National Institute of Design

Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) and
Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (PGDPD)

National Institute of Design is nationally and internationally acclaimed as one of the finest educational and research institutions for Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design.

The Institute offers Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) and
Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (PGDPD) in its three campuses

Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD)100 Seats (Including reserved categories)

4-year GDPD programme is offered in the following disciplines: (includes a Foundation year) (No. of seats mentioned in brackets)

Faculty of Industrial Design
Product Design (15)
Furniture & Interior Design (10)
Ceramic & Glass Design (10)

Faculty of Communication Design
Graphic Design (15)
Animation Film Design (15)
Film & Video Communication (10)
Exhibition (Spatial) Design (10)

Faculty of Textile, Apparel and Lifestyle Design
Textile Design (15)

Eligibility
Candidates who have passed or who will appear in March 2010 for qualifying examinations under Higher Secondary (10+2) or equivalents like AISSCE/ IB/ ICSE, etc are eligible for GDPD. Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on June 01,2010.

Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in Design: 240 Seats (Including reserved categories)

2 to 2.5 year PGDPD Programmes offered at (No. of seats mentioned in brackets)

Main Campus, Ahmedabad
Product Design (15), Transportation and Automobile Design (10), Furniture & Interior Design (15), Ceramic & Glass Design (10), Textile Design (15), Graphic Design (15), Animation Film Design (15), Film and Video Communication (15), Photography Design (15)
PG Campus, Gandhinagar
Toy & Game Design (10), Apparel Design & Merchandising (15), Lifestyle Accessory Design (15), New Media Design (15), Strategic Design Management (15)

R&D Campus, Bengaluru
Information & Interface Design (15), Design for Retail Experience (15), Design for Digital Experience (15)

Eligiblity
Candidates having a Bachelors degree or equivalent (including those who will be appearing for the qualifying examinations during the academic year 2009-10) are eligible for the separate test for PGDPD. (Please refer to the eligibility criteria given for the specific disciplines on website/admission brochure)
Upper age limit for candidates is 27 years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on June 01,2010.
Those applying for more than one programme should send in separate application forms. One cannot apply for more than two PG programmes.

How to Apply
Forms can be obtained from Academic Office, NID, Ahmedabad directly by sending a Demand Draft drawn on any Nationalised Bank in favour of ‘National Institute of Design' payable at Ahmedabad for Rs.1500/- (Rs 750/- for reserved categories – SC/ ST / PH / OBC - who should also send in a copy of the relevant document from competent authority) and a self-addressed envelope of 9"x12" size with Rs 40/- stamps affixed. Mark your envelope NID Admissions – 2010

Forms can also he obtained from select branches of Bank of India on payment of Rs.1550/-.

Forms can be downloaded from www.nid.edu

Important Dates:
Last date for receiving completed forms at NID: October 31, 2009
Test for PGDPD (at all centres): January 9, 2010
Test for GDPD (at all centres): January 10, 2010

Test for GDPD & PGDPD for eligible candidates will be held at:
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata and Mumbai.


Bank of India branches:
Ahmedabad Bhadra, Paldi; Bengaluru Kempegowda Road; Bhopal Marwari Road, Jumerati; Bhubaneshwar Janapath; Chandigarh Sector 17; Chennai Errabalu Chetty Street; Coimbatore Oppankara Street; Dehradun Rajpura Road; Delhi Janpath, Hauz Khas; Durgapur Nachan Road; Guwahati Kamarpatty; Hyderabad Nampally Station Road; Indore Santa Bazar; Jaipur Mirza Ismail Road; Jamshedpur Bistepur; Kanpur Mahatma Gandhi Road; Kochi Shanmugham Road; Kolkata Netaji Subhash Road, Manicktolla; Kozikode Silk Street; Lucknow Nawal Kishore Road; Mumbai Nariman Point Dadar-Portuguese Church; Panaji Rua De Ormuz; Patna Fraser Road; Pondicherry J Nehru Street Pune Dr Coyaji Road; Ranchi Albert Ekkachowk; Rohtak Hissar Road; Rourkela Sector 19; Shillong Police Bazar; Simla The Mall; Srinagar Maulana Azad Road; Surat Kanpith, Lai Gate; Thiruvananthapuram University; Udaipur Nyay Marg; Vadodara Raopura; Vishakhapatnam Valtair Main Road.

Contact:
National Institute of Design (NID)
Paldi, Ahmedabad - 380007
Email :admissions@nid.edu
Website: www.nid.edu