Exams
Exams, explained simply.
What each exam tests, who can apply, and when.
Shivank Singh
IIT Bombay
Dev
IIT Guwahati
Saumilya Sharma
IIT Delhi
Ananya Rathore
IIT Hyderabad
Ujjawal Rathore
NID MP
Anay Sharma
IIT Roorkee
Pragyan Gupta
IIITDM Jabalpur
Arryama Shukla
NID Assam
Satvika
IIT Guwahati
Kritika Panwar
IIT Guwahati
Shravani Thakare
IIT Roorkee
UCEED
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design
B.Des (after Class 12)
Held in January every year · application opens around October
IIT Bombay · IIT Delhi · IIT Guwahati · IIT Hyderabad · IIT Roorkee · IIITDM Jabalpur
Pattern & how to prepare
CEED
Common Entrance Examination for Design
M.Des (after graduation) · PhD in Design
Held in January every year, same week as UCEED
IIT Bombay · IIT Delhi · IIT Guwahati · IIT Hyderabad · IIT Kanpur · IIT Roorkee · IIT Jodhpur · IIITDM Jabalpur · IISc Bengaluru
Pattern & how to prepare
NID DAT
National Institute of Design — Design Aptitude Test
B.Des & M.Des
Prelims in December/January · Mains (studio test + interview) around April–May
NID Ahmedabad · NID Gandhinagar · NID Bengaluru · NID Kurukshetra · NID Vijayawada · NID Jorhat (Assam) · NID Bhopal (MP)
Pattern & how to prepare
NIFT
National Institute of Fashion Technology Entrance
B.Des · B.FTech · M.Des · M.FTech · MFM
Written exam in February · Situation Test / Interview in April–May
18 NIFT campuses including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar and Patna
Pattern & how to prepare
UCEED or NID? Usually both.
The prep overlaps a lot. Here’s how to decide.