NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN (NID), is a Design school in Ahmadabad was established in 1961. National Institute of Design, India’s premier and first design institute has been declared Institution of National Importance by the Act of Parliament, by virtue of the National Institute of Design Act. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, government of India. NID's graduates have made a mark in key sectors of commerce, industry and social development by taking role of catalysts and through thought leadership.

• NID is focusing on Advancing educational and research excellence through SEED (System for Educational Excellence in Design) in a learner centric ‘NID’ way
• Vision of the school is “To undertake fundamental and applied research to create cutting edge knowledge in the areas of design especially those concerned with user understanding and trends”
• Mission of the school is “To provide design intervention for craft, handloom, rural technology, small, medium and large scale enterprises, and outreach programmes for capability and institution building and sustainable livelihood, employment opportunities and economic growth”
• NID has taken five decades of pioneering hard work by the academic community at the institute to develop a system of education which lays more emphasis on learning than on mere instruction

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS -

• Burg Giebchenstein, Halle, Germany
• Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, (BIAD), Birmingham, UK
• Massey University, New Zealand
• Royal College of Art & Design, London, UK
• The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), Johannesburg, South Africa
• Monash University, Australia
• Instituto Europeo di Design, S R L, Milan, Italy
• The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
• Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
• School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design, York University, Toronto, Canada