The purpose of this study was to develop the scale for measuring 'practical design skills' and 'basic design talents'. The research collected preliminary data from 439 design majoring university students, collected major data from 427 design majoring university students(freshmen and sophomores), and finally 335 design majoring junior and senior students' responses for validation. Data were analyzed to obtain item quality, reliability, and validity analysis. The results of the study were as follows: the scale for practical design skill was defined by four factors and they were ‘ability in formative art’, ‘ability to use color and material’, ‘ability to express’, and 'ability to use computer applications'. Meanwhile, the scale for basic design talents was defined by four factors, which included ‘creativity’, ‘observation', ‘planning and management', 'sensibility'. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis proved the four sub-scales in the practical design skill scale and the basic design talents scale. Convergent validity evidence was also obtained from a correlation analysis of the sub-scales in the two scales. Cross validity evidence was obtained from the confirmatory factor analysis in design major students.