SOFT CET

The SOFT CET exam will be conducted in THREE parts:

• General Ability  Test 
• Studio Test
• Personal Interview + Portfolio +Statement of Purpose

As you can see, the exam also includes a STUDIO Test.

All the three parts or sub-exams will be conducted on the same day. Note that the candidate has to appear in all the sub-exams.- If the candidate doesn't appear in of the sub-exams, he or she will not be included in the merit list. 

MKSSS's School of Fashion Technology, Pune, will conduct the SOFT CET 2025 exam starting sometime in the 4th week of May 2025. The admit card will be released a few days before the exam. The candidate has to download the admit card using theiir candidate credentials.

On the day of the exam, bring your admit card and a valid photo ID proof.

Sample papers are very useful tools for exam preparation. So, if you are preparing for SOFT CET, you may start solving sample papers after, say, completing a chapter. 

The more sample papers you solve, the better you get a problem-solving and time management. Your understanding of key concepts will also improve as you go on solving problems.

Along with sample papers, also solve previous years' papers.

Candidates seeking admission to the B.Des and Diploma design courses at MKSSS's School of Fashion Technology, Pune, need to take the SOFT CET entrance exam.

The SOFT CET entrance exam for B.Des will include the following steps:

1. General Ability  Test 
2. Studio Test
3. Personal Interview + Portfolio +Statement of Purpose

All the tests will be conducted on the same day.

The final merit list will be prepared by giving weightage to each test component. 

MKSSS's School of Fashion Technology, Pune, conducts the SOFT CET exam for admission to B.Des and Diploma courses.

The B.Des programme has the following specializations:

• Fashion Design
• Fashion Communication
• Textile Design
• Jewellery Design
• Interdisciplinary

The duration of the B.Des programme will be 4 years. 

The SOFT CET verbal and non-verbal reasoning section will include questions from the following topics. So, make sure that you prepare the topics, solve sample questions, and also take mock tests.

• Mathematical Operations
• Verification of True Statement
• Assertion & Reason
• Sequence Puzzles
• Direction Sense Test
• Series Completion
• Arithmetic Reasoning
• Cause & Effect Reasoning
• Inserting the Missing Character
• Statement Assumptions
• Theme Detection

NIFT, NID DAT, and UCEED are considered the three most important design entrance exams in the country. Consequentlty, they are the most competitive and amongst the toughest.

So, if you are preparing for NIFT, your preparation should be enough to appear in SOFT CET and get a good rank.

Note that SOFT CET may have low cut-offs, which will make admission easier.

The NID DAT exam is conducted for admission to the NIDs, which are amongst the top design colleges in the country. As such, NID DAT is amongst the toughest entrance exams in the country. In contrast, SOFT CET is comparatively easier.

So, which exam you decide to take will depend on your priorities and also to some extennt on your abilities. If you feel like your preparation is top level, you can try NID DAT.

The difficulty level of SOFT CET is not at the same level as say a NIFT, NID DAT, or UCEED. So, you don't exactly need to take coaching to prepare for the exam. That being said, if you are finding the syllabus extremly difficult, you may take help from a peer, teacher, or consider taking up coaching.

Also, even if you take coaching, your effort will decide your success.

SOFT CET is a popular design entrance exam. So, the competition is going to be there, though not at the level of a NIFT or NID DAT.

That being said, you will ideally need around 4-5 months to complete the SOFT CET syllabus. Start you preparation, if you haven'r already.

As part of the preparation, make it a point to solve sample and previous years' question papers.