M.Des.

Industrial Design
2 Year Programme

Admission-2025

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V-SIGN (VIT School of Design)

VIT School of Design (V-SIGN) was established in 2016. Master of Design (M.Des.) was launched in the year 2016 and Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) was started in the year 2018. V-SIGN offers UG & PG programmes under Department of Industrial Design.
In V-SIGN, the Department of Industrial Design creates young designers with skills, knowledge and competence to enable the professional practice of designing products and services used by people every day.
VIT School of Design (V-SIGN) has one of the best infrastructures in India’s reputed D -Schools for training product designers. The school trains the students with a 360-degree experiential learning in all aspects of design. Our curriculum is aimed at instilling knowledge with competencies in creating products for the future.

M.Des.
Industrial Design

The two-year program in Industrial Design provides opportunities to develop design sensibilities by working hands-on for designing varied products across wider spectrum of domains ranging from Toy design, Consumer products, crafted artefacts, smart products, Healthcare Products, Furniture, Mobility, and other evolving domains.
The students learn the current methods and execute best practices to design sustainable products inclusive by nature and sensitized towards the aspects of circular economy. Students are trained in digital products such as User Experience Design (UxD) and Interaction Design as these are emerging career path to pursue further. The students can specialize in the areas such as Sustainable Product Design, Product Semantics, Ergonomics, Space Design, Mobility Design and Artificial Intelligence.

Discipline Core

Product Sketching and Rendering
Colour Materials and Finish
Workshop skills and Prototyping Techniques
Design Process
Ergonomics
Product Semantics
Simple Product Design
Interaction Design
Design for Sustainability
Computer Aided Design

Discipline Elective

Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Form Studies
Packaging Design
Nature Inspired Design
Mobility Design
Design Management and Professional Practices
Inclusive Design
Healthcare Product Design
Product Presentation and Portfolio Making
Advanced 3D Modelling and Simulation Techniques (VR and AR)

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Payment

Payment cost of Rs.1200/- 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.

X and XII Std. Marks statement
Mark Sheets of all semesters - Year / Semester wise OR Consolidated
Qualifying Degree / Provisional Certificate (If already received)
Valid CEED Score Card
Community Certificate (only for SC/ST categories)

Admission Guidelines

Admission Process

It is mandatory to write VITMEE (M.Des.2025) and the selection is based on the score obtained either in VIT Masters Entrance Examination (VITMEE) Test (OR) Common Entrance Exam for design (CEED) 2025.
Candidates with valid CEED 2025 score will be given priority.
The applicants should apply online in the respective link provided in the website (www.vit.ac.in) by paying a non-refundable application fee of Rs.1200/- (rupees thousand two hundred only).
The applicants should register for VITMEE, a Computer Based Objective test at indicated test centres.
The list of short-listed candidates will be published in the website and personal SMS will be sent to the registered mobile number for online counselling.
Selected candidates will have to pay an advance payment of Rs. 1 lakh.
Candidates who fail to pay the advance before deadline, will not be considered for admission.

Eligibility

It is mandatory to write VITMEE (M.Des.2025) and the selection is based on the score obtained either in VIT Masters Entrance Examination (VITMEE) Test (OR) Common Entrance Exam for design (CEED) 2025
A full-time degree (10+2+4 or 5 years) from any recognized University/Institute in any Engineering, Science, Applied Arts *, Architecture or Design degree with a minimum aggregate of 60% or first class alone are eligible to apply.
Candidates appearing for their final degree exam / final semester exam in the current year are also eligible to apply.
A minimum of 60% aggregate in 10th and 12th std.
Applicants from Open University / Correspondence mode are ineligible to apply.
The applicant for admission should be a Resident Indian National and should have graduated from institutions located in India.
Foreign and NRI / PIO candidates must apply separately. For further details, please visit the International Relations tab on VIT website.