What are the requirements to enter a design institute?

1 Design institutes at the provincial level and above generally require a master’s degree or higher nowadays, with very little demand for bachelor’s degrees; regional design institutes can accept bachelor’s degree holders. Apart from the possibility of ignoring grades due to influential connections, ordinary design institutes generally require a score of 85 or above in core courses, with a passing grade in CET-4 and Computer Level 2 being a minimum requirement. State-owned design institutes have set recruitment quotas, as well as salary targets. Generally, the quota for hiring new employees is approved by higher authorities in the second half of the previous year, and the recruitment process starts at the end of that year. It’s necessary to finalize and submit the relevant applications before the Spring Festival of the following year; therefore, if one hasn’t found a position in a design firm by the start of the next semester in their senior year, it’s almost certain that they won’t get such a chance. 3 You can try to recommend yourself, but design institutes generally don’t go for that.