tuition fee to a maximum of 10% of new entrants.
Merit-cum-Means Scholarship waives payment of Tuition Fee only for the current Academic Year (First Year only) in the following categories:
Category 1: 50% waiver of Tuition fee
Category 2: 25% waiver of Tuition fee

(For more information, Log on to https://pearlacademy.com/merit-cum-means-scholarship)

Admissions Calendar

Campus Wise Courses

Testimonials

	Hon’ble Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar Hon’ble Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar sent a special message to Pearl Academy students.
	Fashion Designer Rina Dhaka at Jaipur Portfolio 2016 Rina Dhaka share her thoughts on FDCI and Pearl collaboration and on Pearlites and their work. Click Here to View
	Portfolio 2016 – Parents Speak Portfolio 2016 – Parents Speak
	Divya Malik – Student, MA Fashion Marketing Divya Malik from our MA Fashion Marketing course has to say about Pearl Academy and what makes her proud to be a part of it.

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