JKLU has one of the best design programs in India, both at Bachelors level (B.Des.) and Masters level (M.Des.). Since the beginning of our Design program in 2019, our philosophy has been that the admission process should identify students with creativity and interest in Design and not a process which will find ways to reject students because of mismatch between demand and supply. We do this by having an entrance test that tests the aptitude, and have a portfolio round where there is an interaction with one of our faculty members. We also look at school performance and any extra-curricular activities that the student may have been involved in. So, overall a holistic evaluation of each student. We have been very selective about the design aptitude and creativity as seen through portfolio. And even if our batch-size was only 45 when we were preparing our infrastructure for 60, we would not admit students just to fill seats and collect tuition income. In the past, we used to offer entrance

Design education in most universities is very expensive, costing upwards of Rs 5-6 lakhs per year in just tuition. At JKLU, we believe that design education will play an important role in transforming our nation and we want this education to be accessible to as many students as possible. To this end, thanks to liberal support from JK organization, we have been able to keep our annual fees at Rs. 2.75 lakhs (including Rs. 2.5 lakhs of academic fee and Rs. 25,000 as technology fee) for those seeking admission in 2023. We do understand that even this amount is beyond the means of many students and for some parents who anyway have a doubt whether Design is a good discipline for their wards, this becomes one more reason to push their wards into other disciplines. We want all creative students to study design and money should not be a hindrance. So we have decided a very generous scholarship scheme for B.Des. students. The scholarship offered can be up to 100% of the academic fee and it can