ADCET 2023 Entrance Exam - Application Form (OPEN), Exam Date, Pattern, Syllabus, Result
National Institute of Fashion Technology Entrance Exam 2026 ( NIFT Entrance Exam )
NIFT Situation Test Stage 2: B.Des
26 Apr '26
Online applications for ADCET 2023 are currently open for admission to B.Des & BFA courses offered by constituent colleges of Dr. YSR Architecture and Fine Arts University. Check here full details about the exam, including the application process, eligibility, seat matrix, exam pattern, syllabus, and much more.
ADCET Entrance Exam 2023 - APSCHE and Dr. YSR Architecture and Fine Arts University released the online application form for ADCET 2023 on April 21. The application is for admission to B.Des and BFA courses offered at constituent colleges of Dr. YSR Architecture and Fine Arts University. The last date to submit applications without late fees is May 20.
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Candidates who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria for their chosen program can apply for ADCET 2023 following the application link given below. The ADCET 2023 application fee for the open category is INR 1000.
Commonly asked questions
The exam analysis for NIFT 2026 written exam will be available soon after completion of CAT and GAT written exams. It will consist difficulty level, types of questions asked, marking scheme, and expected cut off. Also, the analysis will highlight any technical issues during NIFT. With analysis, candidates will be able to assess their performance and check what went right and what went wrong. Future aspirants also can go through the NIFT exam analysis to learn about the exam.
Candidates seeking admission to the B. Des and M.Des course also need to take the Creative Ability Test CAT written exam, in addition to the GAT. The CAT exam will be conducted in an offline, pen-pencil mode. CAT will be a drawing-based exam of 3 hours duration. The CAT will evaluate various skills of the candidate including Intuition skill, power of observation, innovation in the development of a concept as well as design ability. Further, it will examine the creative as well as innovative use of color and illustration skills of aspirants. It is mandatory for B. Des and M.Des candidates to appear in the CAT paper, or else they will not be invited for the Situation Test.
NIFT 2026 exam analysis will be available soon after written exams are over.
Analysis will cover
- Section-wise difficulty level of the exam
- Overall difficulty level
- Types of questions
- Specific questions asked in the exam
- Weightage of questions asked
- Expected cut-off
- About any technical glitches during the exam.
Admission to the B.Des and BFA courses at constituent colleges will be through the ADCET 2023 exam. The exam date for ADCET 2023 hasn’t been announced yet. The exam will be administered in a computer-based mode across 14 cities in the country. The question paper will include 100 MCQs, while the test duration will be 120 minutes.
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- To apply for ADCET 2023 exam - Click Here
- ADCET 2023 - Key Highlights
- ADCET 2023 Important Dates
- ADCET Application Form 2023
- ADCET Eligibility Criteria 2023
- ADCET Exam Centre 2023
- ADCET 2023 Exam Pattern
- ADCET Syllabus 2023
- ADCET Reservation 2023
- ADCET 2023 Result
- ADCET 2023 - Seat Matrix and Course Fees
ADCET 2023 - Key Highlights
| Particulars |
Description |
|---|---|
| Common name of the exam |
ADCET |
| Full Name |
Art and Design Common Entrance Test |
| Exam conducting body |
APSCHE and Dr YSR Architecture and Fine Arts University |
| Mode of exam |
Computer-based Test |
| Test Duration |
120 minutes |
| Courses offered |
a) Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Painting, Sculpture, Animation, Applied Arts, and Photography. b) Bachelor of Design (B.Design) in Interior Design |
| Admission process |
Based on ADCET 2023 merit rank |
| Application process |
Online
|
| Test Centres |
Exam is conducted in 14 locations across India. |
ADCET 2023 Important Dates
Candidates can go through the important dates of ADCET 2023 from the table below.
| Events |
Dates |
|---|---|
| Release of ADCET 2023 exam notification |
April 20, 2023 |
| Online application form for ADCET 2023 starts |
April 21, 2023 |
| Last date to submit applcations (without late fees) |
May 20, 2023 |
| Last date to submit applcations (with 1st late fees) |
May 21, 2023 to May 25, 2023 |
| Last date to submit applcations (with 2nd late fees) |
May 26, 2023 to May 28, 2023 |
| ADCET 2023 application correction window |
May 29, 2023 to May 30, 2023 |
| Issue of ADCET 2023 Hall Tickets |
May 31, 2023 |
| Conduct of computer-based ADCET 2023 exam |
To be notified |
| Declaration of ADCET 2023 results |
To be notified |
ADCET Application Form 2023
The application form for ADCET 2023 opened on April 21, 2023. The candidate has the option to apply for ADCET 2023 with or without late fees. Without late fees, the application form can be submitted up to May 20, 2023.
With the 1st late fees, applications will be accepted up to May 25. Meanwhile, the last date to submit applications with 2nd late fees is May 28, 2023.
How to apply for ADCET 2023
- Go to the ADCET admission portal and click on the application link
- The candidate has to first pay the application fees
- After payment of the fees, the candidate has to fill in the rest of the application form
- Enter the center name and center code
- Upload documents as per the given specifications
- Submit the application form
- Take a printout of the completed application form.
ADCET 2023 application fees
| Category |
Fees |
Mode of payment |
|---|---|---|
| OC |
INR 1000 |
Online payment using only Credit Card / Debit Card / Net Banking/Unified Payment Interfaces. |
| BC |
INR 750 |
|
| SC/ST |
INR 500 |
|
| 1st Late fees |
INR 500 |
|
| 2nd Late fees |
INR 1000 |
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ADCET Eligibility Criteria 2023
Before applying for admission, candidates are urged to carefully go through the eligibility criteria given in the table below.
Commonly asked questions
As per the official exam pattern released by NIFT, the question paper for GAT M.FTech will be of 180 minutes. The exam will be conducted in a LAN-based, CBT mode. The GAT paper will have 150 multiple-choice questions. These questions will be asked from - Communication Ability and Comprehension, Case Study, Quantitative Ability, Analytical & Logical Ability, and GK and Current Affairs. Also, the GAT paper will be bilingual, meaning the candidate can appear in the GAT paper either in English or Hindi language. The choice of language has to be made when filling out the NIFT 2024 online application form.
The candidate can find the exam analysis for NIFT over the last few years on this page. The NIFT exam analysis is available for both the CAT and GAT papers. The exam analysis for a specific year will cover the sectional and overall difficulty level of the paper, types of questions asked, and marking scheme. It will also cover the expected cut-off that candidates need to secure in their category to get shortlisted. The candidate by consulting the cut-off for previous years will learn about the emerging trends of the NIFT exam, like whether the difficulty level has increased or decreased, types of questions asked, etc.
| Particular |
Eligibility Criteria |
|---|---|
| Academic program |
Candidates who have passed 10 2 in any group (MPC/MEC/BiPC/MBiPC/CEC/HEC/Diploma (or) Equivalent etc.) are eligible to appear for ADCET-2023. |
| Qualifying marks |
35% marks in ADCET 2023 |
ADCET Exam Centre 2023
The ADCET 2023 exam will be conducted across 14 cities in the country. The candidate has to select their choice of exam city at the time of filling out the ADCET 2023 application form.
| Name of the Exam Centre |
Exam Code |
|---|---|
| Ananthapuramu |
01 |
| Kadapa |
02 |
| Kurnool |
03 |
| Tirupati |
04 |
| Nellore |
05 |
| Rajamahendravaram |
06 |
| Guntur |
07 |
| Vijayawada |
08 |
| Ongole |
09 |
| Sri Kakulam |
10 |
| Visakhapatnam |
11 |
| Vizianagaram |
12 |
| Eluru |
13 |
| Hyderabad |
14 |
ADCET 2023 Exam Pattern
Candidates appearing in the ADCET 2023 exam need to follow the exam pattern given in the table below.
| Particular |
Description |
|---|---|
| Mode |
Computer-based Test |
| Test duration |
120 minutes |
| Types of questions |
Multiple-choice questions |
| Number of questions |
100 |
| Total marks |
100 |
| Marking scheme |
Each question carries 1 mark. There is no negative marking. |
| Language of paper |
Questions will be in bilingual (English and Telugu). |
| Topics |
General Knowledge, Art & Communication Skills, Technical details of Applied Art, Painting, Sculpture, Animation, Photography, and Design skills. |
ADCET Syllabus 2023
The syllabus that candidates need to follow for appearing in the ADCET 2023 exam is given in the table below.
| Academic Program |
ADCET 2023 Syllabus |
|---|---|
| BFA (Painting, Sculpture, Animation, Applied Arts, Photography) & B.Design (Interior Design) |
General Knowledge, Art & Communication Skills General Knowledge in History of Art: General Knowledge about art, architecture, and Indian culture and heritage. Topics on film, literature, music, and theatre. English basic communication skills. Details of Applied Art, Painting, Sculpture, Animation, Photography, and Design skills |
ADCET Reservation 2023
Among the seats sanctioned in each course, 85% of the seats are earmarked for reserved categories of local (L) candidates who belong to all 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh while 15% of the seats are given to local and non-local candidates (L/NL) on merit.
The category-wise reservation for local candidates is given below.
| Category |
Reservation |
|---|---|
| Schedule Caste (SC) |
15% |
| Schedule Tribe (ST) |
6% |
| Backward Communities (BC) |
29% (A-7%, B-10%, C- 1%, B D- 7%, E-4%) |
ADCET 2023 Result
The result of ADCET 2023 will be declared within a few days of the conduct of the entrance exam. The results would be declared online in the form of rank cards that can be downloaded from the university website by entering one’s candidate credentials.
Candidates will be allocated ADCET-2023 test-wise merit ranks as per the marks scored by them in the exam.
Note that there will be no provision to reevaluate the ADCET 2023 results or personal verification of the answer sheet.
ADCET 2023 Merit Rank - Tie-breaking procedure
If two or more candidates secure the same marks in the exam, the merit rank will be decided on the basis of the date of birth of the candidate with priority to the older candidate.
ADCET 2023 - Seat Matrix and Course Fees
The program-wise seat intake and tuition fees for candidates seeking admission to design courses offered at participating institutes of ADCET 2023.
| Program |
Seat Intake |
Tuition fees per annum |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Fine Arts
|
40x4=160 |
INR 35,000 |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation |
60 |
INR 35,000 |
| Bachelor of Design (Interior Design) |
60 |
INR 35,000 |
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- Cardboard: 1
- OHP Sheets: 1
- Translucents Sheet: 1
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- Ice cream sticks: 8-10
- Toothpicks: 6-7
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- Needle
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- Clay: 2 colors
- Chopsticks: 2
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- Window Display: For Shoes, Clothes, etc.
- Accessories
- Character Design
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No, there is no negative marking in NIFT Situation Test. Negative marking is only there in NIFT GAT part in stage 1.
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