How to get Admission in bachelors in fine arts- painting in college of arts?
Asked about College of Arts, University of Delhi - BFA in Painting
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To get admission in a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) – Painting program in any recognized college of arts, students must typically have completed their 10+2 (Class 12th) from a recognized board in any stream (Science, Commerce, or Arts). Most institutions require a minimum of 50% aggregate marks in the qualifying examination. Admission is usually based on an entrance test and portfolio evaluation, followed by an interview or practical test to assess artistic skills, creativity, and visual understanding. The entrance exams often include drawing, sketching, composition, and color application tests. Students are also encouraged to prepare
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Painting is an undergraduate program that builds a foundation in drawing, painting, and applied arts. For admission in College of Art, Delhi:
Apply through the Delhi University admission portal.
Appear for the Entrance Test (to assess drawing/painting skills).
Submit a Portfolio of artworks.
Attend the Interview/Interaction round.
Final selection is based on entrance test + portfolio + 12th marks.
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The objective of the MFA in Painting curriculum at the College of Arts is designed to further develop the student's skills while promoting personal development on the basis of research in different styles of painting and the associated technology. Developing on
previous coursework work in creative working, students will establish a concept for a body of work. Abstraction, combination of medium, stylisation, utilising reality as basis of design based painting, utilising form, distortion and simplification will
be facilitated.
The subjects offered in the first year of the MFA in Applied Art at the College of Arts are a combination of theoretical and practical subjects. Moreover, in some of the subjects, candidates have the choice to choose any one of the subjects according to their preferences. The list of the offered subjects is as follows:
Practical: Visualisation, Graphic Designing or Animation & TV Graphics, or Illustration
Theory: Advertising and Marketing Research, and Report & Viva Voce.
The college of Arts is affiliated with Delhi University, and it follows the seat reservation according to the Central Government of India. Check out detailed seat reservations for the MFA course below:
- SC (Scheduled Caste): 15% of the total seats.
- ST (Scheduled Tribe): 7.5% of the total seats.
- OBC (Other Backward Classes): 27% of the total seats.
- EWS (Economically Weaker Sections): 10% of the total seats.
- CW (Children/Widows of Personnel of the Armed Forces): 5% of seats, programme-wise, in all colleges.
The College of Arts offers five specialisations in the MFA course. Moreover, the total number of seats offered in these specialisations are 45. To get a seat in the programme, candidates must complete their BFA degree. Additionally, for the admission process, the college accepts the valid scores of CUET PG, followed by a Practical-Test/ Viva Voce conducted by the college. The admission to the postgraduate MFA course is based on the merit score that will be calculated by considering the combined CUET PG score (50% weightage) and Practical-test-score (50% weightage).
At the time of applying for the MFA course at the College of Arts and at the time of document verification. There are certain important documents that candidates are required to submit. Some of them are as follows:
- Senior School Certificate or equivalent.
- Category Certificate in case of SC/ST/OBC/EWS/CW.
- Passport Photograph.
- Candidates who passed from the National Institute of Open School (NIOS) are required to submit the proof of last qualifying examination center. the location of the examination center will determine the category: (D) Delhi or (OD) Outside Delhi.
- Self-attestation by the candidate is mandatory. 
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