How To Get Into National Institute Of Design (NID)

Posted by Crazzy Paul
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Aug 20, 2016
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National Institute of Design is also commonly known as NID and it is the most sought after Design School in India. It was established in 1961, NID is the only other Indian design college other than IDC. It is an institute which is known for its expert faculty, excellent learning environment, notable alumni and of course, its long lasting legacy, The NID Coaching Classes are also known as the most difficult design school to get into. The reason for this is that it has only 100 seats in its B.Des programme and only 275 seats in its M.Des programme, The National Institute of Design Ahmedabad is one of those elite colleges you want to be in if you want to be a well-known designer!

Courses and Campus:

NID is able to provide you with B.Des and M.Des programs in 20 diverse design disciplines with five faculty streams, Product Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design and Transportation as well as Automobile Design to name a few. The institute has three different campuses, the main campus being in Ahmedabad while the PG campus is in Gandhinagar and the R&D campus in Bangalore.

How to Apply:

If you wish to get an NID Admission its application procedure is quite simple. You will have to download the application form from NID’s admission dedicated website. When you have filled the form you can post/personally handover the completed application form with a Demand Draft drawn on any nationalized bank in favour of ‘National Institute of Design’. The fees are non-refundable on rejected applications. If you are selected for the admission tests then you will receive the hall ticket/call letter somewhere in the month of December. The B.Des as well as the M.Des programs requires that the candidates selected for tests should bring along with them their hall tickets, eligibility certificates, birth certificate and other supporting documents like category certificates.

NID’s entrance exam Design Aptitude Test (DAT) is also referred to as (NEED) or National Entrance Examination for Design. In India, it is a highly sought after entrance exams for design. It is also amongst the most difficult ones along with IDC’s CEED. You will not have any particular syllabus to prepare for DAT or NEED and the questions are framed on basic topics like Composition, Communication Skills, Drawing Skills, Creativity, Sensitivity to Environment, General Mental Ability and Subjects of Design.
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