M.Des. in Transportation and Automobile Design 

at NID Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar

The candidate needs to report for the exam at 8 am. Gates closing time is 9.30 am. 

The B.Des exam will be held from 10 am - 1 pm; meanwhile, the M.Des exam will be held from 10 am - 12.30 am.

The DAT Prelims for the B.Des programme will be conducted in a paper-and-pencil/pen mode. The question paper may  incude both textual and visual questions. Other details like duration of the exam, marking scheme, etc. will be published in the DAT Prelims admit card.

The DAT Prelims exam for the M.Des programme will be conducted offline and include a mix of objective and subjective questions. The paper will have a total of 100 questions.

NID DAT application form is closed for 2026-2027.

To register for NID DAT, candidate has to 

1. Get registered:  Candidate had to get registered using their email ID and mobile number.
2. Log-in and fill the form - Fill in all the necessary sections in the form: academic, personal, and contact details. Also, select an exam centre of your choice.
3. Upload documents - Follow specified format and specification when uploading documents like photographs and signatures.
4. Pay the exam fee to complete the application process. NID DAT 2026 fee is expected to be around Rs. 3000 for open, and Rs. 1500 for reserved-category candidates. A late fee of 50% more than can be charged by NID for registration if the application forms are not filled out after the deadline.

NID application form 2024 is now closed; the online application opened on September 8, 2023. The application form was open online at admissions.nid.edu. The NID application form is for admission to the B. Des and M.Des courses offered by participating colleges. The candidate had the option to fill out the application form with both regular and late fees. Without late fees, the application form was accepted up to December 5, 2023. Meanwhile, with late fees, the application form was open up to December 7, 2023. 

Yes, the candidate was given an opportunity to edit the submitted application form. The NID application form 2024 correction window was open from December 8 (12 noon) to December 10 (4 pm), 2023.

Using the edit option, the candidate could edit all information except the following:

• Name of the Candidate

• Date of Birth

• Registered Mobile Number 

• Registered Email ID

Also note that if the candidate changed his or her applied category, then any applicable additional application form fees had to be paid by the candidate. Further, no refund of excess fees was made in the case of any category change.

A candidate seeking admission to a NID Gandhinagar MDes course must fulfil the criteria mentioned below:

• Bachelor's degree of at least four years duration in any stream from a recognised university. 
• Pass in graduation and only candidates born on or after 1 July 1991 are eligible to apply for admission to the General Category and EWS Category. Only Indians born after 1 July 1988 may apply for admission if they belong to the Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBCNCL), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST).

Both institutes are the top most institutes in India. NID Ahmedabad has higher IIRF rank and it is top most design institute with higher employment percentage and other factors. Here are some information about the institute:

• The average package of NID Ahmedabad in academic year 2023 is INR 17-18 LPA
• The highest package it ever recorded is INR 50 LPA

NID Ahmedabad is way better than the NID Gandhinagar in every aspect.

The National Institute of Gandhinagar is very good for Master of Design (M.des) as the NID Gandhinagar falls under directly to government of India. If you campare the average packages over the years and if you consider the course fee structure, then it is one of the good NID in India The masters course from an NID woud get attention to your CV or Resume, even if you try for off campus placements. The highest package for a M.Des is INR  46 LPA .
Fee strucutre according to the management is INR 10 LPA .
The college has more than 80 precent placements in 2022-2023

Expected NID DAT cut off 2024 has been updated on this page. Candidates can also check past year's NID cutoff to get an idea on opening and closing ranks for admission. As per previous year NID cutoff, the NID DAT cutoff marks for General category was 50. National Institute of Design will release the NID DAT cutoff 2024 pdf along with result at admissions.nid.edu. Candidates can also check NID fees 2024.

NID Gandhinagar offers 7 specializations in M.Des. These are the most popular branches at NID Gandhinagar including Industrial Design, Communication Design, Textile Design, and Apparel Design. The fee range of these courses is INR 10 Lakhs - 11.4 Lakhs. To get enroll in these courses one must clear the NID Entrance Exam. The institute offers admission to 146 students.