National Institute of Design Ahmedabad

What is the average package at National Institute of Design Ahmedabad?

The average package at National Institute of Design Ahmedabad in the 2025 placement season stood at around Rs 21.3 LPA, with a highest package of roughly Rs 30 LPA and about 620 offers made across disciplines. This is a step up from 2024, when NID Ahmedabad recorded an average of Rs 12.8 LPA for M.Des graduates and Rs 9.1 LPA for B.Des graduates, against a course-high of Rs 36 LPA. A NID Ahmedabad degree is a design qualification rather than an engineering one, so the institute's averages are driven by UX/UI, product, communication and animation design roles at studios, consumer-tech firms and consultancies rather than by mass IT hiring.

It is worth noting that NID Ahmedabad does not publish a single consolidated annual placement report the way IITs or IIMs do. The institute runs discipline-wise placement sessions (its full-time placements happen in cohorts for B.Des and M.Des streams), and the figures below are compiled from reputable education portals tracking those drives. Where sources differ on a number, treat the figure as the most consistent reported value for that year rather than an exact official audit.

Branch/Course-Wise Package Breakdown

The table below breaks down NID Ahmedabad packages by the two qualification levels and a high-demand specialisation, because at NID earning power is tied far more to your discipline and degree level than to a single campus average. It answers the practical question every aspirant has: how much do B.Des versus M.Des graduates actually earn, and which streams pull the premium offers? Read the average column as the typical outcome, and the highest column as the top end achieved by strong portfolios in interaction, product and communication design.

The clear takeaway is that M.Des cohorts at NID Ahmedabad consistently out-earn B.Des cohorts, with the 2024 master's average (Rs 12.8 LPA) roughly 40% above the bachelor's average (Rs 9.1 LPA). Specialisations feeding the tech economy, particularly Interaction/UX and Product Design, reach the highest offers, while Animation Film Design graduates are recruited by studios such as Disney, Prime Focus, Samsung and Cartoon Network at packages up to around Rs 15 LPA. Medians are approximate because NID does not formally publish them.

Year-Wise Package Trend

This table tracks NID Ahmedabad's package trajectory so you can judge momentum rather than a single snapshot. It answers whether earning outcomes at the institute are rising, and it pairs the institute-wide average with the headline highest figure for each cycle. Because NID runs separate B.Des and M.Des drives, the 2024 row shows the two stream averages, while 2025 reflects the blended, portal-reported campus average.

The trend shows healthy upward movement: NID Ahmedabad's reported blended average climbed from the Rs 9-13 LPA band in 2024 to roughly Rs 21.3 LPA in 2025, while the highest package has held in the Rs 30-36 LPA range across all three cycles. The 2023 data is best read as two separate placement windows (a June drive topping at Rs 36 LPA and a November drive topping at Rs 33.66 LPA), which is why no single consolidated average exists for that year. For an applicant, the signal is that top-end ceilings are stable and the broad average is trending up as UX and product hiring deepens.

Notable Offers & Package Distribution

At National Institute of Design Ahmedabad the top offers cluster around UX/UI and product design roles, where strong portfolios have reached the Rs 30 LPA-plus band, and the headline highest packages were Rs 36 LPA (June 2023 and 2024) and Rs 33.66 LPA (November 2023). Lowest offers in the same cycles sat at around Rs 3-4 LPA, so the spread within a single NID cohort is wide and portfolio-driven. The institute reports roughly 80% of participating students placed, with recruiter participation growing from about 100 companies in 2019 to 120-150 companies by 2024.

The distribution at NID Ahmedabad is best understood as two tiers rather than one flat average. The premium tier is led by consumer-tech and product firms such as Microsoft, Adobe, Samsung, Philips and SAP, plus consulting names like Deloitte and Cognizant and consumer giant Hindustan Unilever, which drive the Rs 20-36 LPA offers for interaction, product and graphic design talent. The mass-recruiter tier spans automotive (Maruti Suzuki), IT services (Infosys, TCS), animation studios (Disney, Prime Focus, Cartoon Network) and brands like Adidas and Titan, which anchor the Rs 8-15 LPA band that most B.Des graduates land. This barbell shape is why the campus average understates what a top-decile NID portfolio can command.