M.Des. in Industrial Design 

at Unitedworld Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

At the Ahmedabad campus, Unitedworld Institute of Design has a total of 80 seats for MDes. This seat intake is across all the offered course specialisations. After final selection, the seat allotment is done as per the sanctioned intake. This seat intake is as per official sources. Hence, is indicative. Moreover, the MDes seat intake at the NCR campus is 40. 

Candidates can get enrolled to a MDes course of UID Ahmedavad, Karnavati University if they meet eligibility requirements and perform well in selection rounds. The aspirants with a valid BDes or equivalent degree passed with at least 50% aggregate can apply. Aspirants can access the application form in both online and offline modes. 

The applicants have to then appear for the UID Design Aptitude Test. Candidates shortlisted based on exam scores are called for the situation test and portfolio evaluation. The final selection is done based on overall performance in the selection rounds. Selected candidates can pay admission fee and submit documents to confirm their seats.

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Yes, the candidates pursuing MDes from UID have to complete an industry internship in the last year of the course. This internship is included in the course curriculum to ensure that candidates gain field experience. Apart from this, a project also has to be submitted to the institute. 

Candidates applying for the PG course need to pay the course application fee. An application is submitted successfully on payment of application fee amount. For the MDes programme at UID Ahmedabad, the application fee varies depending on the category of candidates:

• General Category (Indian and Foreign candidates): The application fee is INR 2,000. Candidates in this category have the option to apply online or offline. The application window opens in August.
• NRI/NRI Spons./Mgmt. Category: Candidates in this category are required to pay an application fee of INR 3,000, and the application process is exclusively online. They can apply during the application window starting in January 2024.

Unitedworld Institute of Design Ahmedabad has completed the placements for the 2022 batch. According to the UID Ahmedabad placements 2022, the average salary package offered to B.Des graduates ranged between INR 8 LPA to INR12 LPA. UID Ahmedabad average package for MDes graduates stood between INR 10 LPA to INR 14 LPA approximately. During UID Ahmedabad placements 2022, students get placement in job profiles like product development design, graphic design and game design. Some of the major recruiters of UID Ahemdabad are Masaba, Arvind, Amazon, Byju’s, Tata Motors, IBM, KPMG, Zee Media, Capgemini, Raymond, FILA, Accenture, Flipkart, Tanishq and many others. 

The leading companies that visited the Unitedworld Institute of Design campus during the 2022 placement drive are mentioned below:

UID Ahmedabad offers three courses in Design at UG and PG level, namely BDes (Hons), BDes (Hons) GDP, and MDes. The mode of education for all the courses is full-time. UG courses are of four-year duration, whereas MDes is a two-year course.

Yes, Unitedworld Institute of Design, KU admissions are open. Interested students can go to the UID KU website and apply online for the desired course. The applications can be submitted online or offline.