Lovely Professional University has started the Phase 2 admission process for the LPU Design course on May 1, 2024. Candidates seeking LPU design admission 2024 can register online at the official website - lpu.in. Registered candidates have to book a slot for the LPU design entrance exam 2024 from May 6 to June 3.
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LPU has concluded Phase 1 counselling for Round 2. The counselling dates for Round 2 were from May 8 to May 15, 2024. The authorities released the result of the allotment on May 17, 2024. Candidates were alloted seats from May 17 to May 20. Earlier, round 1 counselling of LPU was held from May 6 to 7, 2024. The result of allotment for Phase 1 counselling of LPU was announced on May 8, 2024. The LPU BDes and MDes registration 2024 last date was March 25 for Phase 1. Registered candidates were able to book a slot for LPU design entrance exam 2024 from March 1 to 25. Moreover, as per LPU design exam date 2024, the entrance test for both BDes and MDes was held from March 26 to April 10. Continue reading for more details on how to apply for LPU design admission 2024.
The authorities have announced the LPU design entrance exam dates 2024 for Phase 2. Earlier the LPU design entrance exam 2024 dates were announced for round 1 and 2. Candidates can below check LPU design admission dates 2024.
Events | LPU BDes admission dates | LPU MDes admission dates |
Schedule 1 | ||
Online registration | January 26, 2024 | January 26, 2024 |
Slot booking for online examination | February 3, 2024 onwards | February 3, 2024 onwards |
Last date to apply and slot booking for examination | February 20, 2024 | February 20, 2024 |
Entrance examination dates | From February 15 to February 29, 2024 | From February 15 to February 29, 2024 |
Result of Exam | March 4, 2024 | March 4, 2024 |
Online counselling and seat allocation | March 4 2024 onwards | March 4 2024 onwards |
Schedule 2 | ||
LPU design admission registration start date | February 21, 2024 | February 21, 2024 |
LPU Slot Booking start date | March 1, 2024 onwards | March 1, 2024 onwards |
Last date for LPU design exam slot booking | March 25, 2024 | March 25, 2024 |
LPU design entrance exam date 2024 | From March 26 to April 10, 2024 | From March 26 to April 10, 2024 |
LPU design exam result | April 15, 2024 | April 15, 2024 |
Online counselling and seat allocation | April 15, 2024 onwards | April 15, 2024 onwards |
Schedule 3 | ||
LPU design admission registration start date | April 1, 2024 | April 1, 2024 |
Slot Booking start date | April 6, 2024 onwards | April 6, 2024 onwards |
Last date for LPU design exam slot booking | April 30, 2024 | April 30, 2024 |
LPU entrance exam | April 15 to May 4, 2024 | April 15 to May 4, 2024 |
LPU results | May 6, 2024 | May 6, 2024 |
LPU Counselling and Seat allotment | May 6th onwards | May 6th onwards |
Counselling Rounds | Round 1 | Round 2 |
Online seat Preferences | May 6 to May 7, 2024 | May 8 to May 15, 2024 |
Result of Allotment | May 8, 2024 | May 17, 2024 |
Date of Admission | May 8 to May 20, 2024 | May 17 to May 20, 2024. |
Events | LPU design admission dates |
Schedule 1 | |
Online registration | May 1, 2024 |
Slot booking for online examination | 3 days before the exam date |
Entrance examination dates | From May 6 to June 3, 2024 |
Result of Exam | Within 48 working hours |
Online counselling and seat allocation | To be notified |
Admissions to LPU design courses are done based on the candidate's performance in entrance exams conducted by the Lovely professional university or other design entrance exams.
For LPU BDes 2024 admission, candidates can appear and qualify the LPUNEST exam. However, aspirants having a valid UCEED, NID DAT (prelims), NIFT or NIFT BFTech are also eligible for LPU BDes admission 2024.
For LPU MDes 2024 admission, candidates having a valid score in any of the following can apply for a design PG course at Lovely Professional University.
There are certain conditions and requirements that need to be satisfied by the candidates to get admission in LPU design program. Candidates can check LPU BDes and Mdes eligibility criteria below.
Candidates should have scored 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 (with English) or equivalent, subject to qualifying LPUNEST or UCEED or undergraduate NID DAT (prelims) Or undergraduate NIFT or NIFT B.FTech.
Aspirants should have obtained 50% aggregate marks in 4 Years Bachelor's Degree with Design or Fine Arts or Applied Arts or B. Arch. or B. Plan. or B. Construction Management or B.Tech. (Any Stream) or Allied fields or equivalent.
Candidates can appear in LPUNEST 2024 to get admission in various courses at Lovely professional university. However, candidates having a valid score in design entrance exams can apply for LPU design admissions. Candidates need to meet the basic eligibility criteria and qualify for the entrance exam with merit to get admission to LPU design admission 2024. These are simple steps candidates need to follow while taking LPUNEST design admission 2024.
Registration: Candidates need to register themselves on the official website of LPU i.e lpu.in. Register into 'LPU ADMIT 'with personal details with an active email ID. The authority will send a mail to the registered email id. Candidate’s email id will be the username. Candidates can set a strong password
Apply LPUNEST (Entrance exam and scholarship Test): Candidates have to fill the application form along with the fee deposition. The application form fee and softcopy of LPUNEST kit is Rs 500 for girls and Rs 1000 for boys.
Book exam slot and appear: Candidates to book the exam slot to appear in LPUNEST exam. Candidates can appear for test centre based exams or remotely protected online exams. Students can choose any of the two options.
Result and Seat Allotment: Candidates need to download the results from the LPU official website. After getting the score or rank, candidates need to fill the seat preference. Authority will allocate each candidate a particular preference number on the basis of seat availability. Students have to download the allotment letter for further admission process.
Final step to Admission: Students need to deposit initial payment of Rs 15,000. After successful payment, authority will send a provisional registration number on registered email Id. Upload all the mandatory documents on the student portal with student ID.
Documents required for admission
Recent photograph of candidates and parents
Matriculation marksheet
Qualifying exam certificate and marksheet
Address proof
Aadhar card of the candidates and the parents.
Category certificate (if applicable)
LPUNEST stream in Design discipline
Interaction Design
Interior and Furniture
Multimedia and Animation
Film & TV production
Product and Industrial
Fashion
Registration for LPU design admission for Phase 2 is stared on May 1. Candidates should read the important instructions before applying for LPU application form 2024. Here are some steps for how to apply for the LPUNEST Entrance test.
Applicants have to sign up or LPUNEST by visiting the official website of LPU i.e lpu.in.
Applicants have to register onto LPU ADMIT with basic details such as name, email id, mobile number, state, gender.
Applicant’s email id will be their username. Next applicants need to set a strong password while registering on the portal.
Now, applicants can login to the LPU ADMIT with already created username and password.
With the help of username and password, candidates can apply for LPUNEST (Eligibilty and scholarship test)
Deposit the application form fee and LPUNEST kit fee i.e Rs 500 for girls and Rs 1000 for boys. If candidates want printed LPUNEST kit, Rs 500 will increase for both boys and girls
Complete the test application form.
Applicants can book the slot of exam as per their availability.
Finally, applicants can appear in the exam and qualify.
Here is the detailed description about division of subjects, no of questions allotted in respective sections, marks per question and maximum marks per subject.
General Ability Test
Subject | No of question | Marks per question | Maximum marks per subject |
Quantitative Aptitude & Analytical Reasoning | 15 | 2 Marks | 30 Marks |
Communication Ability and Comprehension | 25 | 2 Marks | 50 Marks |
General Knowledge & Current Affairs | 10 | 2 Marks | 20 Marks |
Design Thinking | 10 | 2 Marks | 20 Marks |
Creative Ability Test Exam Pattern
Subject | No. of Question | Marks per question | Maximum marks per subject |
Design/Film production | 1 | 80 | 80 |
NOTE: There will be no negative marking for wrong answers and unanswered questions.
There are three sections which students need to prepare for LPUNEST entrance exam.
General Ability Test (GAT): This section examines the basic numerical ability along with logical reasoning of the students.
Quantitative Aptitude and Analytical Reasoning includes basic arithmetic calculations such as addition, multiplication, division and subtraction. Moreover, aptitude also includes the rate of interest, work and time, ratio and proportion, etc. Further, analytical aptitude includes seating arrangement, assertion and reason, blood relation, and direction sense test, etc.
Communication ability and English comprehension: Basic english such as antonyms, synonyms, one-word substitution, idioms and phrases, and Comprehension.
General knowledge and current affairs: This section covers Indian history, geography, politics and economics overall. Important days and weeks along with current national and international news should be updated.
Design Thinking: In this section, students are tested on the basis of visualisation and spatial ability, operation and design sensitivity, environmental and social awareness, analytical and logical reasoning.
Visualisation and spatial ability: pictorial and diagrammatic questions to test, understanding of transformation and manipulation of 2D and 3D objects along with their spatial relation.
Observation and Design Sensitivity: Ability to detect concealed properties in ordinary things, people, situations, and events. Applying attention to the certain details. Ability to discern subtle differences in visual properties and aesthetic outcome.
Environmental and social Awareness: General awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, natural resources and their implications on the design.
Analytical and Logical Reasoning: Ability to look at information whether qualitative and quantitative in nature or discern patterns within the information. Ability to weigh opinions, arguments or solutions against appropriate criteria. Ability to check hidden bias or hidden assumptions and whether evidence and argument support conclusions. Ability to use logic and structured thinking to deduce from a short passage, which of a number of statements is the most accurate response to a posted question. Data interpretation, brain teasers and patterns.
Design Thinking and problem solving: Ability to use visual analogy, metaphors, signs and symbols. Ability to understand complexity, identify problems and generate alternatives and evaluate options and select solutions.
Creative Ability Test (CAT): This test is administered to judge the skill, power of observation, sense of composition, creativity, diversity of Idea and design ability of the candidates. It is conducted for understanding the creative quotient of the student, the mind level and the conceptualisation along with required technical skills for the concerned program will be gauged through this.
LPUNEST entrance exam 2024 will be conducted in multiple phases. After each schedule, the university will release the scores obtained by the students along with a list of the rank secured by the students. Students will get the scholarship on the basis of the rank secured.
Candidates need to visit the official website at nest.lpu.in.
Find the LPU result link visible on the screen.
Candidates have to log in by entering the required details.
Candidates can see their results on the screen.
Check the details and download the scorecard.
Lastly, take out the printout of the scorecard for further process.
Lovely professional university has a good track record of placements. Companies such as Cognizant, Capgimini, DTX, Wipro and Accenture are the esteemed corporate partners who hire LPU students from various streams.
More than two thousands of recruiters hired LPU students.
More than one thousands of companies offering 5 lac CTC or above
350+ recruiters of IIT/IIMs/NITs also hire from LPU
Rs 1.6 lakh highest internship stipend per month
LPUNEST Test Centres
Lovely Professional University conducts its entrance exam in major cities of Indian states. These test centres will be operational working days except holidays and weekly offs. Here is the state- wise complete list.
State | Cities |
Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh | Guntur Visakhapatnam Kurnool Kakinada Anantapur Kadapa Ongole Tirupathi Nellore Bhimavaram Srikakulam Eluru Vizianagram Rajahmundry |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
Assam | Dibrugarh Guwahati Jorhat |
Bihar | Muzaffarpur Gaya Darbhanga Patna Begusarai Purnea Siwan Bhagalpur Chhapra |
Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Bilaspur (CG) Korba |
Goa | Marmagao |
Gujrat | Ahmadabad Gandhidham |
Haryana | Ambala Hisar Sirsa Karnal Panipat Kurukshetra Bhiwani Faridabad Jagadhri Rohtak Sonipat |
Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur Mandi Shimla Chamba Palampur Solan |
Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu Srinagar |
Jharkhand | Dhanbad Jamshedpur Bokaro Hazaribagh Ranchi |
Karnataka | Karnataka Bengaluru Mangalore Mysore Bellary |
Kerala | Malappuram Kottayam Kollam Palakkad Kannur Kozhikode |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal Rewa Sagar Satna Singrauli |
Maharashtra | Aurangabad Mumbai Nagpur Nasik Sangli Jalgaon |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalya | Shillong |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Dimapur Kohima |
New Delhi | Delhi |
Orissa | Behrampur Bhubaneswar Rourkela Sambalpur Balasore Cuttack Keonjhar Baripada |
Punjab | Bathinda Pathankot Abohar Sangpur LPU (jalandhar) Ludhiana Mohali |
Rajasthan | Jaipur Jodhpur Kota Sri Ganganagar Sikar Alwar Ajmer |
Sikkim | Gangtok |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai Coimbatore Vellore Madurai Nagercoil Tirunelveli |
Telangana | Hyderabad Karimnagar Khammam Warangal Nalgonda Nizamabad |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra Allahabad Bareilly Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Varanasi Saharanpur Mathura Faridabad Shahjahanpur Sitapur Gonda Azamgarh Jaunpur Amroha Etawah |
Uttrakhand | Dehradun Haldwani |
West Bengal | Kharagpur Kolkata Malda Siliguri Asansol |
LPU programme fee per semester:
The tentative cut-off for the scholarship is suggested based on the previous year's performance. LPU cut-off may vary from year to year. Candidates are advised to prepare well to score high scores.
Tentative Cut-off
Category I cut off | Tentative cut-off is 160 marks out of 200 |
Category II cut off | Tentative cut-off is 125 marks out of 200 |
Category III cut off | Tentative cut-off is 100 marks out of 200 |
LPU programme fee per semester is Rs 120000. However, universities provide scholarships to meritorious students. Moreover, the examination fee is Rs 4500 per semester.
Details | Scholarship Amount | Applicable fee after scholarship |
LPUNEST scores more than and equal to category I cut-off or 95% or above aggregate marks in 12th or UCEED rank from 1 to 1000 Or NID-DAT (Mains) percentile more than 60 Or NIFT rank from 1 to 3000 Or NIFT (B.FTech) Rank from 1 to 200 | Rs 36,000 (30% of the programme fee) | Rs 84,000 |
LPUNEST score more than or equal to category II cut-off 90%- 94.99% aggregate marks in 12th Or UCEED rank from 1001 to 2000 Or NID-DAT (Mains) percentile from 50 to 60 Or NIFT rank from 3001 to 6000 Or NIFT (B.FTech) rank from 201 to 400 | Rs 30,000 (i.e 25% of programme fee) | Rs 90,000 |
LPUNEST score more than or equal to Category III cut-off Or 80% - 89.99% aggregate marks in 12th Or UCEED rank from 2001 to 3000 Or NID-DAT (Mains) percentile from 40- 49.99 Or NIFT rank from 6001 to 7500 Or NIFT(B.FTech) rank from 401 to 750 | Rs 24,000 (i.e 20% programme fee) | Rs 96,000 |
Admission process started at Lovely Professional University. Admission process is fully online. LPU application form last date for Phase -1 (schedule I) was March 15, 2024. LPU Phase 2 application form started on May 1. Students can visit the university campus on working days between 9 am to 5 pm.
Students need to follow some guidelines available on the website. However, students need to register online, qualify the LPUNEST (Entrance exam and test), and upload the mandatory documents. University will generate an eight digit provisional registration number and will send it to candidates registered email ID and mobile number. This indicates a confirmation to candidates admission.
The scanned copies of passport size photograph, matriculation certificate, aadhar card and category certificate. However, all submitted documents will be verified from originals.
Fee for LPU admission form is Rs 500 for girls and Rs 1000 for boys.
you can apply for both B.F.Tech and B.Des entrance exams at NIFT on a single application form, meaning you can submit your application for both courses simultaneously; however, you will need to choose your preferred course during the seat allocation process as you can only be allotted one seat based on your entrance exam performance across both programs.
Both courses will require you to take the NIFT entrance exam, which includes both the Creative Ability Test (CAT) and General Ability Test (GAT).
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Hi,
B.Des or bachelor of design is an undergraduate degree programme. B.Des course duration is four years, offered by many colleges and universities across India.
There are many best government and private colleges for bachelor of design in Pune. some of the best government colleges are given below
For more government design college in Pune , you can check here.
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Hello Nandita,
If you're looking to pursue a Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Fashion Communication or a design program without an entrance exam and at an affordable private college, here are some options that offer such programs:
1. Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID), Ahmedabad
These colleges offer direct or easier admission routes without the pressure of national-level entrance exams like NIFT. You should also check their scholarship opportunities, which can make your education more affordable. Choose a college that aligns with your interests, budget, and long-term career goals in design.
I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries then feel free to share your questions with us we will be happy to assist you.
Thank you and wishing you all the best for your bright future.
Hello aspirant,
Here below I am providing you with the name of some of the colleges:
For more information, you can visit the following link:
https://design.careers360.com/articles/list-of-nids-in-india
Thank you
Hi,
The admission process for a B.Design (Bachelor of Design) program typically involves the following steps, which can vary slightly depending on the institute:
1. Entrance Exam: Many institutes conduct an entrance exam specifically for admission to their B.Design program. Some popular entrance exams for B.Design include:
- NID Entrance Exam (National Institute of Design)
- UCEED (Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design)
- CEED (Common Entrance Exam for Design)
- NIFT Entrance Exam (National Institute of Fashion Technology)
2. Application Form: Candidates need to fill out the application form for the entrance exam conducted by the respective institute or organization. The application forms are usually available online on the official website of the conducting body.
3. Admit Card: After successfully submitting the application form and paying the required fees, candidates receive their admit cards for the entrance exam. This admit card is necessary for appearing in the exam.
4. Entrance Exam: Candidates appear for the entrance exam on the scheduled date and time. The exam typically tests the candidate's aptitude, creativity, design skills, visual perception, and analytical ability.
5. Result Declaration: After the exam, institutes declare the results based on the performance of candidates. The results may include scores or ranks, depending on the exam.
6. Counselling and Seat Allocation: Qualified candidates are called for counselling, where they may have to participate in a portfolio review, studio test, and/or personal interview. Based on the overall performance in the entrance exam and counselling rounds, seats are allocated to candidates.
7. Final Admission: Candidates who successfully clear all rounds of counselling and meet the eligibility criteria are offered admission into the B.Design program.
Hope it helps !
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