The National Institute of Design (NID) has invited online applications for the preliminary Design Aptitude Test (DAT- 2017) which will be held on January 8, 2017 across the country. The test is for admission to Bachelor of Design (BDes), Master of Design (MDes) and Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD). The last date for application is November 28. For details and instructions, visit http://admissions.nid.edu
Admission to all design
courses will be based on a two-stage (preliminary, main) objective tests
meant to assess candidates’ knowledge, skills in design and behavioural
abilities.
The four-year BDes programme, with an
intake capacity of 115, is offered only at NID Ahmedabad. The areas of
specialisation are ceramic and glass design, furniture design, product
design, animation film design, exhibition design, film and video
communication, graphic design and textile design.
The
four-year GDPD is offered at NID Vijayawada and Kurukshetra campuses
and the specialisations available here are industrial design,
communication design, textile and apparel design.
Eligibility: For
the MDes courses, applicants should have obtained a bachelor’s degree
in any discipline under 10+2+4 system or 10+2+3 system, or a diploma in
design under 10+2+4 system.
Those appearing for the
qualifying degree/ diploma examination before July 2017 will also be
considered. Age limit is 30 years as on June 30,2017, and will be
relaxed by three years for reserved categories.
For
the B.Des and GDPD courses, those who have passed Plus Two/ equivalent
examination or appearing for the qualifying examination in 2016-17 are
eligible to apply. Age limit is 20 years as on June 30, 2017, and will
be relaxed by three years for reserved categories.
Courtsey: Gopakumar Karakonam
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