The Legacy of MAD School: Two Decades, One Mission – Design Your Future
Back in 2012, a quiet rebellion started. A rebellion against boring classrooms, generic coaching, and cookie-cutter portfolios. That rebellion had a name: MAD School. Today, almost two decades later, it has turned into a full-blown creative revolution. From a single classroom to a nationwide footprint. MAD School has coached 20,000+ students into the top design colleges across India and abroad. As a design coaching institute for NIFT, NID, UCEED, CEED, NATA, Studio Test, Situation Test, and Design Portfolio Preparation – you name it, they have cracked it.
And they didn’t do it with billboards and hype. They did it with results. Real students. Real creativity. Real success.
Vision With a Vibe
MAD School’s mission has always been Be BOLD or ITALIC, never Regular! They want to help creative minds become the designers the world needs. With centres from Kochi to Kolkata, Hyderabad to Shillong, and a growing presence online, they are not just another design coaching centre, they are the needed fuel to kickstart your design dream.
More Than Coaching : It’s a Creative Experience
Let’s get this straight: MAD doesn’t do boring things. MAD believes every student is a unique creator, not a copy-paste version of someone else. At MAD, it’s all about helping you discover your own design voice, style, and superpower. Whether you’re someone who loves sketching ideas on your phone or an old-school creative who finds joy in crayons and pencils. MAD helps you channel that passion into a design career you can be truly proud of.
Here’s how MAD School coaches differently:
Faculty
MAD’s mentors aren’t just graduates from top design schools like NID, NIFT, and IIT – many are toppers, gold medalists, and recognised with awards like the Design Educators Award, CII Design Excellence, and Architecture & Interior Design Awards India. These aren’t just teachers — they’ve been in your shoes, cracked the same exams, and now help you do the same with clarity, creativity, and confidence.
Course Structure
The course structure at MAD School is a blend of creative discipline with structured exam preparation. Students take part in weekly sketching sessions, work through 750+ hours of real-exam-style mock tests, receive personal feedback, and get step-by-step portfolio guidance right from scratch, outdoor sketching classes — all of which helps them stand out from the crowd and crack admissions into top design colleges. Situation and studio test preparation is also part of the course, along with weekly progress reviews.
But it’s not just about hard preparation. MAD also includes engaging activities like sketching games, vocabulary boosters, and group discussions — all designed to build confidence, creative thinking, and presentation skills.
Modes of Learning
Weekday, weekend, online, offline — or switch anytime. (Also: free demo class. Because confidence is contagious.)
Students from all over India — from West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and the Northeast — choose MAD School for its high success rate and skill-based approach. With a strong presence across cities like Bangalore, Pune, Calicut, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Lucknow, Patna, Indore, Ahmedabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal, Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati, Shillong, Gangtok, Kohima, and Imphal, and many more, students can choose a batch and mode that suits their schedule best.
Study Material
MAD School provides everything you need: NIFT Sketching Question Bank (New Syllabus), Logical & Reasoning, Numerical Aptitude, English & Communication, and General Knowledge study material. You also get content for Design Aptitude and Design Theory, along with 2540+ mock tests and weekly subject-wise tests. Class notes and practice question papers for theory subjects are included too. Best of all, their syllabus is regularly reviewed and updated to match the latest exam patterns — so you never have to worry about missing any changes.
From Sketches to Scholarships: The MAD Results
At MAD, it’s not just about cracking an entrance exam. It’s about thinking like a designer, feeling like a creator, and presenting like a pro.
Year after year, MAD students don’t just pass; they dominate the ranks.
- Top 10? We’re there.
- Top 15? We own it.
- Top 100? Packed with MAD students.
When it comes to NIFT, NID, CEED, and UCEED, the toppers’ list reads almost like a MAD School register book. Most of the names you’ll find in the top slots? Yep — MAD trained. Our students don’t just get in, they secure ranks that make parents proud, peers jealous, and portfolios legendary.
And here’s a secret weapon behind those results: the exclusive MAD Library. It’s a designer’s paradise, packed with rare books on design, creativity, architecture, art history, and design education from around the world. Think of it as Hogwarts for design minds — where ideas spark, knowledge flows, and inspiration is always just one page away.
And it doesn’t stop there. From scholarships worth lakhs to international admits, MAD alumni are proof that when creativity meets discipline, the results are nothing short of spectacular.
MAD alumni are now at:
- India: National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), National Institute of Design (NID), Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Pearl Academy, Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID), Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID), Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD), Arena Animation, MIT Institute of Design, Pune, and BITS School of Design, Mumbai
- USA: Parsons School of Design, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), University of Southern California (USC), Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), School of Visual Arts (SVA), and Ringling College of Art and Design
- Germany: HTW Berlin (University of Applied Sciences), Reutlingen University, University of the Arts Bremen
- Europe: ESMOD Berlin International University of Art for Fashion, AMD Akademie Mode & Design, Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, and Bahcesehir University (Turkey)
And these students aren’t just getting in. They’re getting internships, scholarships, and even their work featured in leading global exhibitions and publications.
Gen-Z dreams, meet real-world design: In Collaboration with a Design Studio:
You heard that right. MAD School is the only design coaching centre in India that collaborated with a real working design studio.
That means MAD students don’t wait till college to explore the industry. They get internships before they even receive their admit cards.
MAD interns get to explore:
- Product Design
- Industrial Design
- Automotive Design
- Furniture Design
- Visual Communication
- Fashion Design
- Photography
- UI/UX
- Graphic Design
- Animation
- Textile & Accessories
Their internships also stretch into the world of cinema from Tollywood to Mollywood. Where students contribute to films through storyboarding, concept art, production design, animation, and VFX. It’s a one-of-a-kind chance to build a design portfolio that blends creativity with real cinematic experience.
CSR With Soul
MAD School puts its money where its heart is. Their CSR wing has spent over ₹4.8 crore on scholarships, training children of armed forces personnel, and design and outreach programs in several south and North govt. School . Because design isn’t just for the privileged. It’s for the passionate.
Achievements
- MAD School’s work featured in: Times of India, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Deccan Chronicle, DT News
- Recognized as: Best Design Coaching Centre – 3 times in a row
- Faculty Awards: CII Design Excellence, Design Educators Award, Architecture & Interior Design Awards India
Their work isn’t just seen in sketchbooks. It’s seen in newspapers, galleries, colleges, and companies.
Purpose-Driven Management
The founders of MAD School had humble beginnings and come from Kerala, a state known for its educational excellence and progressive learning culture. This philosophy runs through every MAD classroom, reflected in the disciplined creativity, outstanding results, and global placements of their students.
MAD School – For the Wild/MAD Ones Who Design Their Own Rules
Two decades in the game and MAD School still dominates design entrance exams coaching. Faculty? Think NID, NIFT,IIT legends who’ve walked the same path you’re about to crush. Practice? You’ll sketch, ideate, pitch, repeat – from day one. And yes, you get internships even before your college ID is printed along with software training. Bonus? A design studio so real, your portfolio might need a passport.
We’re talking 750+ hours of preparation with practice sessions across thousands of mock tests, a powerhouse of study material that covers Sketching Question Bank (New Syllabus), Logical & Reasoning, Numerical Aptitude, English & Communication, and General Knowledge. You also get Design Aptitude and Design Theory material, 2540+ subject-wise mock and weekly tests, class notes, and previous-year theory practice papers — all constantly updated to reflect the latest exam patterns so you’re never behind. Hybrid classes, and a curriculum that’s actually made for NID/UCEED/NATA/CEED/JEE2 — not just photocopies from last decade.
This isn’t just coaching. It’s a whole creative movement. If you want structure without a soul, scroll on. But if you want to design your destiny with vibes, tribe, and a killer sketchbook — then you already belong here.
What you get at MAD School
- 45+ mock tests that look and feel just like the real exam.
- A bonus study kit worth (yes, it’s free with your course!)
- Expert help with design portfolio building from scratch
- Weekly evaluations, sketching drills, and personal feedback
- Classes that are flexible — weekdays, weekends, online or offline
- A track record that speaks louder than ads: students in NID, NIFT, UCEED, MIT (USA), RCA (UK), CEPT, and more.
You don’t just prepare here — you evolve.
And yes, before you commit, you can take a free demo class to see the MAD difference for yourself.
