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    NIDs Offering 5.5 Year Integrated MDes in 2027: Check Specialisation-wise Seat Intake

    NIDs Offering 5.5 Year Integrated MDes in 2027: Check Specialisation-wise Seat Intake

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 10 Nov 2026, 10:55 AM IST
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    The National Institute of Design is one of the leading design colleges in India. From 2027-28 onwards, several of them are offering the 5.5-year Integrated MDes programme, which combines UG and PG design curriculum into one course. Admissions into integrated MDes at NID campuses will be done through the NID DAT entrance exam. Read on to find out which NIDs offer the 5.5-year integrated MDes programme.

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    1. Which NIDs Offer 5.5 Year Integrated MDes?
    2. MDes (Integrated Pathway) Specialisations Offered by NID
    3. How to Obtain NID Seat Allotment for Integrated MDes?
    NIDs Offering 5.5 Year Integrated MDes in 2027: Check Specialisation-wise Seat Intake
    NIDs Offering 5.5 Year Integrated MDes in 2027

    Aspirants must appear for and qualify in the prelims and mains components of NID DAT 2027 to be considered for admission and seat allotment.

    Which NIDs Offer 5.5 Year Integrated MDes?

    As per the notification released by the authorities, the 5.5-year Integrated MDes is offered by 5 NID campuses. The programme is offered in various design specialisations such as product design, graphic design, communication design, transportation design and more. The campus list is given below. 

    List of NIDs Offering 5.5 Year Integrated MDes

    MDes (Integrated Pathway) Specialisations Offered by NID

    The specialisations offered by NIDs for their integrated MDes programmes span a variety of areas. There are a total of 292 seats available across disciplines under 5 design streams. The table below lists the specialisations and the seats offered by the 5 NIDs offering the 5.5-year MDes (integrated pathway).

    Total seats for NID 2027 Integrated M.Des

    Discipline

    Campus

    Seats

    Industrial Design Stream



    Ceramic & Glass Design

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Transportation & Automobile Design

    Gandhinagar

    9

    Product Design

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Product Design

    Madhya Pradesh

    13

    Transportation & Automobile Design

    Madhya Pradesh

    13

    Product Design and Innovation

    Haryana

    13

    Furniture and Interior Design

    Haryana

    13

    Communication Design Stream

    Discipline

    Campus

    Seats

    Animation Film Design

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Film & Video Communication

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Graphic Design

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Graphic Design

    Madhya Pradesh

    9

    Design for Moving Images (Film & Animation Design)

    Madhya Pradesh

    9

    Interaction Design

    Madhya Pradesh

    9

    Strategic Communication Design

    Haryana

    13

    Digital Experience & Interaction Design

    Haryana

    13

    Spatial Experience Design Stream

    Discipline

    Campus

    Seats

    Exhibition Design

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Furniture & Interior Design

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Design for Retail Experience

    Bengaluru

    9

    Textile and Apparel Design Stream

    Discipline

    Campus

    Seats

    Textile Design

    Ahmedabad

    9

    Apparel Design

    Gandhinagar

    9

    Lifestyle Accessory Design

    Gandhinagar

    9

    Textile Design

    Madhya Pradesh

    13

    Apparel Design

    Madhya Pradesh

    13

    Textile Innovation & Material Design

    Haryana

    13

    Fashion, Apparel & Lifestyle Design

    Haryana

    13

    Digital Design Futures Stream

    Discipline

    Campus

    Seats

    Digital Game Design

    Bengaluru

    9

    Interaction Design

    Bengaluru

    9

    Information Design

    Bengaluru

    9

    How to Obtain NID Seat Allotment for Integrated MDes?

    As per the NID selection process for BDes/integrated MDes, aspirants have to first appear for and qualify the NID prelims exam. Candidates shortlisted for the NID mains exam will be 2.5 times the number of available seats. The final rank of the candidate will be determined based solely on the scores in the NID mains. The NID DAT mains consists of a studio sensitivity test and an in-person sensitivity test.

    Shortlisted candidates in the NID final result have to register for the counselling process. The NID seat allotment will be done based on the candidate’s rank and campus preferences. 

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