Yearly Expenses (Tentative)

Total expenditure for studies at NID, including Hostel and Mess charges, is estimated in the range of Rs.1,25,000 to Rs.1,50,000 per year at the present level of costs. There will be marginal increase in costs, which may vary year to year.

* The students at Bangalore may make their own arrangements for stay and the programmes are non-residential.

Fee Waivers and Freeships
A number of full and partial tuition fee waiver offered by NID and Ford Foundation and Govt. of India Scholarships are available to the deserving and disadvantaged candidates. There is some additional support offered by the Ford Foundation to meet the Hostel/ Mess expenses of candidates from disadvantaged sections of the society.

Overseas Candidates
Overseas candidates applying for admission into Graduate Diploma Programme in Design should send in their application along with other applicants in India by November 30, 2007. Such students may attend admission test in India at one of the test centers and if short-listed can attend the interviews at Ahmedabad.

10% seats in Post-Graduate Diploma Programme are reserved for foreign countries/ SAARC region/ NRI candidates on supernumerary basis].

They should fill in the prescribed application form and send the same with their portfolio to Registrar (Academics) NID on or before November 30, 2007. Their selection will be processed through a selection procedure as may be prescribed by the Admission Committee.

The Institute will follow the reservation criteria as and when prescribed by the Government of India and as applicable at the time of admissions.

Yearly Expenses for foreign nationals/ SAARC countries/ NRI
Tuition Fee for foreign nationals: US $ 9,000/-
Tuition Fee for SAARC countries/ NRI: US $ 6000/-
Other fees/ charges are as applicable to Indian students.