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SOFT CET 2024: Registration (Ongoing), Eligibility, Exam Date, Pattern, Syllabus

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Uddipana Choudhury

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SOFT CET 2024 is going to to be conducted by on January 30 - 31, 2024. The application form for the same has been released on the official website – www.soft.ac.in. The last date to fill out the form is December 31, 2023. Candidates are required to check the eligibility before filling out the registration form. 

  • The application fee is going to be INR 3500 (for B.Design) and INR 4000 (For Industry Integrated Program with International Exposure). Check SOFT CET 2024 Application Process 
  • The registration for SOFT CET 2024 (with Late Fee) is January 1 – 20, 2024. 
  • The eligibility criteria for SOFT CET 2024 is going to be set up by the School of Fashion Technology. Check SOFT CET 2024 Eligibility 
  • The exam is going to comprise of an Online Test (60 Marks), Studio Test/Group Discussion (140 Marks), and Personal Interview (50 Marks). 
  • As per SOFT CET 2024 Exam PatternIt is going to consist of 60 objective-type questions (MCQs) and each question carries +1 marks. 

What is SOFT CET? SOFT CET is a university-level exam conducted for admitting female aspirants into various UG, PG, and Diploma courses in design offered by the School of Fashion Technology (SOFT), Pune. The institute is a renowned designing institute supported technically by NIFT. SOFT CET 2024 is going to be announced soon(Online test, Studio Test, and Personal Interview).


SOFT CET 2024 Highlights

Interested aspirants must go through the highlights of SOFT CET 2024 tabulated below:

Conducting body School of Fashion Technology
Exam Level University
Exam Mode Online & Offline
Stages of exam 3 – Online Test, Studio Test/ Group Discussion and Personal Interview
Application Mode Online

SOFT CET Important Dates

SOFT CET 2024 Exam Dates

SOFT CET 2024 important dates are given below:

Event Date 
Commencement of online Application October 1, 2023
Last date for submitting Application form December 31, 2023
Registration for SOFT CET (with
Late Fee)
January 1 – 20, 2024
Date of examination Online: January 30 – 31, 2024
Offline: January 31, 2024 
Declaration of the Merit List February 06, 2024
Last Date to Confirm Admission by Email

Februrary 10, 2024

Last Date of Pay the Fees Will be informed through offer letter
Start of New Session Will be announced

SOFT CET Eligibility

SOFT CET 2024 Eligibility

The eligibility criteria for SOFT CET 2024 is going to be set up by the School of Fashion Technology. Applicants must ensure that they meet the eligibility requirements before applying for the exam.

The criteria for various courses are as stated below:

B.Design

  • Applicants should have passed or are appearing for class 12 exam from any stream, like Arts/ Commerce/ Science/ Home Science/ Minimum Competency Vocational Course (MCVC) including National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
  • Candidates who have Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) or State Government Technical Education full time diploma of minimum 2 years after class 10 are also eligible for SOFT CET 2024.
  • NRI and international aspirants can apply if they have an equivalent certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi.

M.Design

  • Student can apply for this course if they have passed B. Design/ B.Sc/ B.A/ BFA degree course from any UGC recognized University with at least 55% marks in the qualifying examination.

Pearson BTEC Higher National Diploma in Art & Design

  • UG Diploma Certification Courses in collaboration with Pearson BTEC Level HNC 4 and HND 5 (Digital Design)
    • Applicant must have 10+2 certificate. (Indian pattern of education).
    • Studied English in class 11 & 12 or
    • Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Level B2 or
    • PTE 51 or
    • IELTS 5.5; Reading and writing must be at 5.5 or equivalent
  • UG Diploma Certification Courses in collaboration with Pearson BTEC Level HNC 4 and HND 5 (Fashion)
    • Applicant must have 10+2 certificate. (Indian pattern of education).
    • Studied English in class 11 & 12 or
    • Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Level B2 or
    • PTE 51 or
    • IELTS 5.5; Reading and writing must be at 5.5 or equivalent

SOFT CET Application Process

SOFT CET 2024 Application Form

SOFT CET 2024 Application form is expected to be available online fat the official website. The last date to apply for SOFT CET 2024 is December 31, 2023. Candidates can apply for SOFT CET 2024 by online mode only which is going to be available on the official website of the institute.

Candidates can apply for more than 1 course by submitting 2 or more application forms. Candidates can choose the time and date suitable to them and apply accordingly. Candidates can apply via online mode by following the simple steps stated below:

Step 1: Registration

  • To register for SOFT CET, applicants is going to be required to submit a few basic details such as Name, Date of Birth, Email-id, Mobile Phone Number, School last studied in, Test Centre, etc. and press Submit button.
  • Students must then proceed to upload scanned image of their recent, passport sized Photograph as per the specifications given on the page
  • The file should be in .jpeg format. Click on the Preview Tab to preview and verify the entire application form before ‘Final Submit’.

Step 2: Payment of Fees

  • Applicants then must proceed to pay the requisite fees which can be done through online mode.
  • Applicants must save the receipt of the transaction as proof of payment.

Step 3: Confirmation of Application

  • Candidates must print out their complete application form once the transaction is done. This page is going to be required for further rounds of admission.
  • After registration and successful payment of fees, a Username and Password is going to be provided to candidates which can be used for logging into the exam. 20 practice questions is going to also be provided to candidates to solve after registration.

SOFT CET 2024 Application Fees

The application process is going to be considered complete only after the requisite fees are paid. Fees can be paid by only online mode. The application fee is INR 3500 (For B.Design) and INR 4000 (For Industry Integrated Program with International Exposure). 

Aspirants who fill the online application form must pay the application fee via Credit/ Debit card or by a computer-generated bank challan. They must enter the necessary bank and payment details and submit the challan in the bank.


SOFT CET Exam Pattern

SOFT CET 2024 Exam Pattern

SOFT CET 2024 exam consists of 3 tiers – Online Test, Group Discussion/ Studio Test and Personal Interview. Candidates must note that all 3 stages of the entrance test are compulsory. The online test contains objective questions (MCQs) divided into 4 sections – Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal/ Non-verbal Reasoning, Analytical Ability and Creative Ability. Each section consists of 15 questions.

Every question is going to be followed by 4 alternative options as answers, out of which participant is going to choose one that seems the most appropriate. The marking scheme is given below – 

  • Every correct answer is going to be awarded with +1 marks.
  • No marks is going to be deducted if no response is indicated in the optical answer sheet against a question.
  • Negative marking is going to not be applicable in the designing test.
Mode of SOFT CET 2024 Online and Offline
Number of questions 60
Stages of exam 3
Maximum marks 250 (Online Test- 60 marks, Studio Test/ Group Discussion- 140 marks and Personal Interview- 50 marks)
Medium of language English

Check SOFT CET 2024 Exam Pattern


SOFT CET Syllabus

SOFT CET 2024 Syllabus

The exam pattern is going to be similar to other state and national level exams for the particular courses. The exam is going to have questions which tests candidate’s creativity and design-related skills. The level of exam is going to be based on class 12th (10+2) or equivalent qualifying exam. There is going to be no definite syllabus laid down by the college for the exam. Some reference books for SOFT CET 2024 are mentioned below:

Name of the book Author Name
Logical and Analytical Reasoning A.K Gupta
General Mathematic Manohar Pandey
Objective General English R.S Aggarwal
Objective Mathematics R.D Sharma
Analytical Reasoning M.K Pandey

SOFT CET Result

SOFT CET 2024 Result

SOFT CET 2024 Result is going to be declared on the official website of the institute. The result is going to be announced in the form of scorecard. Candidates is going to have to download their results by accessing their registered accounts.

This can be done by following these few easy steps:

  • Log on to the official website of SOFT, Pune.
  • Click on the link related to ‘SOFT CET 2024 Result’.
  • Aspirants is going to have to enter their username and password as given during registration. Click on ‘Submit’.
  • The result is going to appear in the form of rank card. Download it and print it out for the further process of admission.

SOFT, Pune is going to publish a merit list of candidates who qualify the exam on the website after the declaration of results. Applicants is going to have to send a scanned copy of their class 12 result or a screen-shot of the same and email it to admission@soft.ac.in as also cc it to admin@soft.ac.in.

The candidature of the students is going to not be valid till the time the 12th Mark list is submitted and their name shall not appear in the merit list. The names of applicants is going to be enlisted in order of merit, according to ranks secured by them in SOFT CET 2024.

                                                                                  Direct Link to Check SOFT CET 2024 Result (Soon)

NOTE: After declaration of the result candidate is going to be required to freeze their seat for admission within 4 days by sending e-mail to admission@soft.ac.in and cc it to admin@soft.ac.in. Failing to do this, may lead to losing of seat and is going to be allotted to waitlisted candidates.

SOFT CET Courses Offered

SOFT CET 2024 Courses Offered and Seat

SOFT CET 2024 is a portal for admitting students into various UG, PG and Diploma programs. The courses offered in its campus are given below:

Degree Level Duration Courses Seats
B.Design UG Degree 4 Years Fashion Design 135
Fashion Communications 40
Textile Design 30
Jewellery Design 30
Interdisciplinary (FD +FC/TD/JD) 30

UG Diploma Certification Courses in collaboration with Pearson BTEC Level HNC 4 and HND 5 (Digital Design)

2 Years Digital 25
UG Diploma Certification Courses in collaboration with Pearson BTEC Level HNC 4 and HND 5 (Fashion) 2 Years Fashion 25
M.Design PG Degree from S.N.D.T Women’s University Mumbai 2 Years Interdisciplinary 30
PG Diploma from MKSSS’s SOFT 2 Years Fashion Design and Merchandising Autonomous 25

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.

Fee Structure

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