WHAT IS NID? 

NID stands for National Institute of design, is nationally as well as internationally one of the finest educational and research institution which provide Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated Design courses both for under-graduates and post-graduates and doctoral levels.
National Institute for design is the first design Institute in India established by Indian government, Ford Foundation and the Sarabhai family  in the year 1961 at Ahmedabad. It was an autonomous all-India body. NID has been ranked as India’s No. 1 Design Institute.

 NID has total 7 campuses. Each campuse offer different course. Some has B. Des diplomas and some dont. Some has M. Des diplomas and some dont. So here are those campuses and pg courses offer by them. 

• NID AHMEDABAD- Name of the B. Des courses- Animation film design,  graphic design, product design, textile design, exhibition design, ceramic and glass design, furniture and interior design, 
• NID GANDHINAGAR- do not offer any B. Des or ug course
• NID BANGALORE- do not offer any B. Des or UG course. 
• NID ANDHRA PRADESH- UG courses such as B.Des Communication Design , B.Des Industrial Design and B.Des Textile and Apparel Design. 
• NID MADHYA PRADESH- B. DES COURSES NID MADHYA PRADESH OFFERS, SUCH AS COMMUNICATION DESIGN, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND TEXTILE AND APPAREL DESIGN.
• NID HARYANA- B. Des courses NID Haryana offers such as  communication design, industrial design and textile and apparel design. 
• NID ASSAM- B. Des courses such as Apparel design, communication design, Industrial Design. 

Approx fees for UG courses here

4 years of B. Des course on Products Design,  graphic design, film and video communication, textile design, furniture design, animation film design, exhibition design, ceramic and glass design-  ₹ 368,400 per year. (Annual fees- arround ₹12,91,600 to ₹12,86,600) 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA-

• Candidates who wants to study B. Des, must pass their 12th examination. And for M. Des candidates needs to pass graduation. 
• Both B. Des and M. Des candidates must pass and get a relevant score in NID DAT prelims and Mains. 
• Weightage for B. Des- For prelims it will be 40% and for mains it will be 60%. Weightage for M. Des- From Prelims it will be 30% and for Main's studio test will be 40% and interview will be 30%.

• After qualifying NID DAT you can get admission to NID as per your performed score. 

WHAT IS NID DAT? 

NID organise a two stage national level Entrance examination every year for admission of students for B. Des and M. Des courses provided by NID. The entrance examination of NID is being called NID-DAT. DAT stands for design aptitude test. This examination evaluates the candidate's visualisation skills, creative & observation skills, knowledge, comprehension, analytical ability, et cetera. Experts have shared that this NID's design aptitude test is one of the most challenging design entrance exams conducted in India.