B.Des

JIMS Vasant Kunj conducts the JIMS Entrance Test (JET) for B.Des admission. Candidates with valid scores in exams like IPU CET, UGAT, or CUET are exempt from JET and considered for admission based on their interview performance.

Top B.Des Universities

- *India*: NID Ahmedabad, IITs (Delhi, Bombay, Guwahati, Hyderabad), NIFT, Pearl Academy, Rishihood University, SID Pune

- *Abroad*: RISD, Central Saint Martins, Parsons, RCA, CCA.

Subharti University in Meerut offers B.Des programs (including Communication Design, Fashion Communication, etc.) which are admissions-based on their own entrance test – the Subharti National Eligibility Test (SNET) or merit, rather than via CUET . They do not accept CUET-UG scores for B.Des courses .

In the final stage of Pearl Academy BDes admission, selected students are required to confirm their admission by paying the required tuition fee either in part or in full. Candidates must retain the payment receipt for future reference. The fee may range between INR 19.07 Lakh and INR 35.31 lakh, depending on the specialisation. This fee is as per official sources and hence, is indicative.

Pearl Academy Rajouri Garden BDes admissions are entrance-based. Candidates who meet eligibility criteria have to appear for the Pearl Academy Entrance Exam. Only those who clear the exam and the subsequent personal interview round are shortlisted for admission. The application form can be filled out in online mode. 

The eligibility criteria for BDes course at Alliance school of design:

1 If you are general candidate student, then you should clear your board school from minimum 50 percent criteria 

2 For SC ST category students you must get the 45 percent in board exams

For B.Des Interior and Furniture Design at UID NCR (Unitedworld Institute of Design), the first semester typically includes foundational subjects. You'd expect courses like Basic Design (Elements and Principles), Visual Arts and Drawing, Introduction to Materials and Processes, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) basics, and possibly an Introduction to Design History or Context. As for books, students are usually provided with reading lists or advised on reference books by faculty, rather than being told to 'take' specific textbooks beforehand. It's often a mix of prescribed and recommended readings.

For BFA, consider Rabindra Bharati University (Kolkata), Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi), Sir JJ College of Applied Art (Mumbai), and the Faculty of Visual Arts at BHU (Varanasi). For BDes, MIT Institute of Design (Pune), Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Bangalore), and RV University (Bangalore) are good options. 

The course fee for MDes Fashion Design is higher than for BDes Fashion Design, though it also depends on the college offering the program. There are around 72 MDes Fashion Design colleges in India, and their average course fee ranges between INR 60,000 and INR 18 lakh. The number of BDes Fashion Design colleges is around 320, and their course fee ranges from INR 3,360 to INR 26.8 lakh.