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School of Fashion Technology Common Entrance Test 2026 ( SOFT CET )
Exam On - 9 Jan '26 - 10 Jan '26
The School of Fashion Technology (SOFT) will conduct the SOFT CET 2025 entrance exam in May 2025.
The detailed schedule for the exam is expected to be released at the time of the release of the SOFT CET 2025 application form.
The SOFT CET 2025 application form will open in March 2025 (tentative). The direct link to fill out the application form will be provided here.
Admission to UG and PG-level design courses offered by the School of Fashion Technology will be based on SOFT CET 2025 scores.
The application form for SOFT CET 2025 has to be filled out online at – soft.ac.in. Candidates who meet the SOFT CET eligibility criteria may apply before the last date.
As part of the application process, the candidate needs to get registered, fill in their contact, academic, and personal details, upload documents, and pay the application fee.
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Commonly asked questions
Sample papers can be solved as part of one’s SOFT CET 2026 exam preparation plan.
Also, you can solve them very early on in your exam preparation.
If you have completed a few topics, try solving questions related to those topics. As you move deeper into the syllabus, there will be more questions to solve.
Solve as many sample papers as you can.
The NID DAT exam is conducted for admission to the NIDs, which are amongst the top design colleges in the country. As such, NID DAT is amongst the toughest entrance exams in the country. In contrast, SOFT CET is comparatively easier.
So, which exam you decide to take will depend on your priorities and also to some extennt on your abilities. If you feel like your preparation is top level, you can try NID DAT.
The difficulty level of SOFT CET is not at the same level as say a NIFT, NID DAT, or UCEED. So, you don't exactly need to take coaching to prepare for the exam. That being said, if you are finding the syllabus extremly difficult, you may take help from a peer, teacher, or consider taking up coaching.
Also, even if you take coaching, your effort will decide your success.
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Commonly asked questions
Sample papers are very useful tools for exam preparation. So, if you are preparing for SOFT CET, you may start solving sample papers after, say, completing a chapter.
The more sample papers you solve, the better you get a problem-solving and time management. Your understanding of key concepts will also improve as you go on solving problems.
Along with sample papers, also solve previous years' papers.
The SOFT CET exam will be conducted in THREE parts:
- General Ability Test
- Studio Test
- Personal Interview + Portfolio +Statement of Purpose
As you can see, the exam also includes a STUDIO Test.
All the three parts or sub-exams will be conducted on the same day. Note that the candidate has to appear in all the sub-exams.- If the candidate doesn't appear in of the sub-exams, he or she will not be included in the merit list.
Candidates appearing in SOFT CET exam will have to appear in a Studio Test round, which will be conducted online via Google meet. The Google meet link (or Link 1) will be shared with the candidate one day prior to the groups.
The Studio Test will be held online from 11 am to 12.15 pm.
All instructions for the Studio Test will be shared with the candidate by moderators in the meet.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 days ago
SOFT CET Entrance Examination will consist of General Ability Test + Creative Ability Test / Group Discussions + Personal Interview. All candidates must give all three tests.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
The eligibility critria for SOFT M.Des is
- Full-time Degree of minimum 4 year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/Architecture
- Three Year Bachelor Degree from any recognised University, In B Design/ Fashion Technology, B Tech. / 3 years Diploma of Government Polytechnic + Any Bachelor's Degree &
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
The eligibility criteria for SOFT B.Des is
- XIIth Pass in any Stream – Arts/Commerce/Science/Home-Science/Minimum Competency Vocational Course (MCVC), including National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
- Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE)/ other State Govt. Technical Education ful
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
The application fee for SOFT CET 2026 is INR 4,000 for B.Des and M.Des programes. The applications are open for all the programmes. The institute has not specified the last date.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
SOFT CET exams will be on January 09, 2026 and January 10, 2026. The exam will include three tests: 1) General Ability Test, 2) Studio Test, and 3) Personal Interview + Portfolio Statement of Purpose. The applications are open for UG and PG programmes.
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Contributor-Level 10
2 Institutes accepting SOFT CET
MKSSS' School of Fashion Technology
Narhe, Pune • Private
4Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha's School of Fa...
Pune • Private
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