Best Design Colleges in India - Courses, Fees, Admission 2026

The key highlights recorded during RV University placements 2026 are given in the table below:

Students of International School of Design at Pune can gain admission to courses at the UG, PG, Certificate and Diploma levels. While these courses are offered in a range of specialisations such as Design and related disciplines. Interested students can check the base courses and number of specialisations at INSD Pune:

• UG: BSc (7+ specialisation), BDes (10+ specialisations), BVoc (6+ specialisations)
• PG: MBA (5+ specialisations), MDes (7+ specialisation), MSc (6+ specialisation), MVoc (6+ specialisation), PGDM. 
• 29+ Diploma courses
• 16+ Certificate courses

No, there are no direct admissions in NMIMS School of Design. For admission in institute of NMIMS School of Design you need valid score and merit in NMIMS-DAT above 80 percentile and 60% aggregate in HSC are required to get selected. After passing studio test and interview round student get selected in NMIMS-SOD and also candidate have to performed well because college have very limited seats available for courses around 30 seats and college fees is around 17.8 lakh. Candidate can check admission, eligibility criteria and upcoming updates of course on shiksha.com or college official website (design.nmims.edu).

Yes, students and parents need online registration and approval to visit IIT Hyderabad campus. Walk-in visits are not permitted. Visitors must register through the 'IIT Hyderabad webpage'. They will receive a confirmation email before arriving on campus.

The CEET cutoff for admission to Industrial Design Centre (IDC) in IIT Bombay for the batch 2024 is not out yet. In general, the admission for the Master of Design (M.Des) course occur based on the Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED). As a comparison, the previous year’s cutoffs for the courses related to different concentrations in design vary from 60 percentile to 80 percentile. The latest information about the cut offs can be found from the IIT Bombay official site.

Dayananda Sagar University offers placement assistance through various collaborations and partnerships. These collaborations further favour in providing training and industry exposure preparing students for various placement opportunities. Dayananda Sagar University placements 2026 is still going on and complete data is not released yet. So far, 436 offers have been provided to BTech and MTech students. The highest and average package recorded during Engineering placements 2026 stood at INR 27 LPA and INR 6.34 LPA, respectively.

Netaji Subhas University of Technology admissions are open. Interested students can apply online. Aspirants have to apply on the official website of NSUT for all courses except MBA, BTech, BArch and BBA. 

Mount Carmel College has signed MOUs with organizations and academic institues like Biocon Biologics Limited, NoPo Nanotechnologies India Pvt. Ltd, National Law School of Indian University, Nano Watts Technologies Pvt. Ltd etc. 

The expected closing ranks for NEET MDS cutoff for AMU MDS R1 for OBC Category can be anticipated from the last three year cutoff ranges as mentioned below: 

• For MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics it must range around 49
• For MDS0 in Periodontology it must range around 275
• For MDS in Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry it must range around 198
• For MDS5 in Oral Medicine & Radiology it must range around 341

A diverse set of reputed recruiters participate in the placement drive at Pearl Academy South Delhi annually. The top recruiters of Pearl Academy placements in 2023 included Accenture, Walt Disney, Capgemini, Balenciaga, IBM, TCS, Myntra, Flipkart, etc. These recruiters hired students in various sectors with new-age job profiles.

Allahabad Uiversity is a Central University in Uttar Pradesh. It offers BTech & MBA  as its flagship courses. It has been ranked at the 123rd position by NIRF 2025 under Management category. The university offers university like UGC Scholarship, Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship, Jawahar Bhawan Trust Scholarship, etc. Overall, it is a very good university.

Poornima University is a private university which is approved by UGC, AIU, and COA. Being a private university, the university infrastructure is quite good. If the students find the Poornima University fee high, worry not the university provides scholarships to students as financial assistance. Candidates must apply online to get admission to the various courses provided by this private university.

The flagship course offered at Silver Oak Institute of Design is Bachelor of Design. SOID offers a 4-years (8 semesters) Bachelor in Design programme through in four specialisations, namely Fashion & Textile Design, Visual Communication Design, Interior & Furniture Design and Product Design. 

Amity Kolkata campus has everything that a student may need. Amity University Kolkata imfrastructure includes laboratories, classrooms, library, hostels, cafeterias, etc. Some of the facilities present in the campus are state-of-the-art auditorium, well-equipped Conference hall and Seminar hall, libraries and full-time internet connectivity & separate hostel facilities for boys & girls.

Yes, NIU acknowledges merit of its students by offering generous scholarships in the form of fee waivers. These scholarships are only applicable to the tuition fees for first year. NIU has a tie-up with Punjab National Bank (PNB) for providing educational loans to its economically weaker students. For availing scholarships, candidates need to fill NSAT application form by paying an application fee of Rs 500+ GST, through debit card/ credit card/ net banking.

LPU Admission Office offers more than 300 degree and Diploma courses at the UG, PG, and doctoral levels. The university also offers distance learning courses via the LPU (Admission Office) Centre for Distance & Online Education. Candidates can apply online for the preferred programme.

To get admission in Artemisia College of Art & Design, students have to check the eligibility. Eligible students can then apply online. The college offers admissions through entrance test/ portfolio/ merit basis depending on the programme. Students have to go appear for PI for final selection. Selected students can pay the admission fees to complete the process.

Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science offers a large diversity of courses to students in various fields. Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science admissions are held on the basis of both merit and entrance tests. Students seeking course admissions must clear their previous qualifying examination and appear for any of the prescribed entrance exams such as HITSEEE, HITSCAT, NATA, among others. Students can visit the official website to learn more regarding the course-wise eligibility and specialisation details.

Madras University admissions are both merit and entrance-based. For admission to courses such as MBA, MCA etc., the university accepts scores of entrance exam i.e. TANCET. Further, admission to courses such as MA, MSc, MCom, etc., admissions are offered based on scores of last qualifying exam. To secure a seat at UG & PG courses at Madras University, candidates have to go through the following selection process:

1. Application Process
2. Selection Rounds (Direct/ entrance-based)
3. Counselling process/ Merit list release