NID Bangalore Admission 2024: NID DAT Application (Open), Courses, Fees, Eligibility, Cutoff

Yeshwanthpur, BangaloreEstd 2006
#2 For Design By IIRF 2024  
Claim this college

Established in 2006, National Institute of Design, Bengaluru offers 5 courses under the Master's degree. In line with the fact that it’s the R&D wing of the prestigious NID, the courses include digital designing, interactive designing, etc.

  • The admission process involves an entrance exam followed by a studio test, and an interview. 
  • One can apply online via the official website of NID Bangalore
  • The applications are available on the website from the month of October. 

NID offers centralised placement opportunities for its campuses in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bangalore. According to the Times of India, the highest package offered to NID students was 72 lacs per annum. Tanishq, Tata, Adobe, Myntra, EBay are some of the prominent names of the companies that hire from NID. 

NID Bangalore Important Dates

Events Dates
NID DAT 2023 Application form filling starts October 22, 2022
Last date to submit NID DAT 2023 application form December 22, 2022 
Submission of NID DAT 2023 application form with late fee December 16, 2022- December 22, 2022
NID DAT 2023 Application Form Correction Window December 25, 2022 – December 27, 2022 
Admit card release for NID DAT Prelims 2023 January 02, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Prelims Date January 08, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Result Date For B.Des- March 30, 2023 
For M.Des- February 28, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Prelims Re-checking Request For B.Des- March 31, 2023- April 01, 2023
For M.Des- February 28, 2023- March 02, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Main Admit Card For B.Des- April 15, 2023 
For M.Des- March 9, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Mains Date For B.Des- April 29, 2023- April 30, 2023
For M.Des- March 20, 2023- March 23, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Mains Result Declaration For B.Des- May 18, 2023
For M.Des- May 16, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Window for submission of campus preference  May 18, 2023- May 19, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Mains Re-checking Request For B.Des- May 18, 2023- May 19, 2023
For M.Des- May 16, 2023- May 17, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Payment of Fees and Uploading of Documents  For B.Des- May 25, 2023- May 26, 2023
For M.Des- May 16, 2023- May 19, 2023
NID DAT 2023 Provisional Offer Letter 1st week of June, 2023

NID Bangalore M.Des. Admission 2023

NID Bengaluru offers 5 courses under the Master's degree. Aspiring students require a bachelor's degree or a full-time diploma in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture to apply for admissions.

Students are admitted via an entrance exam followed by a studio test, and an interview.

Duration 2.5 Years
Specializations 5
Type Full time
Basic Eligibility Criteria Bachelor’s Degree or full-time diploma
Basic Admission Criteria DAT Prelims and DAT Mains

Specializations offered by the Institute are:

  •  Design for Retail Experience
  • Digital Game Design
  • Information Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Universal Design

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria of NID Bengaluru rests on your educational qualifications, age and your entrance exam alongwith the studio test. However, the eligibility criteria varies slightly for the different categories. 

(i) Age Limit

Indian Nationals Foreign Nationals
General Born on or after 1 July 1990
General EWS  born on or after 1 July 1990 
Reserved Category born on or after 1 July 1987
Person with Disabilities (PwD)  born on or after 1 July 1985

(ii) Educational Qualifications

To satisfy the second requirement, one must possess either, 

  • Bachelor degree of minimum 4-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard from any university or institute recognised by law in India.
  • Bachelor degree of minimum 3-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India. 
  • Full-time Diploma of minimum 4-year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India.

Notably, candidates, in the final year, whose universities may not have issued the final degree certificate by the date of application to NID, are eligible to apply, subject to passing all subjects without any backlog.

Selection Criteria

In order to be considered for admission, a candidate needs to have appeared in both DAT Prelims and DAT Mains.

DAT Prelims and DAT Mains

  • A merit list is prepared in accordance with the results of DAT Prelims for each category. Based on that merit list, candidates are called for DAT Mains. DAT Mains includes a studio test+Interview. 
  • Thereafter, based on the results of DAT Mains, a number of candidates are shortlisted for each discipline offered by NID Bengaluru. Based on the sum total of the weighted scores obtained by the candidate in each stage of the admission process, namely the DAT Prelims and DAT Mains, the final merit list is prepared. 
  • The final merit list has category-wise generation of candidates for each of the disciplines. Finally, a Common merit list will be generated based on the percentile score. 

NID Bengaluru Application Process 2023

The Application process is just like any other entrance exam you apply for. Visit the official admissions website at http://admissions.nid.edu and follow the listed steps:

  • Download the M.Des. Admission Handbook and go through it thoroughly. 
  • The candidate needs to register/sign up online before proceeding to fill the application form.
  • After logging in successfully, they need to fill up their personal and educational details. 
  • The candidate needs to upload his/her signatures and documents
  • Pay the Application Fee as per the Category you belong to either through online mode or a demand draft. 

The documents required at the time of counselling are:

  • Passport Sized Photograph (minimum 60 KB and maximum 100 KB in size)
  • Scanned Copy of the Signature (Maximum 100 KB in size)
  • Category Certificates (JPG/JPEG format and not exceed 150 KB in size)
  • A valid e-mail ID

Seat Allocation & Reservations

The seat reservation at NID Bengaluru is based on the official guidelines of the government on the matter. Accordingly, NID Bengaluru has seat reservations in the following manner: 

Category-wise reservation of seats 
GEN-EWS (10%) OBC-NCL (27%) Scheduled Caste (15%) Scheduled Tribe (7.5%)
2 5 3 1
  • Notably, 5% of all the seats from the categories are reserved for the Persons with Disability (PwD). 
  • Of the seats available for the M.Des., 15% supernumerary seats are available for Overseas candidates. 
  • Further, foreign nationals applying under the Overseas category are outside the ambit of reservation of seats. 

FAQs

Ques. Does NID Bengaluru provide scholarships?

Ans. NID, Ford Foundation and Government of India Scholarships offers scholarships to needy, meritorious students. Students can apply by post. One needs to look out for alerts. 

Ques. How is the Faculty of NID Bengaluru? 

Ans. The faculty at NID Bengaluru is highly qualified and have expertise in their discipline. To read more about the faculty click here.

Ques. Is NID Bengaluru expensive?

Ans. No, NID is a very genuine college in terms of fees. Master at NID costs INR 1.79 Lakhs which is almost equal to all other colleges that offer M.Des courses.

Ques. In what all areas can students pursue their career after doing M.Des?

Ans. The students get placement opportunities in areas such as social communication, service sectors, technology enhanced learning, Craft Design, Green Design, Universal Design, and Experiential Design.

Ques. Does NID Bengaluru provide a course in B. Des? 

Ans. No, at present NID Bengaluru offers only 5 PG courses in M.Des. It does not offer any UG course. The UG courses are being offered in the other 2 campuses of NID.

Do you think the Admission details are wrong ?  Report Here

NID Bangalore Cutoff 2024

NID Bangalore, NID Cutoff 2024

NID Bangalore, NID Cutoff 2024 for EWS Category is listed below. The overall cutoff marks for NID is 51.05

Courses
Round 1
(Cutoff marks)
Compare
51.05

Do you think the Cutoff is wrong ?  Report Here

NID Bangalore Fees & Eligibility

Full time Courses
CourseFeesEligibilityApplication DateAction
M.Des
19 Courses
4.68 Lakhs (1st Year Fees) Graduation8 Sept - 01 Dec 2023

Do you think the Course details are wrong ?  Report Here

COURSEADMISSION LINK
M.Des, Admission Link

Do you think the data is wrong ?  Report Here

Course Finder

Search from 20K+ Courses and 35+ Streams

Clear

NID Bangalore Latest News

Discover More Colleges

National Institute of Fashion Technology - [NIFT]
B.Des
National Institute of Fashion Technology - [NIFT]
HSR Layout, Bangalore
₹326200First year Fees
Army Institute of Fashion and Design - [AIFD]
B.Des
Army Institute of Fashion and Design - [AIFD]
Kothanur, Bangalore
₹204025First year Fees
JD Institute of Fashion Technology
Diploma in Design
JD Institute of Fashion Technology
Bangalore
₹175000Total Fees
Exterior Interior (P Ltd)
Graduate Diploma in Design
Vogue Institute of Art and Design - [VIAD]
Diploma in Design
Vogue Institute of Art and Design - [VIAD]
Bangalore
₹270810First year Fees
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology
B.Des

Comments


No Comments To Show
Write a Review & Win Monthly Prizes upto ₹100000*
Extra Cash for Selected Colleges
Winners Will Get
prices
prices
prices
prices
Top Courses
Interaction Design
Course Duration:  2 Years 6 Months
₹464120  First Year Fees
M.Des Digital Game Design
Course Duration:  2 Years 6 Months
₹464120  First Year Fees
Information Design
Course Duration:  2 Years 6 Months
₹464120  First Year Fees
Other Colleges in the Same Group
Faculties
Aarti Srivastava
Head and Professor
Ajay Kumar Tiwari
Head and Professor
Amit Sinha
Head and Professor
Learn More About Courses
Student Also Visited
NITTE School of Fashion Technology and Interior Design - [NITTE]
B.Des - Bachelor of Design
225000 First year Fees
NITTE School of Fashion Technology and Interior Design - [NITTE]
Pearl Academy
B.Des - Bachelor of Design
747000 First year Fees
Pearl Academy
IIFA Multimedia
PG Diploma in Design
145000 Total Fees
IIFA Multimedia
Indian Institute of Fashion Technology - [IIFT]
M.Des - Master of Design
250000 First year Fees
Indian Institute of Fashion Technology - [IIFT]
Vogue Institute of Art and Design - [VIAD]
Diploma in Design
270810 First year Fees
Vogue Institute of Art and Design - [VIAD]
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology
B.Des - Bachelor of Design
551400 First year Fees
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Faculty of Art and Design, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
M.Des - Master of Design
213250 First year Fees
Faculty of Art and Design, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
Asian Institute of Design - [AID]
Diploma in Design
600000 Total Fees
Asian Institute of Design - [AID]
LISAA School Of Design
Diploma in Design
165000 Total Fees
LISAA School Of Design
Bangalore Animation College
Diploma in Design
235000 Total Fees
Bangalore Animation College
International Institute of Fashion Design - [INIFD] MG Road
B.Des - Bachelor of Design
203000 Total Fees
International Institute of Fashion Design - [INIFD] MG Road
NICC International College of Design
Diploma in Design
190000 Total Fees
NICC International College of Design
Bangalore School Of Design - [BSD]
B.Des - Bachelor of Design
250000 First year Fees
Bangalore School Of Design - [BSD]
Exterior Interior (P Ltd)
Graduate Diploma in Design
Exterior Interior (P Ltd)
CREO Valley School of Film and Television
B.Des - Bachelor of Design
1200000 Total Fees
CREO Valley School of Film and Television