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Admission to all of the design courses is on the basis of the candidates’ performance in the two-stages of Design Aptitude Test. The objective of these exams is to assess the knowledge, skills and behavioral abilities of candidates.

Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims

Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

Admission will be based on composite merit, which comprises-

1. Class 12 marks: 85% weightage

2. Aptitude Test: 5% weightage

3. Interview: 10% weightage

Applicants belonging to Persons with Disability (PWD) Category will be exempted from the written Aptitude Test. Class 12 marks will have 85% weightage and the Interview will have 15 % weightage in determining the composite merit for such applicants.

Sports category candidates are also exempted from writing the aptitude test.

Candidates shall be shortlisted for the aptitude test and the interview on the basis of cut-off marks. The ratio of the seats and the number of candidates called for the test and the interview will be decided by the Principal in consultation with the departments.

In each subject, the marks of the last candidate in this list become the ‘eligibility marks' (referred to as ‘cut-off marks’) for being called for the interview.

For details of the subjects to be taken into account and additional eligibility requirements, if any, in determining the ‘cut-off’ marks for various Courses refer to the REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSIONS section.

Shortlisted candidates (based on BFS or PCM or PMC, as the case may be) will be called for interviews, which shall be preceded by short written Aptitude Tests (of 30 minutes duration). These tests carry 5% over-all weightage.

Age Limit: 

● For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2003 are eligible to apply for admission. 

● For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission. 

● For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1998 are eligible to apply for admission. 

● For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2003 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification: 

Examinations considered equivalent to these are as follows: 

● Final examination of the 10+2 system under a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities

● Intermediate or two-year pre-University examination under a Board or University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities. 

● Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy. 

● Senior Secondary School examination under the National Institute of Open Schooling, with a minimum of five subjects. 

● Any public school, Board or University examination completed in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities. 

● H.S.C. vocational examination. 

● General Certificate Education (GCE) examination at the Advanced (A) level taken in London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka. 

● AICTE-approved three-year Full time Diploma after Class X offered by Board of Technical Education of any state in India or Union Territories as mentioned on 

● Candidates who have completed final examinations for class XII (or equivalent) outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) confirming that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination conducted in India. This certificate is required to be submitted at the time of document verification. Visit http://www.aiu.ac.in for more details about how to obtain an equivalence certificate.

The candidate must have done Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics at the qualifying level. The “cut-off” for these courses is decided on the basis of the aggregate percentage of marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM). All three subjects will be given equal weightage in the calculation of the PCM.