Hi Heena! If you surf Internet, you will get to see many numbers of entrance exams to get admission in design courses. There are some all India Entrance exams by which you can get chance in any college, and there are also some college which provide their own entrance exams to take admission.
So, if you want to pursue design courses and you have already decided your preferred college, you must check what entrance exam they consider. Here are some all India entrance exams you must check out.
National Institute of design or NID, is nationally as well as internationally one of the finest educational and research institution which provide Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated Design courses both for under-graduates and post-graduates and doctoral levels.
NID conducts an national level entrance examination called NID DAT which is a design aptitude test every year to take admission in B. Des and M. Des courses at NID. Candidates, willing to pursue design courses, must apply for NID DAT to get admission at NID. NID DAT is divided in to two different parts: NID prelims and NID Mains.
NID Prelims which is the written part combined with subjective and objective questions, whereas NID mains is the part where candidates have to go for studio test and personal interview.
National Institute of Fashion Technology or NIFT is a expert Institution in fashion education which provide integrate knowledge, traditional arts, contemporary thought, academic freedom, innovations in design and technology and creative thinking.
NIFT conducts their own national level entrance examination which for B. Des and M. Des examination. The exam includes three rounds - Creative Ability Test (CAT), General Ability Test (GAT) and Situation Test.
NIFT provide Bachelor courses in B. Des and B. F. Tech. And masters courses in M. F. M., M. Des and M. F. Tech. CAT or GAT depends on the course candidates wants to choose.
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay conduct the national level examination UCEED which stands for Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design, to take admission to the B. Des course at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur. The admission will occur on the basis of UCEED 2023 scores through the joint seat allocation process. The entrance exam will be conducted in 24 cities across India.
The duration of UCEED is about three hours long. It includes two parts - Part A and Part B; both parts are mandatory. Part A will be a computer-based test of 2 hours 30 minutes, whereas the drawing-based Part B will be conducted offline.
IIT Bombay conducts CEED national level entrance which stands for common entrance examination for design to take admission to the M. Des and PhD courses offered by IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur. Also, the PhD course is available at several IITs and design schools.
CEED has two parts – part A and part B. Part A which will be held online and include objective-type questions, and Part B. Part A will evaluate the design aptitude of the candidate in offline mode, also test the design, drawing, and writing skills of the candidate.
The ARCH College of Design & Business is conducting the AIEED a national level entrance exam, which stands for All India Entrance Examination for Design. This is an online screening test to admission to UG and PG design courses at participating colleges.
The exam is being conduct in three stages- Stage I which includes General Aptitude Test or GAT, Stage II which includes Creative Aptitude Test or CAT and Stage III which includes Personal Interaction.
There are many more colleges which conducts national level examination. But these 5 are in the list.
Hope this helps!
