Design Entrance Exam

CEED 2026 application started on October 01, 2025. The official notification was out on October 1, 2025. The last date to fill the application form was November 05, 2025.

CEED Entrance Examination 2026 was conducted on January 18, 2026. The exam timing was 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. 

Yes, candidates who have passed their H.S.C. vocational examination may apply for admission to the B.Des program.

Applications for NID DAT 2026 will open in September 2025 (tentatively). Candidates who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2025–26 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities etc.) from any recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent could apply.

Candidates seekling admission to the M.Des programme must have complete their 3-year or 4-year Bachelor Degree programme in any discipline.

Candidates who have done full-time Diploma of minimum 4-year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India, may also apply. 

The State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, Maharashtra conducts the exam.

Yes, you are eligible for the Master of Fashion Management (MFM) and Master of Design (M.Des) programs at National Institute of Fashion Technology 

Kindly go to official website and register yourself.

The deadline to apply for the NIFT B.Des entrance exam 2025 was January 6, 2025 for on-time submission, without any applicable additional fee. If one didn't make the application by that date, you still had the chance to apply until January 9, 2025, however, you would then need to pay a late fee of INR 5,000. 

After January 9th NIFT typically doesn't extend to receive any additional applications. So for any of you, who would like to plan for next year or a future session just remember — NIFT closes its forms always in early January, its probably better to apply a little bit early if you are worried about the late fees!

Interior design entrance exams are usually held between January and June every year:

NID DAT: January (Prelims), April–May (Mains)

UCEED: January

NIFT: February

CUET-UG: May–June

Dates vary by college, so check the official website of your target institute.

One needs a very good CEED ranks to get through the M.Des programme at IIT Bombay. Although the rank cut offs are not always announced openly, all the candidates attempt to score an All India Rank (AIR) in the lowest 50-150, particularly in the general category.It is worth mentioning that one has to clear CEED (Part A and B), but one also has to pass his own written test, portfolio viewing and an interview after which your performance in all these stages plays a crucial role in your admission even after the CEED rank. With a high CEED score rating, e.g. 60-70+ / out of 100 you are in good shape.