Fashion design means exactly as the name suggests. Fashion design is designing something that makes the person wearing it fashionable. Creating anything new that evolves humans through clothes or accessories is fashion design. It is the art of application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Students who seek admissions in esteemed fashion design schools such as National Institute of Design, National Institute of Fashion Designing and other such institutes should know about the entrance exams available for the same in India. We have accumulate a list of India’s top fashion design schools and the important dates for 2022 candidates.
Given below is a list of design entrance exams in India taken by different fashion design schools:
Contents Name of Exam | Application Forms | Test Date | Result Date |
| All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED) | 1st December 2021 | Online- 15th Dec to 29th Dec, 2021 Center based- 31st Jan, 2022 | |
| Army Institute of Fashion Design (AIFD) | March, 2022 | UG: April, 2022 PG: June, 2022 | May, 2022 |
| Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) | August, 2021 | December, 2021 February, 2022 | March,2021 |
| Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) | Mid May, 2022 | June, 2022 | July, 2022 |
| GD Goenka Design Aptitude Test (DAT) | January, 2022 | February, 2022 | February, 2022 |
| Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD) | October, 2021 | May 2022 | June- July 2022 |
| Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) | December, 2021 | May, 2022 | May, 2022 |
| Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (IIT UCEED) | October, 2021 | January, 2022 | February, 2022 |
| MIT Institute of Design Entrance Exam | Cycle 1- 31st January, 2022 Cycle 2- 31st May, 2022 | Cycle 1- April, 2022 Cycle 2- June, 2022 | April, 2022 |
| NIFT Entrance Exam | Jan, 2022 | February, 2022 | End of May/June, 2022 |
| NIFT Mohali Entrance Exam | December, 2021 | February, 2022 | March, 2022 |
| NID Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) | November 2021 | January, 2022 | February, 2022 |
| NID Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (PGDPD) | November 2021 | January, 2022 | February, 2022 |
| Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF) Combined General Proficiency Test (GPT) and Design Aptitude Test (DAT) | November, 2022 | January, 2022 | February, 2022 |
| School of Fashion Technology (SOFT) Pune | 1st December, 2021 | First week of May | UG- June, 2022 PG- June, 2022 |
| Shrishti Entrance and Aptitude Test | UG- April, 2022 PG- January, 2022 | UG- April, 2022 PG- January, 2022 | UG- May, 2022 PG- March, 2022 |
Good Luck!
