M.Des. in Universal Design 

at NID Bangalore, Tumkur Road

Diploma candidates need to meet the following conditions for admission:

• Done full-time Diploma of 4-year duration after 10+2

• Diploma in the following subjects is accepted - Design/ Fine Arts/ Applied Arts/ Architecture.

• The Diploma must be done from a university or institute recognised by law in India.

Additionally, the candidate must have appeared in all the subjects and backlogs (if any) by June 30, 2024. 

The complete fee structure of NID Bangalore MDes, as per the official website, is mentioned below:

No, the application window for NID Bangalore MDes admissions 2025 is not open. The institute started accepting applications for admission to the current academic year (2025-26) in September. The application window remained open till December. The last date to apply for admission was Dec 6, 2025 (extended). Currently, the institute is conducting the seat allocation process for the MDes programme. The academic year is set to commence on June 30, 2025.

NID Bengaluru MDes admission is offered to the applicants who clear the NID DAT cut-off for their reservation category. The cut-off is released in various rounds. It varies across the MDes specialisations available at the institute. As of now, the latest cut-off for MDes admission at the institute is not available. Meanwhile, candidates can refer to the following table for the Round 1 cut-off for the General-All India category in 2021:

NID Bengaluru MDes admission is granted to eligible applicants who qualify in the two-stage Design Aptitude Test (DAT) conducted by the institute. Those fulfil the preset eligibility requirements can visit the institute's official website to apply for the DAT. While applying, candidates must select their desired MDes specialisation at NID Bengaluru as their preference.

There are two stages of the DAT. Candidates are shortlisted for the second stage based on their merit in the first stage. After both the rounds of DAT are conducted, the institute releases category-wise merit lists for various MDes specialisations. It is based on the applicants' marks in both these stages. The final marks are calculated based on the following weightages:

NID Bangalore and NID Ahmedabad cannot really be compared because NID Bangalore is the extended campus of NID Ahmedabad and the institutes have a common admission process and a centralised placement cell.

NID Ahmedabad offers BDes and MDes, on the other hand NID Bangalore only offers an MDes.

Both the institutes offers different MDes specialisations, therefore the choice of institute will majorly depend on the specialisation selection of a candidate. For instance, if an aspirant wish to pursue MDes with specialisation in Digital Game Design, he/she will have to take admission at the Bangalore campus because the NID Ahmedabad does not offer the aforementioned specialisation.

The list of specialisation offered by both NIDs is mentioned below:

Yes, NID has an excellent placement records for the past years. Many companies visits the Institute every year to recruit the students. The top recruiting companies are - Axis Bank, Myntra, Philips, Reliance, Tata motors, Adobe and many more. The average package is 15 LPA. The highest package is 35 LPA whereas the lowest package is 6.5 LPA. Students gets placed in various design and creative field. If you have a goal of getting placed after the completion of the course, NID is a  very good choice.