NMIMS BDes Admission 2025: Check Eligibility, Dates, & Admission Process

NMIMS BDes Admission 2025 : NMIMS School of Design offers a BDes program in Humanising Technology for four years. The admission criteria for the BDes program are based on a set of selection rounds, which include the Studio Test, Portfolio Review and Personal Interview. Candidates must perform well in the selection rounds to be eligible for admission to this design program. Admission at NMIMS Mumbai in the BDes program is held in two phases, and students can go for any one of the admission phases. We advise candidates to check out everything in this article, including important dates, eligibility criteria, the admission process, and more!

Stages of NMIMS BDes Admission 2025

Following are the stages that an aspirant needs to participate in for BDes (Humanising Technology) admission at NMIMS Deemed to be University School of Design:

• Stage 1: Online Test - NMIMS Design Aptitude Test (NMIMS DAT)

• Stage 2: Studio Test

• Stage 3: Personal Interview and Portfolio Review

• Stage 4: Declaration of Merit List

• Stage 5: Commencement of Program

NMIMS BDes Admission Important Dates 2025

Students intending to appear for the NMIMS BDes admission must check out the admission dates. As the dates for the 2025 academic year are not released, we are here with the tentative dates based on previous year dates. Check out the table below:

NMIMS BDes Admission 2025 Highlights

Before going through the in-depth information about the NMIMS BDes admission 2025, we advise students to check out the highlights below:

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NMIMS BDes Seat Intake 2025

There is a total of 30 seats available at the NMIMS Mumbai for this BDes program. Candidates have to qualify for all the selection rounds to secure one of the seats in this institute.

NMIMS BDes Eligibility Criteria 2025

To be eligible for the BDes programme at NMIMS, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• The candidate must have passed 10+2 or equivalent in any stream from a recognised board with not less than 60% marks in aggregate.

• IB certificate or DP awarded candidates will be considered eligible only if they have cleared their IB exam with a total of 24 credits having passed 3 HL (at least 12 credits) and 3 SL (at least 9 credits).

• The candidate must have passed all the subjects appeared for in the qualifying examination. The same will be taken into consideration to confirm the eligibility of the candidate for the programme.

• In case the mark sheet issued by the concerned board or institution is in percentile, then the actual percentage should be taken in aggregate of all the subjects taken by the candidate will be considered for eligibility.

• The upper age limit for BDes at NMIMS BDes is 25 years.

• Candidates who are admitted based on merit list and in case they do not have their 10+2 examination mark sheets will be given “provisional admission” based on predicted scores.

• The candidate who could not clear the 10+2 or equivalent examination in the first attempt will not be eligible to apply for the course.

• Candidates appearing for their qualifying exam can also apply only if they can obtain the required minimum cut-off marks and produce all the necessary documents, in original, within the given time.

How to Apply for NMIMS BDes Admission 2025?

Mentioned below are the steps to apply for the BDes programme offered by NMIMS:

Step 1: Register Online and Payment of Application Fee

• Visit the official website of NMIMS to register online for BDes admission.

• Pay the application fee of INR 1,800 plus applicable taxes for the programme.

• Choose the date for the exam carefully. Candidates would not be allowed to make changes after successful registration and payment.

Step 2: Upload Photos

There is a specific format in which the required photos should be uploaded. The same shall be in .jped format and its dimensions shall be 200 pixels tall and 150 pixels wide.

• The size of the photo should not exceed 200 kb.

• The background of the photo should either be white or light-coloured.

• The eyes of the candidate should be open and visible in the photo.

• The photo should not be more than six months old.

• Candidates should not be seen wearing a cap or sunglasses in the photo.

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NMIMS BDes Selection Process 2025

All those who seek admission to the BDes programme (Humanising Technology) offered at NMIMS, Mumbai can go through its selection process mentioned in detail below to have a clear idea of the same:

• All the eligible candidates will be required to first register for the programme online.

• After that, candidates will receive a detailed email about uploading their portfolio within 10 days of paying the registration fee. Uploading the portfolio is mandatory and it will be reviewed by NMIMS. Only those candidates who have submitted the portfolios will receive a call letter to appear for the online Studio Test.

• Candidates who upload their portfolios will receive a call letter for the Studio Test. The test will be conducted through online meeting platforms with human proctoring (Zoom / Microsoft Teams).

• In the next step, candidates will be sent call letters for the Personal Interview and Portfolio Review round. This round will also be conducted online.

• A merit list will be prepared based on the candidate's performance in all the rounds. The list will be released on the official website of NMIMS and candidates featuring in it will be required to pay the admission fee and secure their seat before the deadline.

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NMIMS BDes Fees 2025

Students must check out the fee structure of NMIMS for the BDes program before applying for admission. The fees are subject to change every year, so we advise students to check out the official website for the detailed fee division. The current fee for the BDes program is provided below:

NMIMS DAT Syllabus For BDes Program

The NMIMS DAT question paper includes two different parts A and B. Candidates applying for the BDes program must note the syllabus structure before starting their preparation. Check out the syllabus below:

Guidelines for Portfolio Preparation for NMIMS DAT 2025

The portfolio presentation is one of the selection rounds to determine admission at NMIMS in the BDes program. Candidates must abide by the official guidelines while preparing their portfolio. Check out the guidelines below:

1. As per the official guidelines, the portfolio must comprise at least 5 pages. It should be named accordingly, as mentioned below:

• Page 1 . Candidate Choice
• Page 2 . Candidate Choice
• Page 3 . Candidate Choice
• Page 4 . Product Sketching
• Page 5 . Rapid Sketching

2. The portfolio must be a showcase of the hand skills of the students. It should be the best work of the students. Check out the content of the five pages of the portfolio below:

• Page 1, 2, 3 : These pages must be any perspective/drawing/nature/sketches, painting, photography, or photographs of a sculpture/model category that the student has made.
• Page 4 : This page should have sketches of the product; it must showcase the details of the product.
• Page 5 : Rapid sketching is the content of the last page; it determines the essence of the figure, action, nature, and more of the sketch.

NMIMS BDes Placements

The NMIMS BDes placements have been seeing consistent growth in terms of the highest packages for different job roles. Some of the top companies include Axis Bank, PwC, Deloitte and many more. Check out more recruiters at the in-college placement drive below:

Top College in India Offering Design

Here are some of the top colleges in India offering design courses listed below:

Pearl Academy Delhi	Chandigarh University
UPES Dehradun	Chitkara University
Lovely Professional University	MIT WPU
SRM	Ramiah MSRUAS Bangalore
KL University Guntur	GD Goenka

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Top Design Entrance Exam

Here are some of the top design entrance examinations tabulated below:

NIFT Exam	NID DAT	UCEED Exam
CEED Exam	FDDI AIST	AIEED Exam
SEED Exam	AIFD WAT	Pearl Academy Entrance Exam

NMIMS BDes Exam Centres 2025

Candidates have the option of selecting the NMIMS BDes 2025 exam centres when filling out the registration form. Candidates must select NMIMS BDes exam centres that are easily accessible to them. The cities where the NMIMS BDes exam will be held are listed as exam centres.

The following is a list of NMIMS BDes exam centres:

State	City
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam
Assam	Guwahati
Delhi NCR	Gurgaon, Delhi, Faridabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad
Gujarat	Surat, Ahmedabad, Valsad, Rajkot, Valsad
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Bangalore
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur
Maharashtra	Thane, Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Shirpur, Nagpur
Rajasthan	Udaipur, Kota, Bhilwara, Jaipur
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi
West Bengal	Kolkata
Tamil Nadu	Chennai
Chattisgarh	Raipur
Punjab	Mohali, Ludhiana, Chandigarh
Odisha	Bhubaneswar
Bihar	Patna
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
Goa	Panjim
Haryana	Yamuna Nagar

Important Instructions for NMIMS BDes Admission 2025

Here are other important instructions regarding NMIMS BDes Admission 2025:

• Seats will be offered on the basis of their availability and the rank of the candidate in all the stages of admission.

• In case a candidate wants to cancel or withdraw the allocated seats, he/she shall email admissioncancellation@nmims.edu and enclose a duly filled soft copy of the institute’s admission cancellation form, a signed receipt of the fee paid and a cancelled cheque (personal account). The form can be found on the official website of the university.

• All the applicants are advised to keep the official website of NMIMS regularly to keep track of updates regarding BDes admission.

• If a candidate is found ineligible for the course, her/his candidature shall be cancelled/rejected there and then.

• All the uploaded documents will be verified online and if a candidate is found ineligible, his/her admission will be cancelled.

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