Testimonials

"I am so happy to share my experience with Mosaic Institute Of Design which has helped me achieve my greatest dream of studying at NID. The detailed and informative study material from Mosaic and the guidance by the faculties helped me to crack the studio test and in making an impressive portfolio. I cannot thank the teachers and Mosaic enough for all the hardwork they have put in to help me with my preparations. I would recommend Mosaic to everyone who is looking for overall development of design sensitivity along with exam oriented preparations."
Got Admission in NID Gandhinagar
Apparel Design (PG)test
Varsha Devjani
"Mosaic Institute Of Design shines bright & stands apart from all other institutes. The features that make the place special are well qualified faculties excellent study material & systematic teaching pattern. Beyond that what strikes me is the transparency at the institute the faculties who come to the level of students to teach them. After enrolling here I have seen a vast improvement in my creativity level. To whatever heights we reach we will always be thankful to MOSAIC for channelizing our efforts in the right direction."
NID UG
Priyanka Menon
"The study material and entrance exam coaching at Mosaic for NID is very effective."
NID (UG)
Jinal Mistry

Results

Varsha Devjani
PG - Apparel Design

Nisha Borgohain
UG

Priyanka Menon
UG

Jinal Mistry
UG

Satish Patel
PG - Furniture & Int

Shiksha Jain
PG - Animation Film

Abhishek Diwan
PG - Apparel Design

Shivani Chakrachattri
PG - Product Design

Student's Work

Green Apple

Composition

Landscape

Sketch

Curved Line Composition

Composition

ELIGIBILITY FOR NID 2018

NID DAT Entrance Exams are held in the month of January every year. The application process for NID 2018 will start in the month of September - October. The official notification for NID entrance 2018 is still awaited. The information for NID Eligibility according to last years notification 2017 are as follows:

NID B.DESIGN & GDPD
ELIGIBILITY - AGE

Upper Age Limit for Candidates: NID Bachelor of Design ( B.Des. ) and Graduate Diploma Programme in Design ( GDPD )

Upto 20 Years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on or before June 30, 2017.
For Indian Nationals in General Category : Candidates born on or before June 30, 1997 are not eligible.
For Overseas Category : Candidates born on or before June 30, 1997 are not eligible.
For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category ( OBC-NCL, SC, ST & PwD ): Candidates born on or before June 30, 1994 are not eligible.

NID B.DESIGN
ELIGIBILITY - EDUCATION

Educational Qualification for four year B.Des. programme at Ahmedabad Campus

FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

DISCIPLINE	EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Product Design	Candidates who have passed or who will appear for Higher Secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations from any recognized board of education like CBSE / IB / ICSC or their equivalent during the academic year 2016-17
Furniture Design
Ceramic & Glass Design

FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION DESIGN

DISCIPLINE	EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Graphic Design	Candidates who have passed or who will appear for Higher Secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations from any recognized board of education like CBSE / IB / ICSC or their equivalent during the academic year 2016-17
Animation Film Design
Film & Video Communication Design
Exhibition ( Spatial ) Design

FACULTY OF TEXTILE, APPAREL & LIFESTYLE ACCESSORY DESIGN

DISCIPLINE	EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Textile Design	Candidates who have passed or who will appear for Higher Secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations from any recognized board of education like CBSE / IB / ICSC or their equivalent during the academic year 2016-17

NID GDPD
ELIGIBILITY - EDUCATION

Educational Qualification for four year GDPD programme at NID Vijayawada and NID Kurukshetra

Candidates who have passed or who will appear for Higher Secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations from any recognized board of education like CBSE / IB / ICSC or their equivalent during the academic year 2016-17

Examinations considered equivalent to the above are as follows:

• Final examination of the 10+2 system under a central or state board recognised by the Association of Indian Universities, visit AIU
• Intermediate or two-year pre-university examination under a board or university recognised by the Association of Indian Universities, visit AIU
• Final examination of the 2-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
• Senior secondary school examination under the National Institute of Open Schooling, with a minimum of five subjects.
• Any public school, board or university examination completed in India or in any foreign country recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities visit AIU
• H.S.C. vocational examination.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination at the Advanced (A) level taken in London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka.
• High School Certificate Examination from Cambridge University or an International Baccalaureate diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
• Students who have completed their final examinations for class 12th (or equivalent) outside India or from a board not specified above will have to produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) confirming that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class 12th examination conducted in India.

Admission on Provisional Basis:

• Students yet to appear for their final qualifying examination are eligible to apply, provided they produce proof of having acquired the minimum required qualifications at the time of admission.
• If the results of their Class 12th / final semester / final year of graduation have not been declared by the concerned board or university by the date of admission, in that case admission shall be strictly provisional, subject to the following conditions:
(i) The student should be able to submit the final result of their qualifying degree / certificate proving their eligibility on or before 31 August 2017, to the Activity Chairperson, Professional Education Programme.
(ii) Students seeking provisional admission in case they are awaiting their final results are required to provide proof of having passed all their examinations in all the previous years/semesters of their qualifying degree.
(iii) The student should also provide the qualifying exam’s date sheet/admit card/Principal’s certificate as proof of having appeared for their final qualifying exam.
(iv) Students who have appeared for compartment or supplementary examination(s) for standard 12th or have backlogs of any semester/final year of graduation whose results have not been declared by the time of admission, will be considered for admission as per (i) above.
• Any candidate who has not appeared for their final qualifying exam before the date of admission will not be eligible for admission. Provisional admission will be considered only in cases where the results of the final semester/year of their qualifying degree have not been declared by the concerned board/ university. In case the result has been declared by the concerned board/university but has not been declared in a specific case, for any reason, the candidate will not be considered for provisional admission.

NID M.DESIGN
ELIGIBILITY - AGE

Upper Age Limit for Candidates: NID Master of Design ( M.Des. )

Upto 30 Years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on or before June 30, 2017.
For Indian Nationals in General Category : Candidates born on or before June 30, 1987 are not eligible.
For Overseas Category : Candidates born on or before June 30, 1987 are not eligible.
For Reserved Category : Candidates born on or before June 30, 1984 are not eligible.

NID M.DESIGN
ELIGIBILITY - EDUCATION

Educational Qualification for 2-1/2 year M.Des. programme at Ahmedabad Campus.

DISCIPLINES
Product Design	Furniture Design
Graphic Design	Ceramic & Glass Design
Textile Design	Animation Film Design
Film & Video Communication Design
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Candidates must either have appeared for, or passed, or will be appearing in any of the following, before July 2017 : Bachelors Degree in any discipline under the 10+2+4 ( or more ) system from any recognized university or recognized institute in India. Diploma in Design under the 10+2+4 system, from any recognized university or recognized institute in India. OR Candidates must either have appeared or passed in the following before July 2016 : Bachelors Degree in any discipline under the 10+2+3 system from any recognized university or recognized institute in India.

Educational Qualification for 2-1/2 year M.Des. programme at Gandhinagar Campus.

DISCIPLINES
New Media Design	Lifestyle Accessory Design
Toy & Game Design	Photography Design
Apparel Design	Strategic Design Management
Transportation & Automobile design
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Candidates must either have appeared or passed, or will be appearing in any of the following, before July 2017 : Bachelors Degree in any discipline under the 10+2+4 ( or more ) system from any recognized university or recognized institute in India. Diploma in Design under the 10+2+4 system, from any recognized university or recognized institute in India. OR Candidates must either have appeared or passed in the following before July 2016 : Bachelors Degree in any discipline under the 10+2+3 system from any recognized university or recognized institute in India.

Educational Qualification for 2-1/2 year M.Des. programme at Bengaluru Campus.

DISCIPLINES
Digital Game Design	Interaction Design
Information Design	Universal Design
Design for Retail Experience
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Candidates must either have appeared or passed, or will be appearing in any of the following, before July 2017 : Bachelors Degree in any discipline under the 10+2+4 ( or more ) system from any recognized university or recognized institute in India. Diploma in Design under the 10+2+4 system, from any recognized university or recognized institute in India. OR Candidates must either have appeared or passed in the following before July 2016 : Bachelors Degree in any discipline under the 10+2+3 system from any recognized university or recognized institute in India.

NID B.Des. & M.Des.
ELIGIBILITY - OVERSEAS CATEGORY

Who is eligible to apply under the overseas category? Foreign citizens—applicants holding citizenship of a country other than the Republic of India are eligible to apply, provided they fulfill all the eligibility criteria mentioned above. Of the seats available for the M.Design and B.Design programmes, 15% supernumerary seats have been created for overseas applicants. The actual number of seats available under Overseas category are as follows:

Programme	No. of seats
Master of Design (per specialisation)	02
Bachelor of Design, NID Ahmedabad	15

Supernumerary seats under Overseas category are only available for M.Design and B.Design programmes. Thus not available for GDPD programme at NID Kurukshetra and NID Vijayawada.
Foreign applicants fall outside the ambit of seats reserved for the OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories.
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holding an Indian passport are not eligible to apply under the Overseas category and will have to apply as Indian nationals.
Candidates applying in the Overseas category for M.Design / B. Design programme have to appear for DAT Prelims and DAT Mains at Ahmedabad Test Centre. DAT Prelims will be immediately followed by DAT Mains.
Candidates can download and print their Admit Cards from www.admissions.nid.edu ( Available as per the schedule ).
After all the stages of the admission process have been completed, the final merit list of the Overseas category will be prepared. Successful candidates will be offered admission to NID based on the merit list.
In order to accept the offer of admission, overseas candidates are required to visit the relevant NID campus in person, as per the schedule.

At this time, candidates will be required to produce the following documents along with their self attested photocopies:

(i) Self attested copy of the relevant pages of their passport.
(ii) For M.Des. candidates: Self attested copies of their grade sheets/mark sheets of all semesters equivalent to SSC (Grade X), HSC (Grade XII) and degree certificate/provisional certificate/passing certificate.
(iii) For B.Des. candidates: Self attested copies of their grade sheets/mark sheets of SSC (Grade X) and HSC (Grade XII). Candidates in the process of completing their Class 12th must submit a bonafide certificate from their school or college.
(iv) An equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi, which will need to be obtained prior to admission.
(v) The applicant will be responsible for obtaining a student visa for the entire duration of the programme at NID, before the commencement of the programme.
(vi) The candidature will stand cancelled, if selected candidates do not pay their programme fees or fail to produce all of the required documents, or if they decline the offer of admission.
(vii) The seats will not be transferred to any other category and will lapse if they remain vacant in the Overseas (supernumerary) category.
(viii) The Foreign language of instruction at NID is English.