Everything You'd Want to Know about National Institute of Design (NID), Bengaluru

National Institute of Design (NID) Bengaluru campus is unique in that it is located in the midst of India's IT city and therefore provides the students with industry advantage as well as learn-to-innovate advantage. The institute, being internship-based, experiential school of design, is a practice-based practitioner putting the students in a role where they can solve actual design problems.

Courses Offered

While the Bengaluru campus is underdeveloped at the undergraduate level, it is well developed at the postgraduate and Ph.D. levels:

Master of Design (MDes):

5-semester postgraduate program with five specialist character specialisations:

Design for Retail Experience

Digital Game Design

Information Design

Interaction Design

Universal Design

PhD in Design:

Full-time: Max. 3 years (extendable to 5 years)

Part-time: Max. 5 years (extendable to 7 years)

Placement Highlights (2023–24)

The institute has a good placement record

Highest Package: ₹35 LPA

Average Package: ₹15 LPA

Minimum Package: ₹6.5 LPA

Lead Recruiters: Adobe, Axis Bank, Ashok Leyland, Myntra, Philips, Reliance, and others.

Why NID Bengaluru?

India's First and Only R&D Campus for Design: Postgraduate MDes and PhD courses in future-proof design specialisations.

Location Advantage: Bengaluru's tech and innovation capital provides special access and opportunities for industry interaction and project-based learning.

Global and National Reputation:

2nd in India among design schools in the 2024 IIRF Rankings

Top 51–100 in the world in "Art & Design" by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

Unexperienced Teaching Staff: Domain subject experts with high levels of pedagogic intensity and creativity freedom.

NID Bengaluru then completes the journey with the right-amount mix of serious studies, industry readiness, and international ranking to be among India's leading institutions to study postgraduate and doctoral studies in design.