Nowadays, Fashion designing is one of the most creative and artistic courses which is more popular among youngsters. It also gives them an opportunity to turn their creative ideas into real products/fashion pieces.
Today, people have become fashion-conscious, so they yearn to wear fashionable clothes, accessories and footwear that leads creativity and uniqueness to lead the fashion market at national and inter-national level. Fashion Designing is popular not only in India but also globally that provides that provides ample of opportunities for you. The fashion industry of India is a 1000-crore industry that is expected to grow its market share in the coming years. Hence, the industry needs proficient fashion designers to take it to another level.
The career in fashion designing not only needs creativity and a zeal but also demands degree along with experience from a reputed university. Although, admissions to different universities have to go different entrance exams. Here are some of the entrance exams to get admissions in top fashion design colleges in India.
NIFT is a one of the top fashion designing institutes in India. This prestigious institute was set up in the year 1986. It is a pioneer in the field of fashion designing in India. The institute has given several fashion professionals to the textile and apparel industry. To get admission in NIFT, you must clear its entrance exam and then followed by the process. You can find dates and other details on the official website of NIFT.
NID DAT is a design entrance exam to select candidates for B.Des and M.Des courses. By clearing the NID Entrance Exam, students can get admission as per the merit list. Many other institutes also consider NID score for the admission in Fashion Designing.
Design Aptitude Test (DAT) is an entrance exam conducted by MIT Group of Institutions Pune and Avantika University, Ujjain. By clearing this exam, candidates can get admission in MIT Institute of Design (MIT-ID) or Avantika University as per their merit list. The exam schedule is out and can student fill online form. The admission process is carried by the admission committee which conducts exams in 2 steps DAT entrance and studio test which is been followed up by the personal interview.
IIT Bombay conducts entrance exam for admissions in its fashion designing courses. CEED allows students to apply for BDes MDes and Ph.D. programs. The score of the exam is valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result.
IIT Bombay is one of the most prestigious colleges in the country. The college organizes its entrance exam named UCEED that drives admissions in IIT Bombay for the fashion designing course.
SOFT CET is an entrance exam conducted for admission of female aspirants into various UG, PG and Diploma courses in design offered by the School of Fashion Technology (SOFT), Pune. The institute has technical collaboration with NIFT.
In addition to these entrance exams, some other entrance exams are AIEED by Arch Academy of Design, SEAT Entrance exam by Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology, SET (Design) Entrance exam by Symbiosis Institute of Design, AIFD Entrance exam by Army Institute of Fashion Design, IICD Entrance exam by Indian Institute of Crafts and Design and PEARL Entrance exam by PEARL Academy.