Aptitude Test
Academic Year 2024-2025
Fine Arts Department
Airport Heights – Matar Street
Scientific College of DesignTest Administration Procedures and Instructions
- Aptitude test at SCD is conducted on campus, so students should be available in the college 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the test to collect material used for the test, and the test instructions from the Admission Office
- After registration for the aptitude test, candidates should assemble in the College theatre in the first floor and wait till the test starts in the special studio.
- Students should bring their Identity Cards to be allowed to take the aptitude test.
- The results of the aptitude test will be announced by the Admission Office within a week at the latest.
Composition of the aptitude Test
| Question | Mark | Duration |
| Question I – Expressive Question I – Expressive topic | 50 | 60 minutes |
| Question II – life observation | 50 | 60 minutes |
| Note: Student has to get total of 60 marks to pass the test, with at least 25 marks for each question | ||
Scoring and Criteria
Question I – Expressive Question I – Expressive topic
| Criterion | Composition | Human Proportions | Idea and Creativity | Light and Shade Rendering | TOTAL |
| Percentage | 15% | 15% | 10% | 10% | 50 |
| Description | The student achieves a visually pleasing, and balanced arrangement of shapes, tones, and other elements that make up the drawing. | The student depicts accurate human scale and relevant proportions throughout the scenery. | The drawing illustrates a unique, exclusive idea, demonstrates the student’s creative thinking. | The student acknowledges and implements the use of light and shadow to visually define objects, and create the illusion of a third dimension. | The student has excellently fulfilled all the previously stated criteria. |
Question II – life observation
| Criterion | Composition | Human Proportions | Idea and Creativity | Light and Shade Rendering | TOTAL |
| Percentage | 15% | 15% | 10% | 10% | 50 |
| Description | The student depicts accurate scale and relevant proportions throughout the scenery. | The student’s work illustrates a high level of detail, presented in a neat, clean manner. | The student acknowledges and implements the use of light and shadow to visually define objects, create the illusion of a third dimension, and place emphasis on the depth of field. | The student achieves a visually balanced arrangement of the elements that make up the composition within the defined borders of the page. | The student has excellently fulfilled all the previously stated criteria. |