National Institute of Design (NID) at Ahmedabad and at its Bengaluru and Gandhinagar Extension campuses is an ' Institute of National Importance' as per the NID Act 2014 as well as an autonomous Institute under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPllT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. As per the NID Act 2014, the Institute is a statutory authority empowered to award its own degrees- presently offering Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) of four-year duration, Masters of Design (M.Des.) of two-and-a-half year duration and PhD in Design. The Institute is also a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam are independentautonomous institutes under the DPllT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and offer full time Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) of four-year duration.
Admission to all the programmes at NID is on the basis of the candidates' performance in the two-stages of Design Aptitude Test. The objective of these exams is to assess the knowledge, skills and behavioural abilities of candidates.
Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims
Design Aptitude Test {DAT) Prelims will be conducted at various test centres across India (Refer Section 7.3 of th is document). Candidates should note that appearing for the DAT Prelims or being shortlisted for second stage of admission process does NOT guarantee automatic entitlement to admission.
Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains
Candidates shortlisted after the DAT Preli ms will be invited to appear for the Stage 2 DAT Main exam at Ahmedabad or at all campuses of NID viz Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Madhya Pradesh. Exact details of the Test Centre will be mentioned in the DAT Mains Admit Card.
Schedule
Accepting Application Form online starts : 1400 hrs on Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Last date for submitting online application : 1400 hrs on Thursday, 07 November 2019
Last date for submitting online application on: 1400 hrs on Wednesday, 13 November 2019
payment of late fees (online payment via
Debit/Credit Card only)
Last date for receiving printed application forms: 1600 hrs on Wednesday, 13 November 2019
accompanied with a Demand Draft (to be sent via
speed post, registered post or courier)
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR B.DES./GDPD
All applicants applying for the B.Des. and GDPD programmes must fulfill criteria of both age and education qualification.
Age Limit:
For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.
For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST)): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1997 are eligible to apply for admission.
For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1995 are eligible to apply for admission.
For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.
Educational Qualification:
Applications for academic year 2020-21 are open to applicants who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2019-20 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities, etc.) from any recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or their equivalent
BACHELOR OF DESIGN (B.DES.)
The four-year-long Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered only at NID Ahmedabad in the following areas of specialisation:
Faculty of Industrial Design
Ceramic & Glass Design (13 seats)
Furniture & Interior Design (13 seats)
Product Design (19 seats)
Faculty of Communication Design
Animation Film Design (19 seats)
Exhibition Design (13 seats)
Film & Video Communication (13 seats)
Graphic Design (19 seats)
Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle and Accessory Design
Textile Design (19 seats)
NID DAT Test Centres 2020
for BDes Admissions
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Ahmedabad
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Bengaluru
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Bhopal
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Bhubaneshwar
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Chandigarh
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Chennai
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Dehradun
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Guwahati
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Hyderabad
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Jaipur
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Kolkata
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Mumbai
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Kurukshetra
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Lucknow
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Patna
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Nagpur
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New
Delhi
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Ranchi
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Raipur
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Vijayawada
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NID Admission 2020 Application Form
The candidates have to apply for NID Admission 2020 online. The candidates have to fill in the online application form that is common for all the campuses of NID
