NID ADMISSIONS 2016-17 – FORMS AVAILABLE NOW!!!

All candidates applying for Bachelor of Design programmes must fulfil the following criteria:

CRITERION 1 – AGE LIMIT

– Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years of age (relaxable by three years for reserved category) on or before July 1, 2016.

– General Category applicants: Candidates born on or before July 1, 1996 are not eligible.

– Reserved Category applicants (OBC-NCL, SC, ST & PH): Candidates born on or before July 1, 1993 are not eligible

CRITERION 2 – EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

– Applications for Academic Year 2016-17 is open to applicants who have passed or will appear for the qualifying examinations under the higher secondary (10+2) from any recognized Board of Education such as AISSCE/IB/ICSE, or equivalents, during the academic year 2015-16.
Examinations considered as equivalent to class XII are:

– The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (www.aiuweb.org).

– Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defense Academy.

– Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.

– Any Public School, Board or University examination in India or in a foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

– H.S.C. vocational examination.

– General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.

– High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.

– Candidates who have completed Class XII (or equivalent) examination outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities to the effect that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination.

All candidates applying for Master of Design programmes must fulfil the following criteria:

CRITERION 1 – AGE LIMIT

– Upper age limit for candidates is 30 years of age (relaxable by three years for reserved category) on or before July 1, 2016.

– General category applicants: Candidates born before on or before July 1, 1986 are not eligible.

– Reserved category applicants (OBC-NCL, SC, ST & PH): Candidates born on or before July 1, 1983 are not eligible.

CRITERION 2 – EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

– Applications for Academic Year 2016-17 is open to applicants who have successfully passed any one of the following qualifying exams in 2015:

– Bachelors degree in any discipline under the 10+2+4 (or more) system, from any university or institute recognized (by law) in India.

– Bachelors degree in any discipline under the 10+2+3 system, from any university or institute recognized (by law) in India, with a one year experience or further academic qualifications.

– Diploma in Design under the 10+2+4 system, from any university or institute recognized (by law) in India.

Please Note: In case Degree/Certificate has been obtained from some University/Board of any other country, then the candidate must obtain an equivalence certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi, www.aiuweb.org prior to admission.

FORMAT FOR SC/ST CERTIFICATE: Format_SCST

FORMAT FOR OBC-NCL CERTIFICATE:Format_OBC

FORMAT FOR PWD CERTIFICATE:Format_PH