1. ประกาศจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย เรื่อง การรับสมัครคัดเลือกนักเรียนเข้าศึกษาในหลักสูตรศิลปกรรมศาสตรบัณฑิต สาขาวิชาการออกแบบนิเทศศิลป์ (หลักสูตรนานาชาติ) คณะสถาปัตยกรรมศาสตร์ ปีการศึกษา 2570 (รอบ Early Admission)

1. English Translation of Chulalongkorn Official Announcement for Admission Academic Year 2027

The CommDe Design Skill Test and interview on the 8th-9th January 2027, will be hosted onsite at the Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture. All applicants must attend the onsite examination. Please prepare accordingly.

For oversea applicants, if you want to take the exam online, please submit the request  in formal letter, stating reason and needs to email: admission2027@commde.com.

Accepted candidates must confirm their places by following these instructions;

1. Accepted candidates must confirm your places via Google Form link <click here> during 9.00-12.00, on 16^th March 2027
2. Upload a copy of identification card or passport with signature.
3. Upload the proof of payment of confirmation fee.
4. Fill the required information as described in the form.

Paying the confirmation fee

Thai nationality students                  THB 56,000 <click here>

International students                      THB 80,000 <click here>

After that, click on the “Pay” button. Once on the payment page, follow these steps:

Step 1: The screen will display the confirmation fee details for Early admission, Academic Year 2026,

The confirmation fee is 56,000 Baht (for Thai students) and 80,000 Baht (for International students) Then, click on the “Next”
button to proceed to the next step.

Step 2: Enter the payer’s information/receipt details (only in Thai or English).

Step 3: Choose a payment method. You can choose between the following two options:

1. 1. Bank transfer (QR Payment)
2. 2. Credit/debit card (with a service fee as specified)

Once you have selected your payment method, click on the “Pay” button. The screen will display

the payment details. Click on the “Make payment” button to proceed with the payment.

Note

* Please do not close or refresh the page while the transaction is in progress. The payment confirmation should appear
within 30 seconds. If no confirmation is shown, click “Check status.”

* The payment receipt will be sent to the email address provided by the payer. However, in cases the payment is made via QR Code after 10:59 p.m., or via credit card after 8:59 p.m., the applicant will receive the receipt for the confirmation fee on the next day.

* The payment system will close: 16^th March 2026 at 12:00 hrs.

(Accepted candidates must pay the confirmation fee before submitting the confirmation process.)

All applicants must have completed high schools, or presently are in their final year of high schools (Mathayom 6, grade 12 in the American system or year 13 in the British system), or passed one of the high school equivalent standard tests according to the condition set by CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY (e.g. GED, NCEA) which can process the high school equivalency through Chulalongkorn Academic Testing Center via website www.hsces.atc.chula.ac.th or call +66 96 384 5812.

Original Certificate, Transcript or Score Report must be provided for verification.

Applicants who achieve foreign high school diploma or those attending foreign high school, applicants must process the high school certificate equivalency verification via website www.hsces.atc.chula.ac.th. The process may take up to 7 business days. Therefore, please be warned that applicants need to plan the process carefully.
Please note that the evidence of high school certificate equivalency verification is one of the evidence for application.

Applicants must register into the TCAS system on the website http://Student.mytcas.com as Council of University Presidents of Thailand has designated. The system will open for the registration from 15th July 2026. Applicants must sign up in the system before submitting the applications to the university.

In the case of foreign applicants, applicants may use your passport number, then the system will create 13 numbers as your username which applicants must inform to the admissions officers while submitting the applications.

The confirmed applicants have to confirm their decisions again through TCAS
system during 10th-11th March, 2027 as Council of University President of Thailand has stated.

If the applicants have not confirmed their decision in TCAS70 system, this will be considered that applicants forfeit their opportunity to enroll in the Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts in Communication Design (International Program), Faculty of Architecture, to select applicants for the program in the Academic Year 2027 (Early Admmissions) (see more details for TCAS70 system on http://Student.mytcas.com)

Application evidence checklist;

1. Portrait passport photo as JPEG or PDF. The photo must show your face clearly without glasses and hat.
2. PDF copy of Thai national ID or Passport (for international application) with notarized signature and state that ‘uses only for applying CommDe’
3. High school certificate or High school equivalency certificate
4. High school transcript
5. Score report of English proficiency and Mathematic ability
6. Signed ‘CommDe Question Regarding Special Needs and Financial Support from the Programme’
7. Signed ‘CommDe Admission 2027 Acknowledgement Form’
8. Proof of application fee payment 1,000 THB
9. Portfolio
10. Applicant’s statement of purpose
11. Letter of recommendation from two instructors
12. Extracurricular Experience (if any)

You can download all blank forms here.

Applicants must submit a portfolio, strictly consisting of 12 works, and importantly, in accordance with the following regulations.

1. Works No.1 to No. 12 must be submitted in the specified order as follows:

– Work No. 1: One drawing

Submit one original drawing, which may be a still life, portrait, or landscape. The drawing must be created using traditional tools such as pencil, charcoal, pen, or ink. Most importantly, it should be drawn from direct observation—not copied from photographs and not created digitally.

– Work No. 2: One black-and-white photograph

Submit one black-and-white photograph that demonstrates your understanding of composition, lighting, and visual storytelling.

– Work No. 3: One digital image

Submit one image created using digital tools. This may include a digital illustration, character design, or any form of digital painting or artwork.

– Work No. 4: Typographic Poster

Submit one poster that communicates exclusively through typography, without the use of images or illustrations.

–Work No. 5: One visual storytelling work.

Submit one work that tells a story through visuals. This can be a comic strip, a short illustrated story, or any project that clearly communicates a message or concept through images. Topics may be social, environmental, or imaginative.

–Works No. 6 to No. 12: Selected works. 

Submit seven additional works that reflect your interests and skills. We encourage a variety of media, styles, and concepts to demonstrate your creative
experimentation and technical abilities relevant to communication design.

AI-generated images are not permitted in admission portfolios. This is not an anti-AI policy; the portfolio is intended to demonstrate each applicant’s own creative thinking, visual skills, process, and authorship.

*Each work must include a short description (e.g., project title, concept, or purpose), along with the medium and size.

These are not considered original creative work for this portfolio.

2. Submission Format:

PDF file

A PDF file which contains exactly 12 pages of works (1 work per 1 page). The size of the file must not be over 25 MB.

JPEG files 

12 JPEG files of applicant’s works (1 page per 1 file).

Page Size and Layout:

The size of every page on the PDF file is 1920 width x 1080 height Pixels (landscape orientation).

Use a large, sharp, and high-quality image of the artwork as the main element of each page. Present only a single primary image per page. If a piece consists of multiple related images, arrange them clearly using an appropriate layout.

Provide a brief description for each artwork, such as the title of the work or project, concept, creative process, or the applicant’s role in that project.

Name Labeling:

At the bottom-right of each page, include the applicant’s first name and surname in English.

Submission Requirement:

All 12 works must be submitted to be eligible for admission.

Please find a portfolio recommend format example here.

The Committee reserves the right to decline the evaluation of any application if the submitted portfolio does not meet the specified guidelines, infringes on copyright, or contains plagiarized work.

This section is your ‘opportunity’ to communicate with us why you are a suitable candidate for our International Bachelor Degree in Communication Design and why you should be selected for an interview. Your personal statement, which should be written as an essay, will be considered thoroughly, along with other information you submit to us. Make sure your personal statement is your own work. We will subject your application to plagiarism. Do not be tempted to copy another person’s application materials, or download your personal statement off the Internet. There could be serious consequences to using other people’s work.

Personal statement must be submitted along in the online application.

Letter of recommendation format

The letter of recommendation format is not compulsory.

Letter of recommendation should be written by someone who knows you academically, preferably your head teacher, principal, appropriate teacher, or academic advisor. If you cannot obtain an academic reference, you should ask a responsible person who knows you to provide your reference. For example, your employer, training officer, careers adviser, a teacher on a recent relevant further education course, or a senior colleague in employment or voluntary work. We will not accept references from family, other relatives, friends or tutors from cram schools.

The letter of recommendation can be submitted through online application site as a PDF file.

School/teachers can sent directly through email admission2027@commde.com

If sent directly, you can find if your reference has been sent to CommDe yet via this list.

Received letter of recommendation list

Notification

In case of applicants use TOEFL or SAT or Duolingo score, applicant must contact ETS or College Board or Duolingo to send applicant’s exam result through electronic channel directly to the International Program in Communication Design before filling the online application.

***In case if applicants cannot take part in any exam, please contact Chulalongkorn University Academic Testing Center, which they will open a special session for aptitude test. The score from the test can be used to apply with international programs in Chulalongkorn University***

All applicants must submit an original certificate of one of the following English test scores:

TOEFL (Internet-Based)

– Test date issued prior before 21st January 2026 not lower than 79

– Test date issued prior after 21st January 2026 not lower than 4

TOEFL Score Destination Code = B641 Chulalongkorn University CommDe
or
IELTS not lower than 6.0

or
SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing) not lower than 450
SAT Test Score Reporting Code = 7797 Chulalongkorn University CommDe
or
CU-AAT (Verbal Section) not lower than 400

or
CU-TEP (Chulalongkorn University Test of English Proficiency) not lower than 80

or
Duolingo English test not lower than 110
Duolingo Test Score Reporting must be sent to Chulalongkorn University, CommDe, Faculty of Architecture.

In case of SAT/TOEFL/Duolingo, applicants must send the official score report from examination host. CommDe will only consider official score report from host as verified score.

All applicant must submit an original certificate of one of the following math test scores:
CU-AAT (Math Section) not lower than 450

or
SAT (Math) not lower than 490

SAT Test Score Reporting Code = 7797 Chulalongkorn University CommDe

or
A-Level (Math) with a minimum B

or
A-Level (Math) Predicted grade with a minimum B

or
Australian Tertiary Entrance Examination (Math) with a minimum B

or
IB (Math) with a minimum of 5 (IB grading system)

or
IB (Math) Predicted grade with a minimum of 5 (IB grading system)

or
NCEA (Mathematics or numeracy) at level 2 or higher with at least total 4 credits and with a minimum of ‘Achieved’.

In case of SAT, applicants must send the official score report from examination host. CommDe will only consider official score report from host as verified score.

Expiring Date of Test Scores
The scores of tests can be used within only 2 years, and this must be within the last day of this application.

The 1,000 THB application fee can be paid in several ways.

Applicant must pay the application fee of 1,000 baht (one thousand baht) at https://ofas.chula.ac.th/Service on the website of the Office of Financial, Accounting and Supplies Management, Chulalongkorn University, from 26 November to 25 December 2026.

(Please complete the payment by 8:00 PM on 25 December 2026.)

Please collect e-receipt file and upload it in the application site.

Please note that application fee is non-refundable.