Candidates must either have completed or be expecting to complete any of the following, by July 2009 :

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Architecture / Design/ Interior Design, or equivalent

• Professional Diploma in Design (NID/CEPT, or equivalent)

• B.F.A. (4 year professional programme, after 10+2)

• G.D. Art (5 year programme after 10th) with one year professional experience

• Master's degree in Arts / Science / Computer Applications

  Information on the programme may be obtained from the websites of the respective institutes, as given below.

  IISc Bangalore	www.iisc.ernet.in
  IIT Bombay	www.iitb.ac.in
  IIT Delhi	www.iitd.ac.in
  IIT Guwahati	www.iitg.ac.in
  IIT Kanpur	www.iitk.ac.in
  CPDM	www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.in
  IDC	www.idc.iitb.ac.in
  IDDC	www.iitd.ac.in/center/iddc
  DOD	www.iitg.ac.in/design
  Design Prog.	www.iitk.ac.in/design

The candidates with following academic background are eligible to appear in GATE 2009 Examination:

• Bachelor's degree holders Engineering/ Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
• Master degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
• Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master's degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
• Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognised by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.status.

MBA in India

You need to have a bachelor's degree (3-year course) or equivalent in any discipline recognised by any Indian University / AICTE as eligible for post-graduate studies.

You can apply while you are in your final year of graduation. If you do get through the admission test, you will be given provisional admission on the condition that you provide your mark sheet and a certificate of passing by a certain date.

US & Europe

The basic qualifying exam for doing an MBA outside India (US, Europe, Australasia) is the GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) conducted in centers across India.
After you get your GMAT results, you need to apply for admission to specific institutes. There is normally no GD or Personal Interview process (like in India) - however, different institutes have different processes and criteria for admitting students.