Career Opportunities After B.Des and B.Tech: Which Path Offers More?

Published by Shikha Kumari on Jun 18, 2025

B.Tech and B.Des are the most lucrative career options in the market today. There is a lot of competition in these fields and these fields are ever evolving. So, it becomes important to know the career prospects these courses have. In this blog, we’ll draw a comparison on the career opportunities these fields offer. 

Career Options after B.Tech

Jobs after B.Tech

A wide range of career opportunities open for you after doing B.Tech. Jobs in domains like software development, data analytics, core industry, etc. Let’s have a look at the jobs that are offered after completing bachelors of technology.

Software Development

Software Development is one of the most common career option for a B.Tech graduates. This industry offers a diverse range of roles in varied domains. They include the following roles.

• Frontend Development
• Backend Development
• Full Stack Development
• App Development

Data Analysis

With the enormous amount of data being generated on a daily basis, the need of data scientists and data analysts have also increased. The main job of a data scientist and a data analyst is to analyse patterns in this huge pool of data and gather information from it. The roles offered in this field are as follows.

• Data Scientist
• Data Analyst
• Consultant
• Business Analyst

Entrepreneurship

Launching your own business is a rewarding opportunity. You can offer Product as a Service, Software as a Service or launch your own idea as a startup. You can offer services like consultancy, marketing, management consulting, etc. In such a field, you are your own boss and you work on your own will rather than working under someone else.

Higher Education after B.Tech

The scope of further studies in India is quite vast. You can go for a master’s degree in any field or even pursue a research career later. Masters are usually of 2 years while PHD takes 3-4 years on an average. Let’s look at all these careers in detail.

M.Tech

A masters degree in technology is an ideal degree after B.Tech. You need to clear the GATE examination for this. In some colleges and universities, an integrated 5 year program is also provided for B.Tech and M.Tech. 

MBA 

MBA stands for Masters in Business Administration. Many people do MBA after B.Tech to go into the finance field. Salary packages after MBA are very promising. You need to clear the CAT examination to get into top MBA colleges like IIMs.

PHD

A doctoral degree after B.Tech is suited for those who want to do research in a particular field like Machine Learning (ML), Robotics, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration), etc. You get admissions based on either your academic records or your GATE score. 

Career Opportunities after B.Des

After B.Des Jobs

A bunch of career paths open after pursuing a bachelor’s degree in design. Individuals can go for further degrees like master’s in design, PhD, etc. or even start their own business journey or work for others. Let’s look at these opportunities in detail.

Home Designer

You can go for house interior designing and specialise in this field.

Launch Your Own Firm

Create your own business and offer your services in different domains like shop design, outdoor designing etc. You can offer design internship opportunities to students who are still pursuing their bachelors.

Teaching and Guidance 

You can teach individuals what you have learned over these years. If you have done B.sc or M.sc in design then you can apply as a teaching guide at institutes.

Work for a Company/ Brand

Join a company and work for it like a job placement. Working for a company can be done as an intern or a full-time employee. There are a bundle of jobs available after B.Des like house designers, shop designers, workplace designers, etc.

Freelance 

You can always freelance your art by creating a portfolio and putting your digitally designed arts in it so that you get work based on that 

Further Studies after B.Des

• Master of Design (M.Des) in India – Master’s in design can be done from some top design colleges in India like, the National Institute of Design (NID) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)

• MBA in Design Management in India – Institutes like the Indian School of Business (ISB) and various IIMs offer MBA programs with a focus on design or innovation management and offer a rewarding after B.Des career option.

• Master of Arts (MA) in Design Strategy – Example includes the California College of the Arts (CCA) in the USA

• M.Tech in Design Engineering – it opens a pool of opportunities as it combines technology with design. Examples of institutions include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA, where the Integrated Design and Management (IDM) program includes design engineering, and ETH Zurich in Switzerland

• Master of Arts or MA in Fashion Design –  Examples of institutions include Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London in the United Kingdom, and in India, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)