Best Photography Colleges in Aurangabad - Courses, Fees, Admissions 2026

1.     Top companies that hire Art graduates are:

Top Companies for Arts Graduate
Microsoft Corporation	Robosoft Technologies
AAPC	Lowe Lintas
Cognizant	Saregama India Limited

MAAC, Aurangabad provides programmes including UG Diploma, Certificate in streams such as Animation, IT & Software, Arts ( Fine / Visual / Performing ), Design, and are excellent for students to build their careers. The institute has specializations in 3DS Max, Game Design.

Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, Aurangabad provides programmes including Certificate in streams such as IT & Software, Animation, Design, Arts ( Fine / Visual / Performing ), and are excellent for students to build their careers. The institute has specializations in Final Cut Pro, Game Design, 3DS Max, Maya.

Aspirants must pass Class 12 with at least 50% aggregate to apply for UG courses. Candidates need to complete graduation with at least 50% or 55% aggregate for most of the PG programmes. The minimum aggregate required for MBA is 60% in Graduation, Class 10 and Class 12.

As per the MIT-WPU, Pune course admission process, the university conducts MIT-WPU, Pune CET for admission to the UG and PG courses particularly. Apart from this, MIT-WPU, Pune admission is also done based on valid scores of national-level entrance exams such as JEE Main, MHT CET, PERA CET, CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT and NEET-UG, among others for admission to BTech, MBA and BPharm courses. The common selection criteria for MIT-WPU, Pune admission comprise a Personal Interview (PI) round that evaluates the capabilities of the applicants. 

Many top leading companies provide good packages to students at Fergusson College. The placement highlights recorded in recent years are presented in the data tabulated below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Total Students	1233 (UG 3-year) 620 (PG 2-year) 26 (PG 3-year)	1251 (UG 3-year) 572 (PG 2-year) 26 (PG 3-year)	1301 (UG 3-year) 620 (PG 2-year) 25 (PG 3-year)
Students Placed	94 (UG 3-year) 202 (PG 2-year) 17 (PG 3-year)	83 (UG 3-year) 238 (PG 2-year) 15 (PG 3-year)	123 (UG 3-year) 200 (PG 2-year) 18 (PG 3-year)
Median Package	INR 3.90 LPA (UG 3-year) INR 4.50 LPA (PG 2-year) INR 4.80 LPA (PG 3-year)	INR 3.80 LPA (UG 3-year) INR 4.20 LPA (PG 2-year) INR 4.60 LPA (PG 3-year)	INR 3.80 LPA (UG 3-year) INR 4.20 LPA (PG 2-year) INR 4.60 LPA (PG 3-year)

 

Yes, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University is a good university as it is a member of the AIU (Association of Indian Universities), ACU, AAOU, ICDE, and is accredited by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) with an A Grade. YCMOU Nashik offers MBA, BSc, and various other programmes to postgraduate and undergraduate students. For more information please visit the official website or click here.

ICE Balaji Telefilms - Institute of Creative Excellence provides programmes including After 10th Diploma, Certificate in streams such as Business & Management Studies, Mass Communication & Media, Animation, Arts ( Fine / Visual / Performing ), Beauty & Fitness, and are excellent for students to build their careers. The institute has specializations in Acting, Modelling, Direction, Film Making, Video Editing (Post Production), Cinematography, Hip-Hop, Sound Recording, Production Design, Script Writing, Makeup & Beautician.

For admission to the UG level programme, i.e. BDes, candidates must have passed class 12. Also, candidates are required to appear for the MITID Design Aptitude Test (DAT) based on which candidates will be selected for further admission rounds which include the Studio test and Personal Interview (PI) rounds. The final selection list is made on cumulative assessment of all rounds and for final seat allotment, candidates will be required to report to the admission cell at MITID for document verification and fee payment.

The eligibility requirement for the UG and postgraduate students are that they must be a graduate from any discipline & must have passed all the available subjects. The National Institute of Photography students must have a keen interest in photography with basic knowledge of taking a photograph.

While one do not technically need any formal qualifications to call yourself a professional photographer, a higher education program, online photography course, or university degree really can help you to hone your skills, build good practices, & gain imp. industry connections.