| College Name | Approved | Location | MHRD Out Of 100 Ranking |
| Symbiosis Institute of Design – [SID] | UGC, NAAC-A | Pune, Maharashtra | – |
| TDV. The Design Village | AICTE | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | – |
| MIT Institute of Design – [MITID] | AICTE | Pune, Maharashtra | – |
| UPES, School of Design Studies – [SoDS] | NAAC | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | – |
| Vogue Institute of Art and Design | NAAC-B++ | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Vellore Institute of Technology – [VIT University] | AICTE, UGC | Vellore, Tamil Nadu | – |
| Indian Institute of Art and Design – [IIAD] | – | New Delhi, Delhi NCR | – |
| Nirma University – [NU] | UGC, NAAC-A, AIU | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | – |
| Symbiosis International University – [SIU] | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Pune, Maharashtra | – |
| Indus University | AICTE, UGC | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | – |
| Chandigarh University – [CU] | AICTE, UGC, AIU | Chandigarh, Chandigarh | – |
| DJ Academy of Design – [DJAD] | UGC | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | – |
| Apex Professional University – [APU] | UGC | Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh | – |
| Avantika University | AICTE, UGC | Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh | – |
| Suryadatta Group of Institutes Bavdhan | AICTE | Pune, Maharashtra | – |
| SAGE University | PCI, AICTE, UGC | Indore, Madhya Pradesh | – |
| Department of Design, Nirma University – [DODNU] | – | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | – |
| Symbiosis School of Planning, Architecture, and Design – [SSPAD] | – | Nagpur, Maharashtra | – |