What is B. Des? 

B. Des or bachelor’s of design in a under graduation course for design. The duration of this course is 4 years which includes total 8 semesters. This field has many specifications such as B. Des in fashion design, interior design, products design, textile design, accessory design, game design, communication design, graphic design and so on. The candidates for B. Des can join this course right after completing their 12th exam, but to get chance in the best designing college, they have to sit for entrance exams and to crack those exams, candidates need basic skills in design, because those exams are based on design aptitude tests and tests candidate's drawing and Idea skills. 

Eligibility for B. Des

• Candidates must have 10+2 or 12th degree in any relevant stream from any recognised board. 
• Candidates can also have 10+3 degree in any relevant stream. 
• Candidates have to go through entrance exams of their preferred college and score at least 50% aggregate marks. 
• The age limit to study B. Des course is minimum 19 or 20 years according to the preferred institutions. 

Top entrance exams for B. Des

• Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED)
• National Institute of design's design aptitude test (NID DAT) 
• National Institute of fashion and technology entrance exam (NIFT exam) 
• Footwear Design and Development Institute All India Selection Test (FDDI AIST)
• Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design (SEED)
• School of Fashion Technology Common Entrance Test (SOFT CET)
• Unitedworld Institute of Design, Design Aptitude Test (UID DAT)

Top colleges to study B. Des

• National Institute of design (NID) 
• Indian Institute of technology, Bombay- IDC school of design (IIT-IDC) 
• National Institute of fashion and technology (NIFT) 
• Indian Institute of art and design (IIAD) 
• MIT Institute of Design
• Symbiosis college

Scope after B. Des

• After completing B. Des, many colleges provide placements from top recruiting company and hire fresher’s according to their academic performance. 
• Candidates can do further study and take admission in M. Des which is the masters in design to gain more knowledge in this field, which will provide them more stable job with stable income. Or open up doors to further study PhD. 

Some Top recruiting companies after B. Des are-

• Flipkart
• Videocon
• Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Automotive Sector)
• Hindustan Unilever Limited
• Cognizant
• Malabar Gold & Diamonds
• GAD FASHIONS
• TCS
• Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
• GE Healthcare
• Wipro
• MediaShala

Hope this wi help you Mahika!