National Institute of Design notifies BDes MDes admission 2015

Design Aptitude Test for B.Des / M.Des Programmes 2015-16

The National Institute of Design (NID) offers 4-years Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programme atAhmedabad and 2½ years Master of Design (M.Des) programme at Ahmedabad, Gandhinagarand Bengaluru Campuses

Bachelor of Design (B.Des)

The Bachelor of Design programme commences with a two semester rigorous Foundation Programme followed by 3 years of specialized studies in any of the disciplines offered in B.DES

The one year Foundation Programme is geared towards developing values, perspectives, sensorial skills and aesthetic sensitivity essential for a designer in making

It introduces students to the fundamentals of design and helps develop ways of perception, understanding of multidisciplinary nature of design and relationship of design with human senses and emotions, culture, environment and ecology

Seats Details*

Prescribed percentage of seats are reserved for candidates belonging to various reserved categories scheduled as per the norms of the Govt of India

Number of seats in the B.Des is projected to be 100 (includes reserved categories) and for the M.Des it is 275 (includes reserved categories)

For both B.Des and M.Des the Institute will draw separate waiting lists with approximately 10% of the total number of seats available

Bachelor of Design (Seats Detail)

Main Campus: Ahmedabad

Faculty of Industrial Design: Product Design (15 seats), Furniture Design (15 seats), Ceramic & Glass Design (15 seats)

Faculty of Communication Design: Graphic Design (15 seats), Animation Film Design (15 seats), Film and Video Communication (10 seats) & Exhibition (Spatial) Design (10 seats)

Faculty of Textile, Apparel and Lifestyle Accessory Design: Textile Design (15 seats)

Total No. of Seats: 100

Master of Design (M.Des) (Seats Detail)

Successful candidates shall be given admission to the academic programme, by the institute, subject to their passing the qualifying examinations; the medium of instruction at NID is English

Main Campus, Ahmedabad

Product Design (15 seats), Furniture Design (15 seats), Ceramic & Glass Design (10 seats), Graphic Design (15 seats), Animation Film Design (15 seats), Film & Video Communication (15 seats), Textile Design (15 seats)

PG Campus, Gandhinagar

Transportation & Automobile Design (15 seats), Toy & Game Design (10 seats), Photography Design (15 seats), Apparel Design (15 seats), Lifestyle Accessory Design (15 seats), New Media Design (15 seats) & Strategic Design Management (15 seats)

R&D Campus, Bengaluru

Information Design (15 seats), Interaction Design (15 seats), Design for Retail Experience (15 seats), Universal Design (15 seats) & Digital Game Design (15 seats)
Total No. of Seats in M.Des: 275 (Includes reserved categories)

Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor of Design (B.Des) Program

Admission is open to students who have passed or who will appear for qualifying examinations under the Higher Secondary (10+2) or equivalents like AISSCE/IB/ISC during the academic year 2014-15
Successful candidates shall be given admission to the academic programme, by the institute, subject to their passing the qualifying examinations
The medium of instruction at NID is English

Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on 01st June 2015

For General Category: The candidates born before 01st June 1995 are not eligible

For Reserved Categories: The candidates born before 01st June 1992 are not eligible

Allotment of the discipline of choice at the end of Foundation year is NOT guaranteed

Discipline allotment takes place only at the end of the first year (Foundation Programme), based purely on student’s performance in the Foundation Programme and the number of seats available in desired discipline