National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad,
Admission Notice 2008 - Design Aptitude Test (DAT 2008) Notification

 

 

Programmes offered at the Heritage Campus Ahmedabad

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN:

TEXTILE, APPAREL & ACCESSORY DESIGN:

COMMUNICATION DESIGN:

Programmes offered at campus Gandhinagar

INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIES:

I.T. INTEGRATED (EXPERIENTIAL) DESIGN:

 

Programmes offered at R & D Campus Bangalore

 

Programmes to be offered form PG Campus Gandhinagar.
Programmes at Sr. No. 12 to 16 are of two-years’ duration.
(NID reserves its right to cancel any of the test centers or educational programmes announced or conduct the programmes form any of the three campuses).
10% seats in PG are reserved for SAARC region / foreign countries/ NRI candidates on supemumerary basis.

POST- GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN DESIGN (PGDPD)

Eligibility criteria for PGDPD: Candidates having a Bachelor’s degree (Including those appearing for the qualifying examinations during the academic year 2007 – 08). Those applying for more than one programme should send in separate application forms. One cannot apply for more than two Programmes.

Upper age limit: 27 Years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on 1.6.2008. Candidates with relevant work experience are preferred. This 2 to 2 ½ year PG programme is offered in the following disciplines under its five faculty streams.
(Pre-requisite qualifications are given in brackets).

DESIGNING OPPORTUNITIES ADMISSION INFORMATION:

Forms and information, can be obtained form academic Office, NID, Ahmedabad Directly by sending a demand Draft on any Scheduled Bank payable at Ahmedabad for Rs. 1050/- (Rs 500/- for reserved categories, who should also send a copy of the relevant document form competent authority) favoring National Institute of Design, and a self- addressed envelope of 8”x12” size with Rs 25/- stamps affixed. Mark your envelope ‘Admissions 2008’. Forms downloaded form NID’s website, along with required amount of DD drawn in favour of National Institute of Design, Payable at Ahmedabad will also be accepted.

Prescribed percentage of seats are reserved for candidates belonging to various reserved categories as per the Government of India norms in force at the time of admissions.

Design Aptitude tests (DAT) for eligible candidates for the Post-Graduate Diploma Programme will be held at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur Kochi, Kolkata & Mumbai. 

 

Application forms and prospectus can also be obtained form select branches of Bank of India on payment of Rs. 30/- as bank charges form October 9 to November 23, 2007. (Forms at concessional rates to reserved categories are available only form NID, Ahmedabad Directly).

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN IMPORTANT DATES:

Issuing of forms start form:

October 9, 2007, Tuesday

Last date for obtaining application forms from BOI and issuing of forms by post from NID:

November 23, 2007, Friday

Last date for receiving completed forms by NID:

November 30, 2007, Friday

Design Aptitude Test for PGDPD (at all centers):

January 5, 2008, Saturday

National Institute of Design
Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007, India
Phone: + 91-79-2662 3692 / 2662 3462
Fax: + 91- 79- 2662 1167
E-mail: admissions@nid.edu
www.nid.edu

 NID rated as one of the top 25 European / Asian Design Programmes in the world by Business week, USA.