The National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh (NID - AP) is a design school in Guntur District, India. The institute started functioning on 7 September 2015. It institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry,

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. It is temporarily at Acharya Nagarjuna University on Guntur - Vijayawada highway (NH 16) and will move to a permanent campus in

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Courses offered

The institute offers Bachelor of Design(B.Des) courses in Industrial Design,Communication Design, Textile and Apparel Design.

Bachelor of Design (B.Des)

This 4-year course is offered in three specializations by NID Andhra Pradesh. As the National Institute of Design Act 2019 was passed the institute will give B.Des instead of GDPD. This course has a total of 75 seats. Now NID Andhrapradesh is an Institute of National Importance( INI).

Infrastructure

The transit campus for the institute has been set up at the EEE & ECE Block, Acharya Nagarjuna University. The current campus include Studios, Knowledge Management Centre (Library) and I.T. Lab. Also, the institute provides students with full-time internet access.

References

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