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UPES Dehradun MDes Courses & Fees 2026: Eligibility & Selection

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The facts about the M.Des at UPES is given in the following page. For an understanding about the course, students can go through the below sections:

UPES MDes Eligibility & Highlights 2024

UPES Dehradun offers an MDes programme of a two-year duration. There are five specialisations in this programme and each specialisation has a seat intake of 10 students. Candidates must satisfy the below-mentioned eligibility criteria and qualify for UPESDAT in order to secure admission to the course.

Eligibility criteria:
- Class 10 and Class 12 from a recognised with a minimum of 50% aggregate AND
- BTech/ BE in any relevant stream/ BArch/ BFA/ Interior Design/ BDes/ BVA OR
- Three-year BSc/ BA/ BFA/ BVA degree in Applied Arts/ Design with a minimum of 50% aggregate along with one year of relevant industry experience OR
- Two-year MSc/ MTech or equivalent degree in Computer Science/ CSE/ IT

Names of all the MDes specialisations are shown below:

Download: UPES, School of Design Brochure

Return on Investment

Total Tuition Fees₹ 13.9L

Eligibility Criteria

Accepted Exam

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Graduation score50%

10+2 score50%

Commonly asked questions
On Highlights

Q: What is the highest package offered during the recent UPES Dehradun placements?

The highest package during UPES Dehradun placement 2025 was INR 52 LPA. In 2024, the highest salary was 49 LPA. Growth of over 6% was witnessed as compared with previous year.

Q: What is the fee structure of UPES?

UPES fee structure may include various components. MBA tuition fee range from INR 11.44 lakh to INR 15.72 lakh, BTech/ BTech (Hons) from INR 9.46 Lacs - INR 18.32 lakh and BBA from INR 5.41 Lacs - INR 13.41 lakh. The given fee data is as per the official website. It is still subject to changes.

Q: How is the infrastructure of UPES Dehradun?

The UPES Dehradun campus is spread across 44 acre of land with domain-specific labs, hostels, and facilities for curricular and extra-curricular activities. UPES library has a seating capacity of more than 400 students and contains over 73,327 volumes of publications including books, standards, reports, proceedings, and more than 150 national and international journals. It also has a rich collection of online resources in terms of CDS access to specialised portals on oil and gas and power-related information.

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M.Des. in Visual Communication (Graphic Design)

4.52 yearsOffered by School of Design, UPES

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M.Des. in Industrial Design (Industrial and Product Design)

4.22 yearsOffered by School of Design, UPES

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M.Des.in Visual Communication (Interaction Design)

2 yearsOffered by School of Design, UPES

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M.Des. in Industrial Design (Mobility and Vehicle Design)

2 yearsOffered by School of Design, UPES

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UPES Dehradun M.Des
Fees details 2026

Fee components	Amount (for 2 years)
Tuition	₹ 13.94 L
Hostel	₹ 4.02 L
One-time Payment	₹ 31.6 K
Other Fees	₹ 18.5 K
Total fee	₹ 18.46 L

These are estimated fees information. Actual values may differ.

The value for money rating of this course is 4.3/5 (2 Reviews).View placement details

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UPES MDes Admission Dates 2024

Check below UPES admission dates for MDes:

Dates	Upcoming Events
26 May '26 - 28 May '26	NID B.Des Mains Rechecking Window
26 May '26 - 31 May '26	NID B.Des Uploading of Documents and Final Submission of Institute PreferenceOngoing
May '26-Jun '26	Round 2 M Des: Seat Allotment, Payment of Tuition Fees of Semester-I for the Confirmation of Seat & Uploading of DocumentsTentative
10 Mar '26 - 31 Jul '26	CEED Scorecard 2026Ongoing
17 Jan '27	CEED 2027 exam date

Dates	Past Events
26 May '26	NID DAT 2026 (Mains) Exam Result for B.Des
May '26	NID M.Des Provisional Letter Round 1Tentative

Commonly asked questions
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Q: Which entrance exam is conducted by UPES?

UPES Dehradun conducts its own entrance exams, such as UPESMET, UPESMET UG, UPESPAT, etc. for providing admission to specific courses. See the table below to know more about the university-level exams conducted for popular UPES courses:

Course Name	In-house Exams
MBA	UPESMET
BTech/ BTech (Hons)	UPESEAT
BBA	UPESMET UG
BPharma	UPESPAT

Q: Can I get UPES Dehradun with NMAT Score of 60?

No, you will not gain admission at UPES Dehradun with an NMAT score of 60 if you belong to the General AI category. As per the UPES Dehradun NMAT cutoff 2025, the qualifying percentile was 70.

UPES Dehradun also accepts other exams for admission to the MBA programme and various branches, like XAT and MAT. For the XAT exam, the qualifying percentile was 50. Hence, students might get admission if they give the XAT exam.

Note - This is the estimated cutoff; the actual cutoff will vary. For more details, see here.

UPES Dehradun M.Des
Curriculum

Specialization	Curriculum
M.Des. in Visual Communication (Graphic Design),UPES School of Design

UPES Dehradun M.Des
Seats

150

Total Seats Available

Institutes	Seats
School of Design, UPES	150

UPES Dehradun M.Des
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Students Ratings & Reviews

4.4/5

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4-5
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Placements3.7

Infrastructure5.0

Faculty & Course4.7

Campus Life4.3

Value for Money4.3

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M.Des. in Industrial Design (Industrial and Product Design) - Batch of 2020

Offered by School of Design, UPES

4.2

3Placements5Infrastructure4Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money

Overall, our college is very good. Its location is very good, so you will have some great memories.

Placements: In our course, the academic percentage doesn't matter to get placements as it all depends on your work. If you perform great, you will surely get a good placement. In the current year, the highest salary package offered was 7.5 LPA, and the lowest salary package offered was 4.5 LPA. Top recruiting companies for our course are TCS, L&T, Infosys, etc. About 80% of the students got internships in various industries like software-based companies as well as product-based companies.

Infrastructure: Facilities and infrastructure are very good and improving in our college. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled, and there is a huge library with E-library facilities. The location of our college is awesome. There is a 24x7 ambulance service, and a doctor is also available. Our college has a huge ground for games, and there are a food court and 2-3 canteens.

Faculty: Faculty members here are always ready to help you in any manner. They are very qualified as well as knowledgeable, especially in design. Sometimes, they use industrial techniques to teach us. You can ask the questions and get information from faculty members of other branches also. They don't provide any course curriculum.

Other: I am very interested in sketching and designing, so I have chosen this course. The best thing about our course is you have the freedom to convert things whatever you imagine into reality. I wish that our college should increase the number of visiting faculty members, especially for our course and also there should not be a dress code. Our college organises great fest every year. Campus surroundings are very beautiful, and you will find nature around you.

Reviewed on 4 Jun 2020Read More

Anonymous

M.Des. in Visual Communication (Graphic Design) - Batch of 2021

Offered by School of Design, UPES

4.6

4Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money

It is a good college and has value for money.

Placements: Almost 96% of the students got placed from college. The salary package offered ranges from 7 LPA - 8 LPA. The highest salary package offered was 13 LPA. Rest depends on your skill and ability. Almost everyone gets internships in companies completely depends upon your capability and skill. In both cases, your portfolio has more weightage than your marks.

Infrastructure: The college is situated between the valley of mountains of Uttarakhand, in the forest, so you can imagine the beauty of the college. It has one of the best infrastructures in India. For our department, we have 2 Cintiq lab having almost 25-30 Cintiq in each lab, 1 Mac computer lab, and 2 Windows computer lab each having almost 25-30 computers. We also have a wood workshop, a ceramic workshop, and a clay workshop. Besides this, the campus has 3 food courts and the biggest food court is on 3rd floor. The library on the campus is of 3 floors. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled. We also have medical facilities, a gym area, and a playground.

Faculty: Faculty members in our college have minimum 4-5 years of industrial experience. They have very good knowledge of their respective subject, so they guide us according to the industry needs. The course curriculum is according to the industry needs, also it revises whenever required.

Reviewed on 30 May 2020Read More

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M.Des. in Visual Communication (Graphic Design) - Batch of 2015

Offered by School of Design, UPES

4.4

4Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money

Other: A great college in the field of design!! If you have talent, they will provide you with all sort of opportunities and platforms to explore the Global world!! Faculties/Trainers act as friends to guide you in every path Talking about infrastructure, hats off to this college who developed a lot within a small timeframe of two years, Clay studio, plastic studio, wood studio, acrylic studio, cad/cam labs, Cyntiq lab and lot many more encourage you to work even if you are tired!! Industrial contacts of this college was the best part I came across!! They put all their efforts to give you your desired industry provided that you are hardworking and your work is sustainable enough to present in the market! A very good beginning for the college, way to go ahead!! - M.Des(First Batch)

Reviewed on 20 Jun 2015Read More

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