Design Institute Entrance Examinations in India

Admission details of various Institutions:
Below are listed the different entrance examinations and the rough dates for getting admission in the design institutes. These provide a rough indication of the dates and procedure for admissions. You should check with the institutes for the exact dates, background qualifications, application fees and the exact procedure for admission. Most of the institutes require that you first qualify through the entrance examination and after which you are called to the institute for any of these - tests, workshops, portfolio review and interview.

Institution's Admission Page:

Entrance Procedure:

Application Issue Date:

Application Receipt Date:

Examination Date:

Interview Date:

NID, Ahmedabad
(UG programs and
PG programs)

All India Examination + Studio Test & Interview

Last week of September

Last week of October for Entrance Exam application form

First week of January

Last week of April - Mid May (Studio Test + Interview)

IDC, IIT Bombay
IDDC, IIT Delhi
Design, IIT Kanpur *
CPDM, IISc, Bangalore *
DOD, IIT Guwahati
(Master of Design - PG programs)

All India Common Examination for Design (Ceed) + Apply again separately to each institution + Test & Interview
(* - GATE scores are also valid)

Second week of September

Second week of October

First week of November

held in the months of March (refer to institute websites) (Studio Test + Interview)

Blog for CEED
- Ceed india

Department of Design, IIT Guwahati
(UG programs)

IIT's JEE (all India) + Design Test

Third week of November

Last week of December

First week of April

Last week of May - Mid June
(Design Aptitude Test)

NIFT
(UG programs and PG programs)

All India Examination + Portfolio Review + Interview

First week of November

First week of January

Third week of February

Mid May - June
(Portfolio + Interview)

Sristi, Bangalore
(2 year professional diploma and advanced diploma)

Entrance Exam + Application + Portfolio Review + Interview

January Beginning

Mid March for application form

First week of April

May - June
(Portfolio + Interview)

Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune
(UG programs)

All India Examination + Test + Interview

After August
(application is available on institute website)

Second week of April

First week of May

First week of June
(Test + Interview)

MIT Institute of Design, Pune
(UG programs and PG programs)

All India Examination + Studio Test & Interview

After August - detailed announcement in November
(application is available on institute website)

Last week of March

Third week of April

First week of June
(Studio Test + Interview)

Design Institute of India, Indore
(UG programs and PG programs)

Online Examination + Studio Test & Interview

Third week of March

Second week of May

Last week of May

Third week week of June - (Studio Test + Interview)

DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore
(UG programs and PG programs)

Entrance Exam + Application + Workshop & Interview
(Also NID Entrance Exam and CEED considered)

Beginning January

Mid May

End May

First week of May
(Workshop + Interview)