NID Gandhinagar M.Des Strategic Design Management: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

NID, Gandhinagar offers a full time 2.5 years M.Des course in seven disciplines with an intake of 100 seats.

Specializations

Below mentioned is the list of specialisations of M.Des. course along with seat intake:

NID Gandhinagar M.Des. Eligibility Criteria 

The eligibility criteria for admissions to M.Des program are as follows :

• Candidates must have obtained a bachelor's degree in any stream from a recognised university. 
• Candidates with a full-time diploma of minimum four years in Design, Fine Arts, Applied Arts or Architecture from a recognised university are also eligible to apply for admissions.
• Candidates must be born on or after July 1, 1990 (July 1, 1987 for OBC-NCL/SC/ST category candidates).

NID Gandhinagar M.Des. Selection Criteria 

• NID DAT consists of three stages – Written Exam (Prelims and Mains), Studio Test and Personal Interview
• Candidates qualifying the DAT will have to appear for Studio Test and Personal Interview.
• A final merit list is prepared based on the performance in all the three stages.
• Candidates will be required to attend the counselling session in-person at the selected NID Campus and pay the admission fees in order to confirm admission.

How to apply for M.Des courses?

In order to apply for admissions to M.Des. course, candidates need to follow a stepwise procedure mentioned below 

1. Candidates need to register on the official admission website of NID by entering a valid email address and mobile number.
2. Now, login to the account with the mobile number and email ID.
3. Fill all the required details and click on ‘save and proceed’.
4. Upload the necessary documents in the prescribed format.
5. After uploading all the documents, click on ‘save and proceed’ to pay the application fee via Debit card/Credit card/Demand Draft.