Solutions 1313 runs a graphic design course in Mohali from ₹25,000, at SCO 54, Third Floor, Sector 82, JLPL Industrial Area. You learn Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, Figma and AI tools including Midjourney and Adobe Firefly — and you design for real clients, because we are a working digital agency with 3,450+ clients, not only a training institute.
Graphic design course fees in Mohali
No institute in Mohali publishes its fees. We do.
| Programme | Duration | What it covers | Fee |
| Graphic Design — Foundation | 3 months | Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, typography, colour, social media creatives, logo basics | ₹25,000 |
| Graphic Design — Professional | 6 months | Everything above + InDesign, branding systems, print production, AI tools, 1-month internship | ₹35,000 |
| Design + Digital Marketing | 8 months | Full graphic design + the digital marketing programme — the combination employers hire fastest | ₹35,000 |
All fees can be paid in EMI instalments.
Which one should you take? If you want a design job, the 6-month Professional programme — it adds InDesign, print production and a real internship, which is what separates a hireable designer from someone who knows Photoshop. If you want to be hired fastest in the Tricity specifically, take the Design + Digital Marketing combination: agencies here consistently prefer a designer who also understands campaigns, and that combination is rare locally.
What you will learn?
| Module | What it covers |
| Design fundamentals | Layout, hierarchy, alignment, balance, white space. The rules that separate a designed piece from a decorated one. |
| Typography | Type anatomy, pairing, scale, spacing, readability. Where most beginner work falls apart first. |
| Colour theory in practice | Colour systems, contrast, accessibility, palettes that survive print and screen, brand colour discipline. |
| Adobe Photoshop | Retouching, masking, compositing, product images, export settings for web and print. |
| Adobe Illustrator | Vectors, pen tool, logo construction, icon sets, scalable artwork. |
| Adobe InDesign | Multi-page layout — brochures, catalogues, company profiles, menus. Still the standard for print work. |
| Canva at professional level | Brand kits, templates and team workflows. Clients use Canva, so you must be able to hand over files they can edit. |
| Logo and brand identity | Research, concept, construction, variants, brand guidelines document. You build a complete identity, not just a mark. |
| Social media creatives | Post and story formats, ad creatives, carousels, thumbnails. Volume production with brand consistency. |
| Print production | Bleed, trim, CMYK vs RGB, resolution, file preparation, working with a local press. Real jobs still go to print in Mohali. |
| UI basics and Figma | Screen layout, components, grids, design handoff. The bridge to UI/UX work, which pays more than print. |
| AI in the design workflow | Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Canva AI and generative fill for ideation and production — plus the licensing and originality rules that matter commercially. |
| Portfolio building | Case-study presentation, not just a folder of images. How to show the problem, the thinking and the result. |
| Live client project | Real design work for a Solutions 1313 client under supervision, delivered to a real deadline. |
The 7 types of graphic design — and which ones actually pay in Mohali
The standard list is visual identity, marketing and advertising, user interface, publication and print, packaging, motion graphics, and environmental or signage design.
In Mohali, four of those pay regularly. Marketing and advertising design is the steadiest work. Visual identity — logos and brand systems — pays well per project but comes less often. Print and publication is quietly the most underrated: brochures, company profiles, packaging and signage are constant local demand, and many digital-only designers cannot prepare a press-ready file. UI design pays the most of the four and is where we point students who want to earn more.
Motion graphics and packaging exist here but thinly. We teach awareness of them rather than pretending Mohali has a large market for either. The course weights time towards the work you will actually be paid for.
Can AI replace designers?
Google shows this as a top question on design-course searches in the Tricity, and it deserves a straight answer.
Part of the work is already gone. Stock photography, background removal, simple social templates, first-draft variations — generated in seconds now. If your plan was to earn a living resizing images, that plan has expired.
AI now produces an acceptable image in seconds. What it cannot do is read a client brief properly, keep a brand consistent across a website, a shopfront, a package and fifty social posts, notice that something is subtly off, or sit in a meeting and defend the decision.
We teach Midjourney, Firefly and generative fill as tools inside your workflow — you direct them, which is the position worth being in.
You work on real client projects — nothing is a time-pass exercise
We are not only an institute. We are a working company with an institute inside it. 55 in-house staff, 3,450+ client projects since 2008, offices in Mohali, Chandigarh, Patiala, Gurugram and Dubai.
Every student trains on the same live work our team delivers to paying clients:
- Live client branding work — logos, colour systems and brand guidelines for businesses that are actually paying for them
- Social media creatives that get published — the same posts, ads and campaign visuals our team ships each week
- Print and marketing collateral — brochures, standees, packaging and stationery that goes to press
- Website and UI graphics — banners, icons and page assets handed to our developers and built into live sites
Nobody’s time gets wasted here. No dummy assignments, no practice websites nobody will ever visit. You finish with a portfolio of real work — which is exactly what an employer asks to see, and exactly what those 2015 interview candidates did not have.
Who teaches you?
The design sessions are taken by our working design team — Kulwinder Singh, Senior Website Designer, leads most of them, and he took this course himself before joining the company.
Damanpreet Kaur, Lead Trainer with 9+ years, teaches the marketing side, because a logo that never gets used in a campaign is only half the job.
Amrinder Singh runs four sessions a month on what has shifted in the market, and personally reviews student portfolios before they go out.
Batch timings and class structure
| Detail | What you get |
| Class length | 2 to 3 hours per day |
| Batch size | 15 to 20 students — small enough for one-to-one review of your work |
| Timings | Morning, afternoon, evening and weekend batches |
| Mode | Classroom at the Mohali branch, or live online with the same trainers |
| Days | Weekday batches Monday to Friday; weekend batches for working professionals |
| Payment | Full payment or EMI instalments |
| Backup classes | Missed sessions can be repeated with a later batch at no extra cost |
What Mohali designers actually get paid?
The work here is not what design showreels suggest. From our own Mohali client base, the steady demand is: brand identity for a new business, packaging and label design for the manufacturing units in Phase 7 and 9, social media creative on a monthly retainer, ecommerce product graphics, and print — brochures, hoardings, exhibition panels.
Motion graphics and video editing are the fastest-growing request and the hardest to hire for locally, which is why they are in the syllabus rather than treated as an add-on.
Frequently Asked Questions – Graphic Design Course in Mohali
What are graphic design course fees in Mohali?
At Solutions 1313 the graphic design course is ₹25,000 for the 3-month Foundation programme and ₹35,000 for the 6-month Professional programme with a one-month internship. There is also an 8-month Design + Digital Marketing combination at ₹35,000. EMI is available. We publish these openly; most institutes in Mohali will not give you a figure until you visit.
Which course is best for a graphic designer?
For employability in the Tricity, the 6-month Professional programme is the right default, because it adds InDesign, print production and a real internship on top of Photoshop and Illustrator. If you already know you want to work in digital rather than print, the 8-month Design + Digital Marketing combination is the one that gets hired fastest — agencies here want a designer who understands campaigns.
What are the 7 types of graphic design?
The commonly used categories are: (1) visual identity and branding, (2) marketing and advertising design, (3) user interface design, (4) publication and print design, (5) packaging design, (6) motion graphics, and (7) environmental or signage design. Most working designers in Mohali spend their time in the first four. The course concentrates there and treats the rest as awareness.
Can AI replace designers?
It has already replaced part of the work — stock imagery, simple background removal, basic social templates and first-draft variations are now generated in seconds. What it has not replaced is the decision-making: understanding a client brief, building a brand system that holds together across 50 touchpoints, and judging when something is off. AI also cannot take responsibility for a file going to print wrong. We teach Midjourney, Firefly and generative fill inside the workflow so you direct the tool rather than compete with it.
What is the salary of a graphic designer in Mohali?
Realistically, junior graphic designers in Mohali and Chandigarh typically start around ₹12,000–₹20,000 a month. It rises meaningfully once you can also do UI work or handle a full brand system, and freelance or remote work pays better than local studio work. Anyone promising you a lakh a month as a fresher is selling something. The fastest route to a higher starting figure here is combining design with digital marketing, which is why we offer that combination.
Do I need to be good at drawing?
No. Graphic design is about arranging information clearly, not illustration. Plenty of strong designers cannot draw. What you do need is patience with detail — noticing that something is two pixels out is more of the job than sketching.
Which software will I learn during the graphic design course in Mohali?
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign as the core, Canva at professional level because clients use it, Figma for UI basics, and AI tools including Midjourney and Adobe Firefly. Licensed software is available at the centre.
Do you teach print or only digital design?
Both. Print is out of fashion these days, but in Mohali there is still a demand for brochures, company profiles, signage, and packaging.
Will I get a portfolio out of the graphic design course in Mohali?
Yes, and it is the point. The course ends with real design work for a Solutions 1313 client, presented as a case study rather than a folder of images. In every design hire we have made, the portfolio decided it — not the certificate.
Is there a free demo class?
Yes. Counselling first, then a free demo class, then you decide. No obligation to join.
Can I do the graphic design course in Mohali alongside college or a job?
Yes. You pick your own 2-hour slot between 9 AM and 9 PM, seven days a week, and can switch between online and classroom.
What will be in my portfolio at the end?
Real client work, not practice files. Over the course you produce identity work, packaging, social creative and print pieces for businesses that are actually paying for them, and the final project is presented as a case study — the brief, your thinking, the revisions and the finished output. That is what a studio asks to see in an interview; a folder of unused mock ups is not.
Should I take graphic design alone or add digital marketing?
Adding digital marketing to graphic design will help you get a job easily. Agencies here rarely want a designer who only hands over files — they want someone who understands why the creative exists, what campaign it belongs to and whether it performed. Along with graphic design, if you can also read an ad result and adjust the creative accordingly, you’ll get a higher salary.
Where is the institute?
SCO 54, Third Floor, Sector 82, JLPL Industrial Area, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab 140308. Open 9 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week.
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You can contact us at-
SCO 54, Third Floor, Sector 82, JLPL Industrial Area, Mohali (SAS Nagar) — 140308
+91 92160-41313 · [email protected]
Open 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM, all days
Also at: Chandigarh (SCO 60-62, 2nd Floor, Sector 17C, Chandigarh) · Patiala · Gurugram · Dubai (Prime Tower, Business Bay)
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Reviewed by Amrinder Singh, Founder, Solutions 1313 — running a digital agency in Mohali since 2008.