M.A. in Visual Communication 

at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design And Technology, Yelahanaka

Srishti Mahipal Institute of Art Design and Technology offers an MA course and an MA in Professional Practices, a degree for which is awarded by MAHE. Fees for MA is INR 9.6 Lakh. Students can get admission to the course by appearing for SMEAT, entrance test of the institute.

Srishti Manipal offers seven degree courses in various specialisations at UG, PG and doctoral levels. The programmes are offered in Arts and Design streams. The courses include BDes, MDes, BVoc, BFA, etc. The institute conducts SMEAT consists of Test 1 and Test 2 for providing admission. Srishti Manipal Bangalore also accepts national-level entrance exams like SAT  SAT India for admission to specific courses.

Srishti Manipal has a moderately difficult admission process. Candidates first need to register for the course of their choice. If they have qualified any of the accepted national-level entrance-exam, they will be exempted from Test -1 of SMEAT. SMEAT is conducted by Srishti College for admission to courses. According to students and information collated from web, SMEAT exam is in the range of average, which is neither too easy and nor too tough. Aspirants, however, has to know the syllabus and its core subjects thoroughly in order to score well. Once the candidates pass the entrance exam, he or she get a seat as per their score in the preferred course.

Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology is a constituent unit of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. The institute started functioning from the year 2020. MAHE has been accredited by NAAC with an A+ grade.

The topics asked in SMEAT exam are given below:

• Contextual Awareness
• Observation and Curiosity
• Analytical Reasoning
• Imagination and Visualisation
• Language and Expression
• Critical Thinking
• Domain Literacy

Srishti school of Design has a good campus for the students. The campus has all the required facilities. Classrooms on campus are well-furnished. The campus also has a functional library, multiple labs, and studios.

Faculty members at Shirshti Mahipal are highly qualified and experienced. Such high qualified ensures proper learning of practical, theoretical and skillsets for the students. Professors at Srishti holds degree from prestigious institutes in the country and have food experience working in the industry too.

The CEED 2024 exam will be conducted tentatively in the 4th week of January 2024. IIT Bombay will release the announce the admission notification for CEED 2024 tentatively in September 2024. The CEED exam is conducted by IIT Bombay for admission to the M.Des programme offered by the 8 participating colleges. Note that unlike UCEED IIT Bombay will not conduct any Joint Admission Process for CEED 2024 qualified candidates. Instead, candidates will have to apply directly to the participating colleges on the basis of their CEED 2024 merit ranks.

Aspirants can apply for SMEAT 2024 in online mode on the official website of the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Applications submitted in offline mode will  not be accepted. The online application form for SMEAT 2023 Round I will open in February 2024.

SMEAT exam pattern is such that there are three tests conducted by the institute:

• Test 1: Written Test (Those appeared for UCEED/ CEED and SET and have valid scores or ranks can exempt from the test.)
• Test 2: Studio-based activity test. (All Applicants have to undertake the test)
• Test 3: group/individual counselling session. (All Applicants have to undertake the test)