National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh

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. This institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It temporarily ran its four years B.Des program at Acharya Nagarjuna University on Guntur - Vijayawada highway (NH 16) till 2023 December. In early 2024 NID AP now shifted to its permanent 50 acre campus in Amaravati, the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh.

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 specialisations 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 Andhra Pradesh 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. Now the new campus at Amaravati region, while settling down, is going to set up more expanded facilities along in due course of time.