Top Colleges Accepting UCEED, NID, and NIFT Scores

Published by Shikha Kumari on Sep 08, 2025

The top design colleges take admissions through national level entrance exams like UCEED, NID, NIFT, etc. These exams consist of an aptitude test followed by a personal interview round in some cases. The list of top colleges that accept these exams are highlighted in this blog.

Colleges Accepting UCEED scores

The Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) is a national-level entrance exam conducted by IIT Bombay for admission to Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programs. Several prestigious institutes in India accept UCEED scores for their undergraduate design courses. The list is as follows:

• IIT Bombay
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Guwahati
• IIT Hyderabad
• IIT Indore
• IIT Roorkee
• IIITDM Jabalpur (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing)
• Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi
• World University of Design (WUD), Sonepat, Haryana
• JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
• Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, Punjab
• Department of Design, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi
• UPES School of Design, Dehradun
• VIT School of Design (V-SIGN), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
• Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), Govt. of India (Various Campuses)
• O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
• Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru
• BITS Design School, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• Chitkara University, Punjab
• Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida
• Jain University, Bengaluru
• Rishihood University, Sonepat
• MIT Institute of Design, Pune
• Nirma University, Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

UCEED Schedule 2026

UCEED notification for 2026 exam was released on 1 October 2025, the exam is scheduled to be conducted on 18 January 2026.

Colleges Accepting NIFT Entrance Exam Scores

The NIFT Entrance Exam is conducted by the National Institute of Fashion Technology for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including Bachelor of Design (B.Des), Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.FTech), Master of Design (M.Des), Master of Fashion Technology (M.FTech), and Master of Fashion Management (MFM). The exam includes components like the General Ability Test (GAT), Creative Ability Test (CAT), Situation Test (for B.Des), and Group Discussion/Personal Interview (for M.Des, M.FTech, MFM). The NIFT Entrance Exam scores are accepted by the 18 NIFT campuses across India for their design, technology, and management programs. These campuses are:

• NIFT New Delhi
• NIFT Mumbai
• NIFT Bangalore
  NIFT Chennai
• NIFT Gandhinagar
• NIFT Hyderabad
• NIFT Kolkata
• NIFT Bhopal
• NIFT Bhubaneswar
• NIFT Jodhpur*
• NIFT Kangra
• NIFT Kannur
• NIFT Patna
• NIFT Raebareli
• NIFT Shillong
• NIFT Srinagar
• NIFT Daman
• NIFT Panchkula

Colleges Accepting NID DAT Scores

The NID DAT (Design Aptitude Test) is conducted by the National Institute of Design for admission to Bachelor of Design (B.Des) and Master of Design (M.Des) programs. It consists of DAT Prelims (written exam) and DAT Mains (Studio Test and Interview). The NID DAT scores are accepted by the following 7 NID campuses for their design programs:

• NID Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• NID Gandhinagar, Gujarat
• NID Bengaluru, Karnataka
• NID Andhra Pradesh (Amaravati)
• NID Haryana (Kurukshetra)
• NID Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal)
• NID Assam (Jorhat)

NID DAT Schedule 2026

NID DAT schedule for 2026 examination has been released, the important dates are mentioned in the table below: