IDeA World College

About IDeA World College, Bangalore:

IDeA World College, Bangalore, is one of India’s oldest private design colleges. Established and mentored by Thomas Abraham, a leading designer and an IIT Kharagpur graduate, the college strives to be the finest design institution where students from around the world with a passion for design come together to learn the craft and go on to create a better world. IDeA World College is affiliated to the Bengaluru City University (BCU) and has associations with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Accademia Costume & Moda, Italy.

IDeA World College Highlights:

IDeA Worldwide college offers the best-in-class infrastructure to support students in all kinds of creative endeavours. The college has won several awards for the infrastructure on campus and the quality of education offered. Discussion rooms and well-equipped design labs create a learning environment that facilitates imagination and creativity. Right from its inception, students of the college have topped the Bengaluru City University rankings which speaks for itself of the quality of education and merit of the college. IDeA Worldwide College has 4 campuses in Bangalore, at:

• Cunningham Road

• Jayanagar

• Koramangala

• Marathahalli

IDeA Worldwide, Cunningham Road, has both in-house and visiting faculty. Several alumni of IIT Kharagpur are part of the in-house faculty of the college. The visiting faculty include successful design professionals from across the world in the fields of interior design and fashion design. Hence, students get to learn from industry experts which enriches their knowledge and exposes them to current trends in the respective fields. The college is closely associated with the Thomas Abraham for IDeA Design House, a design firm globally renowned for its work in the fields of Architecture, Interior Design, Fashion and Art. This brings opportunities for students to work with world’s leading design labels during academic study. Students gain hands-on work experience through live design projects. This helps in acquiring a design thinking that is functional and is on par with international standards.

IDeA Worldwide College participates in various global design events such as Femina Miss India, Times Fashion Week, Architectural Digest’s AD Design Show, and so on. Students get to exhibit their work along with leading national and international brands, and their work is also featured in international publications. This greatly enhances their industry exposure and gives a chance to learn from the best names in the fashion and design industry. The college also organizes design events with various themes where students engage in the different facets of hosting a design event.

The experienced faculty along with an experience-oriented curriculum at the IDeA Worldwide College, students get to stay updated with the latest advances in the creative fields. They are provided with different kinds of avenues to experiment with theoretical concepts and also learn how to work as a team. The work done by students at the IDeA Design House becomes part of the design firm’s collection. The firm sells haute couture and furniture designed by students on Amazon. Another interesting feature of the IDeA Worldwide College are their free educational tours. Final year students are taken on a fully-paid educational tour to Paris, a city that’s considered as one of the design and fashion capitals of the world.

IDeA Worldwide College Rankings and Awards:

The IDeA World College being one of the country’s oldest design schools with state-of-the-art facilities has topped many institution rankings. The college and its students have bagged several awards in national and international design competitions.

• Winner of the Interior Design and Quality Infrastructure Award by Architecture and Interior Design Excellence Awards

• Best Design Education Award, Times Business Awards 2018 by Times of India

• Selected Winner at German Design Council’s Architecture Awards, 2021

• Winner of the World Architecture Community Awards, 2020

• Muse Design Awards for Interior Design and Architecture

• Honourary Mention for Interiors and Architecture in BUILT Design Awards, USA

• Honourary Mention for Architecture in Architecture MasterPrize, USA

IDeA World College, Bangalore, Collaborations:

IDeA World College, Bangalore, has several international affiliations with prestigious design schools and institutions from around the world. It has received certifications from leading companies such as IBM, TCS, Microsoft, and so on.

International Collaborations:

• American Institute of Architects (AIA), USA

• Accademia Costume & Moda, Italy

• Las Vegas Fashion Council, USA