UPES DAT 2025 Exam Pattern: Check Section-wise Format Here

Before starting UPES DAT exam, aspirants need to ensure that they have:

• An internet connectivity of more than 100 kbps.
• Updated browser and the pop-up blocker is disabled. On Windows, to disable the pop-up block on Firefox: Go to ‘Tools’ -> Select ‘Options’ -> Click ‘Content’ tab and then un-check ‘Block Pop-up windows’ check box.
• Uninstalled any third party software controlling your webcam before starting the test.
• Functional webcam.
• Turned off chat (Google talk, yahoo messenger etc), antivirus, auto-updates and other notifications.
• Latest version of JAVA.

• Firefox – 11 or above (Recommended)
• IE 9 or above

The portfolio requirement for BDes candidates during the interview are given below:

• Bring your hand-drawn sketches/rendering using simple Pencils, color markers/pencils or any other media such as charcoal, natural dyes, etc. – These could be of any everyday object, nature, symbolic or experimental ones.
• Photography: you can showcase your photography skills and present pictures/images clicked by you OR In case you have done any experimentation on Digital media – Drawing, sketching, and rendering using digital media, tools, and techniques (2 dimensional, 3 dimensional).
• Bring any Physical Model / Prototype - i.e. something made out of Clay, Plastic, Wood, Card Board, etc.
• Apart from the above, you can also bring in anything on which you had done some experiment to express/taste your creative skills,
• Certificates of Competitions / any special mention – for example, class competitions, etc. (if any)

Portfolio requirements for MDes:

• Drawing, sketching, and rendering by hand using a variety of techniques and media including color markers and color pencils (10-15 pages)
• Digital work (software) – Drawing, sketching, and rendering using digital media, tools, and techniques (2 dimensional, 3 dimensional)
• Physical Model / Prototype  - fabrication / construction