About NEED

NEED is conducted by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. The objective of NEED is to measure the candidate’s aptitude for the field of design involving general mental ability, worldview, sensitivity to environment, creativity, drawing and communication skills.

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NID NEED 2009 Eligibility

Admission is open to students who have passed or who will appear for qualifying examinations under the Higher Secondary (10+2), or equivalents like AISSCE/ IB/ ICSE etc.

Competence in technical and related subjects will normally be considered an advantage. Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on June 1, 2009.

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NID NEED 2009 Important Dates

Issuing of forms start from:	October 6, 2008
Last date for receiving the completed application forms by NID	November 28, 2008
Test Date	January 4, 2009 (Sunday)
Dates of the studio tests/ interviews	April 23 – 25, 2009

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NID NEED Application Process

Application forms along with the prospectus for the ensuing academic year will be made available on request from the second week of October on payment of Rs.1500/- (Rs.750/- for reserved categories) by a Demand Draft of any nationalised bank drawn in favour of the ‘National Institute of Design’ payable at Ahmedabad.

Forms downloaded from NID’s website along with required amount of DD drawn in favour of National Institute of Design payable at Ahmedabad will also be accepted.

Forms can also be obtained from select branches of Bank of India (listed below) on payment of Rs 1500/- towards the cost of the form plus Rs 30/- as bank charges. (Forms at concessional rates to reserved categories are available only from NID, Ahmedabad.)

Bank of India Branches

 

 

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Areas of Speacialisation

• Product Design, Furniture & Interior Design, Ceramic & Glass Design
  (Under the faculty of Industrial Design)
  
  
• Graphic Design, Animation Film Design, Film & Video Communication, Exhibition (Spatial) Design
  (Under the faculty of Communication Design)
  
  
• Textile Design
  (Under the faculty of Textile, Apparel and Lifestyle Design)
  

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NEED Participating Institutes

Other than NID, other institues that accept NEED score for admission to their respecing Under Graduate programs are

• D. J. Academy of Design, Coimbatore
  
• IILM School of Design, Gurgaon
  
• Indian Institute of Craft & Design, Jaipur
  
• Wigan & Leigh College, New Delhi
  
• Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru
  
• Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi

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Admission Procedure

For candidates applying for NID : Based on NEED score candidates will be short listed and called directly for next phase of admission — studio tests and personal interviews — for final selection. Candidates need not apply to NID again for the second and third stages.

For candidates applying to consortium partner institutes : Based on the NEED scores candidates have to apply separately to each consortium partner institute for admission and may have to fulfill its specific requirements for admission in the next phase.

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Test Cities

Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Oman.
(NID reserves its right to cancel any of these centres)

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Contact Details

All enquiries relating to education should be addressed to the Academic Office . Enquiries of a general nature should be sent to NID's Corporate Communications Department at Ahmedabad or to any of the two centres at Bangalore or Delhi:

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