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Design Course: Shaping Ideas

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Understanding Design Courses

    • A design course focuses on creative thinking, problem-solving, and visual communication.

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    • It involves planning and creating products, graphics, spaces, or experiences.

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    • Design courses combine art, technology, and innovation.

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Popular design fields include

    • Graphic Design
    • Fashion Design
    • Interior Design
    • Product / Industrial Design
    • UI/UX Design
    • Animation & Multimedia

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Career Opportunities in Design

    • Graphic Designer
    • Fashion Designer
    • Interior Designer

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    • Product / Industrial Designer
    • UI/UX Designer
    • Animator / Multimedia Artist

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    • Web Designer
    • Game Designer

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Prototypes

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Major Design Institutions in India

    • Indian Institute of Technology (IITs – Design courses)
    • National Institute of Design (NID)
    • National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
    • Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID)
    • MIT Institute of Design, Pune
    • BITS Design School (BITSDES),
    • Pearl Academy

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Admission to design courses is done through:

Entrance Examinations

UCEED / CEED

NID DAT

NIFT Entrance Exam

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Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design(UCEED)

Admissions to the Bachelor of Design (BDes) programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee and IIITDM Jabalpur are done through the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED). Many institutes also recognize the UCEED Score Card for admissions to their BDes program.

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    • Participating Institute for B.Des AdmissionSubjects in 10+2 for eligibility

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IIIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore:

All streams

IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

IIITDM Jabalpur

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology

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National Institute of Design (NID)

Admission to NID is conducted through the NID Design Aptitude Test (DAT).

Eligibility for NID Admission

B.Des: Passed or appearing in 10+2 from any stream

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    • NID Ahmedabad
    • NID Gandhinagar

NID Bengaluru

    • NID Andhra Pradesh
    • NID Haryana
    • NID Madhya Pradesh
    • NID Assam

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National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

NIFT Admission Process

Admission to NIFT is conducted through the NIFT Entrance Examination.

Eligibility for NIFT Admission

    • NIFT New Delhi
    • NIFT Mumbai
    • NIFT Bengaluru
    • NIFT Chennai

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    • NIFT Kolkata
    • NIFT Hyderabad
    • NIFT Gandhinagar

NIFT Kannur

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