| NID is an autonomous body under the ministry of commerce and industry. |
| Before the fee cuts were announced, IIM Kozhikode charged an annual fee of Rs 1.00,000, that included expenses on tuition, library, computer, teaching material and hostel charges, for the first year and Rs 1,10,000 for the second year. |
| While the average pay package of a NID pass-out is around Rs 3,00,000 per annum, the average pay package of an IIM graduate is around Rs 6,00,000. |
| "Total expenditure on studies at NID, including hostel and mess charges, is estimated at around Rs 1,20,000 per annum from the next academic session. The fee is likely to go up by around 10 per cent every year," an institute official said. |
| At present, the fees at NID are around Rs 90,000 per annum, which includes all expenditures for both under-graduate and post-graduate courses, while the tuition fees for overseas students from SAARC countries is $3,000 per year and $9,000 for students coming from other countries. |
| Apart from the tuition fees for foreign students, other fees and charges are as applicable to the Indian students. Those students whose parents or guardians are not Indian citizens have to pay tuition fees as applicable to students from the Saarc countries. |
| The institute offers four-year graduate diploma programme in design and the post graduate diploma in design for graduates, particularly in architecture, technology, engineering, fine- and applied-arts, information technology, computer science. The annual intake for the graduate diploma programme is 60, while for the post-graduate diploma programme the intake is 145. |
| The institute, in association with the Ford Foundation, also offers full- or partial-tuition fee waivers to deserving students. |
| The institute also assists students to get scholarships offered by the Centre and various state governments, and loans from banks and financial institutions. |
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