BITS Design School and RMIT University Sign Five-Year Articulation Agreement
Mumbai | BITS Design School, under the aegis of Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, has signed a five-year articulation agreement with RMIT University, Melbourne. Post this agreement, students can transfer and carry credits into RMIT's Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) programme. BITS Design School and RMIT have been partners since 2024 and now have started this transfer programme.
Students can transfer to RMIT in the 3rd year of BDes (Honours programme). Up to 5 students can transfer each year. Intake will be reviewed every 2 years. Transferred students will be awarded 192 credit points from RMIT.
They will complete their coursework, including design studios, a design honours project, and a major from four options, Design for Advanced Manufacture, Design for Sustainability, Interaction Design, and Design for Sound Interfaces and Environments at RMIT's Melbourne City and Brunswick, Victoria campuses.
The agreement was signed by Nandita Abraham, Dean, BITS Design School, and Tim Marshall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Design and Social Context, Vice-President, RMIT University.
The first cohort eligible to transfer under this agreement will be students who began the BITS Design School programme was in July 2025. They can move to RMIT from Semester 2 in 2027, or Semester 1 in 2028, with an expected completion in 2029.
The views expressed in this article are of BITS Design School and do not reflect/represent those of Shiksha.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 6 months ago
No, candidates are not offered ay concessions during the BITS Design School BDes (hons) admissions. All candidates are required to follow the same eligibility criteria and pay the same admission fees as each other for BDes (hons) at BITS Design School.
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Yes, BDes (hons) students of BITS Design School have access to scholarship schemes which are offered by the institute itself. There are three major scholarships that candidates can apply for which are merit and mean-based scholarship, academic merit scholarsip and the chancellor's scholarship.
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Candidates have to provide the copies of the following documents in digital form to complete the BITS Design School BDes (hons) admission process:
- Class 10 marksheet
- Class 12 marksheet
- Entrance exam scorecard
- Transfer certificate
- Migration certificate
- Scanned images of the signature
- Aadhaar Card
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The BITSDAT 2026 has been scheduled to be conducted between Mar 31st - Apr 5th 2026 for BITS Design School BDes (hons) admissions. Candidates will need to wait until Apr 8th - Apr 12th in order to get there scores for the BITSDAT 2026.
The interview rounds will be conducted between the months of May
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The BITS Design School BDes (hons) admissions have been closed for the academic year 2026. The last date to apply for the BDes (hons) course was scheduled on Feb 1, 2026.
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No, candidates cannot complete the BITS Design School BDes (hons) admission process in offline mode. The admission forms for the aforementioned course are only accepted on the admission portal of BITS Design School.
Aside from application for the BDes (hons) course, the accepted entrance exams are al
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Yes, candidates can receive refunds for the course fees paid by them if they cancel their admission to the BITS Design School BDes (hons) course. However, the amount of refund received by the candidate will depend on how early a candidate cancels their admission.
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BITS Design School BDes (hons) fees is INR 39.8 lakh for the academic year 2026. The above mentioned fees is a combination of the BDes (hons) tuition fees and hostel fees charged by the institute. The other fee components of BDes (hons) are currently unknown. This fees is also subject to an increase
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