B.Des. Industrial Design
4 Year Programme

Admission-2025

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About VIT

VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology), established in 1984, was conferred with the status of a deemed university in 2001 by the Government of India. Over three decades, the institution has evolved into an innovator in higher education, expanding from 180 students to over 67,000. Today, it stands among India's most prominent and esteemed universities, offering top-ranked academic programs. The main campus is located in Vellore, with additional campuses in Chennai, VIT-AP at Amaravati, and VIT Bhopal, established as State Private Universities and now at the Republic of Mauritius. Designed with eco-friendly principles and equipped with cutting-edge infrastructure, VIT fosters an environment conducive to learning and living. Emphasizing quality in teaching, research, and innovation, VIT is dedicated to a student-centred culture, prioritizing excellence and consistency in learning, teaching, and research endeavours.

About B.Des. (Industrial Design)

The 4-year B.Des. (Industrial Design) program at VIT prepares students for careers in a variety of roles in design industry. Students are given holistic training in designing, developing, producing, and marketing various products and services. In addition, the program seeks to encourage freedom of expression and creativity through the development of innovative concepts with professional execution to help students become conversant in the philosophy and psychology of both historical and contemporary art and design forms. In this program, students are trained in the design and development of computer-based product designs using advanced digital sketching tools like Cintiq or Wacom. The USP of this design program is ‘designing for the smart-world’. So, students are well-trained in the subjects related to ‘Industry 4.0’ and they are made ready for the design challenges of contemporary world.

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Filling online Application Form

Fill in the relevant fields carefully. An Application Number will be generated after filling primary details.
Refer this application number in all your future correspondence

Payment

Payment cost of Rs.1350/- should be paid through Netbanking /Credit card/Debit card/Paytm.
Application cost is non-refundable

Photo uploading procedure:

The photograph must be in color and should be taken professionally in a studio with the following specifications:

The photograph must be taken against a light background. Only White/off-white background is preferred.
The photograph must show the full frontal view without tilting of face, both ears visible, open eyes with neutral expression.
Make sure there is no glare from spectacles and no blur in the focus.
The file should be only in JPEG format.
The file size of the photograph should be within 20 kB to 300 kB.
The photograph dimension should be of Width(300 to 400 pixels) X Height (400 to 550 pixels).
The photograph should not be too dark or too bright but should have optimum exposure.
The photograph should have only one face.

Signature uploading procedure:

Please draw a rectangular box of size 6 cm (width) X 2 cm (height) on a A4 white paper. Sign with dark blue or black pen within the box.
Scan the signature in (.jpeg) format using scanner and crop the image.
You can open the scanned signature image with MS Paint and crop the image at the particular rectangular box which was already marked and signed on the A4 white paper.
While cropping the image make sure that the dimension should be 3.5 cm (width) X 1.5 cm (height).
The scanned signature image size should be within 5kB to 150 kB.

Download filled-in Application

Download and save the filled-in application for your reference and further correspondence.
Applicants do not need to send a hard copy of the completed application form to VIT.

Document upload

Applicants need to upload the following mentioned documents on the application portal, subject to their availability within the specified time frame.

Copy of Age proof certificate (Birth Certificate / Passport Copy).
Copy of XII Hall Ticket
Copy of XII Mark statement (for all attempts)
Copy of Valid UCEED Score
Copy of Community Certificate (For SC/ST Applicants)
Copy of Nativity Certificate (For Applicants hailing from North Eastern States and Jammu & Kashmir/ Ladakh)

Admission Guidelines

Admission Process

Submission of online application form through web by applicants https://vit.ac.in/
Mandatory uploading of required documents
Application verification & Scrutiny
Applicants will be shortlisted based on the eligibility criteria
Result Announcement based on 10+2 Marks and valid UCEED score / VIT-DAT score (VIT - Design Aptitude Test)
Online Counselling
Document verification

Eligibility

Applicants who have studied through regular, full-time, and formal education are eligible to apply.
Students who have appeared for their Standard XII examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply, provided they submit their passing certificate by the notified date.

Nationality

The applicant should be either a Resident Indian National or a Non-Resident Indian National.

Age Limit

Applicants born on or after 01.07.2003 are eligible to apply for B.Des. admission for the academic year 2025.
Applicants must present the original birth certificate as proof of their age during counselling/admission. Failure to do so will result in disqualification from the admission process.

Qualifying Examination

The final examination must be from the 10+2 system of Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the State Board, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE, New Delhi), or The Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE, New Delhi), Intermediate, or Two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized board/university, or an equivalent examination.
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with minimum of five subjects as recognized by central board.
Students who have appeared for their Standard XII examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply, provided they submit their passing certificate by the notified date.

Subject Eligibility

A pass with minimum overall aggregate of 60% in any stream in the qualifying examination.
In case, applicants belong to SC/ST community or hail from Jammu and Kashmir/ Ladakh and the North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, 10% relaxation is provided (i.e.,) 50% minimum aggregate as per the condition, in the qualifying examination.

Selection Criteria

Selection is based on valid UCEED score / V-DAT (Design Aptitude Test) score with 10+2 marks in the qualifying Examination.

UCEED

UCEED (Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design) Score will be considered for admissions to the B.Des. (Industrial Design) program.
Applicants are advised to visit the website www.uceed.iitb.ac.in for more information on UCEED.
UCEED BROCHURE

V-DAT (VIT-DESIGN APTITUDE TEST)

VIT DAT is the exam for the candidates who have not attended UCEED exams or not having valid UCEED score or disqualified in UCEED.
The selection process consists of three stages:

VIT DAT - written exam of 2 hours duration consisting of objective type questions - MSQ & MCQ, short descriptive answers, and creative ability questions with no negative marking (Weightage 50%)
Portfolio - presentation of original creative works like sketching, drawing, painting, craftworks, and photography, etc. (Weightage 30%)
Personal interview (Weightage 20%)