B.Des. in Communication Design 

at Parul University, Vadodara

Yes, Parul University conducts the Design Aptitude Test (DAT) to shortlist candidates for admission to the UG courses. It is an online computer-based test required for BDes admission. Apart from DAT, aspirants who are looking for admission to Building and Infrastructure course, the candidate will be shortlisted on merit-based. Apart from this, it is also necessary that the aspirants meet the course-specific eligibility requirements.

Candidates seeking admission to a BDes course of Parul University must be Class 12 or equivalent examination pass in any stream. The qualifying exam should have been passed from a recognised board.  The educational certificates (original/copies) have to be submitted at the university for verification purposes during admission/application form filling. 

Direct admissions at Parul University for BDes courses is only available for certain BDes specialisations. Candidates are required to fulfill the common eligibility criteria for the BDes courses at Parul University to apply for BDes courses. However, the institute will only select candidates with high enough scores in their last qualifying exams in case where the BDes admission is direct.

The Parul University fees for BDes in Product Design is charged in four annual installment throughout the duration of the course. Each installment of tuition fees for the course cost INR 2.8 Lacs while the university fee installments cost INR 74,000.

This brings the total fees for BDes in Product Design at INR 14.16 Lacs at Parul University. 

Parul University offers various specialization under the BDes program. Students need to fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria to apply for admission. To know about BDes course specialisations, students can check the table presented below:

Parul University BDes Course Specialisation Curriculum
Fashion Design and Technology	Product Design	Interior and Furniture Design
Visual Communication	Building and Infrastructure	NA

Parul University offers decent placements annually for courses like BTech, BBA, MBA, MTech, etc. The highest package secured by the students of the batch 2025 stood at 45 LPA. The participating recruiters offered more than 2500 job offers to the batch 2025. The students secured over 900 Dream offers and more than 100 Super Dream offers from the participating recruiters. Earlier, the highest placements secured by the students of the batch 2024 was INR 46 LPA.

Parul University Vadodara is a private university that was established under the Gujarat Private Universities (Second Amendment ACT and is accredited with an A+ Grade by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council), NABH, Central Council for Homeopathy, Bar Council of India, and the National Medical Commission. Being a private university, the fee for various courses can be a little high but the students can apply for scholarships offered by the university. The scholarships offered by the university are Cultural Scholarships, Sports Scholarships, and Defence Scholarships.

Parul University offers merit-based admission to most of the courses in the stream of Management, Science, Commerce, etc.,  Aspirants only need to fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria for the respective courses before applying for admission at Parul University. The universty accepts scores in NATA, JEE Main Paper-2, NEET, etc. for specific courses. Parul University also conducts Design Aptitude Test for admission to design courses.

Parul University, Goa is considered to be moderately affordable in comparison to other private universities. The total fees for all the courses range between INR 40 K to INR 1.20 Lacs. However, the cost of studying at the university may vary depending on the type and level of the course. The total fee can include multiple components, such as tuition fees, security deposit, hostel fees, mess fees, hostel fee and more.

Currently, Parul University admission for 205 is ongoing.Parul University course admissions to all the UG and PG are merit or entrance-based. Students can check the detailed eligibility criteria below:

Popular Courses	Common Eligibility
BTech/ BTech (Hons)	Class 12 Science with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subject with Chemistry/Computer Science/Information practice/Computer with 45% aggregate for general and 40% aggregate for reserved category in theory or theory and practical from recognised board
BBA/ BBA (Hons)	Class 12 in any stream (Science/Commerce/Arts) with English subject from a recognised board
MBA	3-year UG degree (e.g., BA, BSc, BCom, BBA, or equivalent) OR a 4-year UG degree without research component in the relevant or allied discipline from a recognized university, with a minimum of 50% aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% aggregate for reserved categories),
BDes	Class 12 in any stream with English as a compulsory subject
BCA/ BCA (Hons)	Class 12 examination in any stream (Science/ Commerce/Arts) with English and Mathematics or Statistics subject from a rocognised board
MCA	Graduation with a minimum of 50% aggregate for Open Category and 45% aggregate for reserved category from a recognised university
MPlan	BArch/ BTech (Civil Engineering)/ BPlan/ Post Graduation in Geography or Economics or Sociology from a recognised university