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    NID DAT
    Seats
    19

    Course Details

    MODE

    Full time

    DURATION

    30 Months

    Master of Design (M.Des) in Lifestyle Accessory Design is a full-time two and Half-year postgraduate course offered by the National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar Campus


    Important dates

    Exams and EventsDates
    NID DAT
    Result Date (Mode - Online)
    6 Apr'26 - 6 Apr'26
    NID DAT
    Others - Rechecking request for DAT Prelims BDes (Mode - Online)
    6 Apr'26 - 8 Apr'26

    Eligibility Criteria

    Age Limit:

    • For Indian Nationals in General Category & General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1991 are eligible to apply for admission.
    • For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC- NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1988 are eligible to apply for admission.
    • For Indian Nationals in Person with Disabilities (PwD) Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1986 are eligible to apply for admission.
    • For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1991 are eligible to apply for admission.


    Educational Qualification:

    In addition to satisfying the above age criteria, the candidate must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications to be considered eligible for admissions:


    Bachelor Degree of minimum 4-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard from any university or institute recognised by law in India.

    Condition: Candidate must have passed the Bachelor Degree examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in July/August.

    OR

    Full-time Diploma of minimum 4-year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India.

    Condition: Candidates must have passed the Diploma examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in July/August.

    OR

    Bachelor Degree of minimum 3-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard.

    Condition: Candidates must have passed the 3 year Bachelor degree examinations by 2020. Those applicants who were in the final year of Academic Year 2019-20 and whose examinations have not been conducted by 2020, due to the pandemic situation prevailing in the country, can also apply.

    Admission Details

    The candidates are required to appear in DAT Prelims comprising of the CDAT [Common Design Aptitude Test].

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