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NID to Start Offering B.Des Courses at All Campuses

The National Institute of Design (NID) has declared that it will start offering the course of B.Des at all of its campuses. Candidates can find all the details regarding B.Des being offered at all NID campuses here.

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The National Institute of Design (NID) has issued a notification in which it has informed that all its campuses will now be offering B.Des (Bachelor of Design) degree programmes. Before this, the newly established NIDs which include NID Assam, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, and NID Madhya Pradesh offered GDPD (Graduate Diploma Programme in Design) programmes to the students who cleared the NID Entrance Exam. However, the course of GDPD will be discontinued now and all the GDPD seats will be converted to B.Des seats.

NID B.Des Seat Intake for All Campuses 2020

The table given below provides the seat intake of all campuses of NID which will now provide the course of B.Des. The total seats at each campus for all the specialisations of B.Des have been given.

NID Campus

B.Des Specialisation

Seat Intake

NID Andhra Pradesh

Communication Design

25

Industrial Design

25

Textile and Apparel Design

25

NID Madhya Pradesh

Communication Design

25

Industrial Design

25

Textile and Apparel Design

25

NID Assam

Communication Design

25

Industrial Design

25

Textile and Apparel Design

25

NID Haryana

Communication Design

25

Industrial Design

25

Textile and Apparel Design

25

A total of 75 seats have been allocated to each of these four NID campuses for the B.Des programme.

Also Read:NID DAT 2020 Important Dates: Final Result Declared for B.Des and GDPD

Major Changes in NID Admissions 2020

There have been some major changes in the NID admission process of 2020. All the changes were introduced primarily due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Some of the main changes in the admission process of NID for the academic session of 2020 - 2021 have been listed here.

NID Admission Criteria for B.Des and GDPD Admissions 2020

The NID Admission Cell altered the weightage allocated to NID DAT Prelims and NID DAT Mains to create the merit list for B.Des and GDPD admissions. The table given below provides the new and the old weightage given to both of these exams and the revised admission criteria of B.Des at NID.

NID ExamPrevious WeightageNew Weightage
NID DAT Prelims30 per cent70 per cent
NID DAT Mains70 per cent30 per cent (online interaction)

NID Admission Criteria for M.Des Admissions 2020

One of the major changes in the M.Des admission process of NID 2020 was that NID DAT Mains 2020 was conducted in the online mode. The NID Admission Cell also changed the weightage that was allocated to NID DAT Prelims and NID DAT Mains for creating the final result and merit list for M.Des (Master of Design) admissions. Check the table given below to know the old and new weightage of both the exams for M.Des admissions 2020.

NID ExamPrevious WeightageNew Weightage
NID DAT Prelims30 per cent
60 per cent 
(Common Design Aptitude Test: 15 per cent
Design Specific Test: 45 per cent)
NID DAT Mains70 per cent40 per cent

Also Read:NID DAT 2020: Check Important Dates and Selection Process Here

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