Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in Design

For the academic year 2007-2008 the last date for receiving the completed application forms is 30 November 2006 .

All candidates fulfilling the requirements of minimum qualification and within the prescribed age limit will be called for the Design Aptitude Tests to be conducted at 12 centres viz Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, and Mumbai (NID reserves its right to cancel any of these test centres/education programmes). Dates of these tests will be 6th January 2007 for Post-graduate Diploma Programme in Design and 7th January 2007 for Graduate Diploma Programme in Design. Hall ticket/Call Letter will be posted by 20 December 2006

Those who do not receive the call letters by the end of December 2006 may get in touch with NID's Admissions Unit. Admission is on the basis of NID's method of selection, which extends beyond the students previous academic qualifications.

Registration
Candidates accepted for admission will be intimated by 26th May 2007. They are required to pay fees for the entire academic year (by Bank Draft in favour of the National Institute of Design payable at Ahmedabad along with their letters of acceptance as well as the rules and regulations duly endorsed by them and by their parents or guardians. These documents and the payment must reach the Institute by the date as indicated in the offer letter. In case the Institute does not receive the letter of acceptance and the payment as aforesaid, by the date indicated, the offer of admission will stand withdrawn and the available seats will be offered to those in the waiting list. Candidates who are waiting for the results of their qualifying examinations will be offered provisional admission into the programme.

The Graduate Diploma Programme students are admitted only into the Foundation Programme and their entry into different design domains is not automatic. On successful completion of the Foundation Programme, the final decision on the specific design domain will be recommended by the Semester Jury. All students are required to be present for the Orientation Programme and no exceptions can be made. Failure to be present at the Orientation programme may mean an automatic withdrawal by NID of its admission offer. Students who leave the Institute after joining will forfeit the entire tuition fees and other charges and will get only the refundable deposits.

Evaluation
In view of benchmarking NID's academic activities internationally, the Institute has introduced the `Academic Credit Based Evaluation System' as a part of its structure from the academic year 2002. The system comprises credits and performance evaluation through grading, wherein the students are required to earn the prescribed number of credits indicated for the respective academic programme as well as perform to the established level of performance set by the institute for successful completion of the professional education programme at NID.

The students' performance is assessed at several stages of the Programme, viz. individual course evaluation, semester-end jury, peer group/general presentations and diploma jury.

Number of seats
Number of seats for each discipline may vary at the time of final selection.

Design for Retail Experiences : 15
Design for Digital Experiences : 15

For admission information please contact:

Bangalore Centre
B 112, Rajaji Nagar Industrial
Estate, Bangalore 560 044

Phone: (080) 2335 9873 / 23387534
Fax: (080) 2338 7534
e-mail: nidbc@dataone.in

R & D Campus
National Institute of Design
R & D Campus
#12 HMT Link Road, Off Tumkur Road
Bangalore 560 022

Phone: (080) 23373006 / 23373276
Fax: (080) 23373086