Guidelines
Design is a very challenging but rewarding profession for any person aspiring to become a practising professional in this field. It promises to offer profound insights into behaviourial patterns of people, their culture, values and preferences; technologies – both established and emerging and insights into using processes leading to thoughtful and pathbreaking creations which enrich our lives and which make sense in our society and to the environment.
Each one of us is a designer. Every day, we constantly use some of the fundamental processes of design in our day to day lives, e.g., problem solving. However, to become professional designers, it is essential that aspiring candidates have the right attitude and aptitude to function efficiently and competently in the eco space of design.
Towards this, MIT DAT very carefully designs the center level tests, the materials tests, and the personal interviews to ensure that candidates who have the best potential to become designers are given a preference for admission into our world class educational programme.
Candidates who have the following abilities will be given preference for admission into the professional courses on offer at all the four universities.
- Sharp ability to analyse things, situations, contexts and to map the situation
- Sharp ability to identify the constituent elements of a given thing or a situation and an overall assessment of the same (internalisation)
- Sharp ability to synthesise, i.e., having an ability to interpret, plan and evolve directions or strategies to address any given situation or set of issues (attitude towards problem solving)
- Ability to keenly observe any given thing or situation (keenness of perception). This goes beyond just "looking" at a thing rather than more of "seeing"
- Ability to relevantly classify and categorise information which is being rolled out and thereby to find connections, relationships to draw rational inferences("pattern seeking")
- Ability to "learn" as opposed to bookish knowledge. Capacity for learnability by being mentally agile and flexible (learning to learn)
- From the above, capacity to generate knowledge and its application
- Ability to handle different materials and media which may or may not be familiar
- Ability to emphatise - being sensitive towards feelings, needs and emotions of others and to have an ability to relate oneself with others in various contexts, specific situations, events etc.
- Having unbounded curiosity towards things, people, situations etc,. A sense of wonderment, having a constant urge to ask questions and an urge to find out the what's, whys, how's, when's about the world and beyond.
- Being individualistic i.e., having independent viewpoints and convictions (as opposed to stubbornness)
- Being very much aware about what is going on in the world and beyond and having a "worldview"
- Good ability to communicate - both verbal communication and non-verbal communication(may be through drawing, sketching and other media)
- Ability to function or work as a good team member
- Having an ability to be tenacious - not "giving up" easily
- Attitude towards neatness, precision and production of quality work
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Phase 1 - Design Aptitude Test(DAT)
Students should carry drawing, cutting-pasting and coloring material (color pencil), crayons, stapler, scissors and glue stick, fevicol. Please check our website www.mitid.edu.in and www.avantikauniversity.edu.in prior the Design Aptitude Test for details.
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Phase 2 - Studio Test and Personal Interview
- Poster Colors, Acrylic colors, and Color pencils
- Paint brushes, palette etc.
- Fevicol and Fevikwik/ Fevibond
- Cutter
- Adhesive Tape
- Scissors
- Geometric set and other drawing material/instruments
- Permanent Markers (min. 4 colors)
- Stapler
Students should carry drawing, cutting-pasting and coloring material (color pencil), crayons, stapler, scissors and glue stick, fevicol. Please check our website www.mitid.edu.in and www.avantikauniversity.edu.in prior the Design Aptitude Test for details.
1. You are expected to reach the university campus on the specified date and time.
2. You should carry your ID proof, hall ticket, and a copy of the DAT result.
3. Please make sure to carry the following while coming to the campus:
MIT Institute of Design "Rajbaug", Loni - Kalbhor, Next to Hadapsar, Pune Solapur Highway, Pune - 412 201. India
Reaching Pune:
By Rail: Direct connectivity with Pune, from all the major cities of India.
By Bus: Direct travel route from various prominent cities.
Distance from Railway Station and Bus Station - Pune: 18 km (11 miles) to the campus, Indore: 50 km (31 miles) to the campus.
Reaching Ujjain:
By Rail: Direct connectivity with Delhi, Mumbai, and all the major cities of India.
By Bus: Direct travel route for Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, and various other cities.
Distance from Railway Station and Bus Station - Ujjain: 7 km (4 miles) to the campus, Indore: 50 km (31 miles) to the campus.