National Institute of Design (NID) Admission

About NID
Course Offered
Eligibility Criteria

Age Limit (for admission during 2024-25)
Educational Qualification

Admission Process

Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims
Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

Test Pattern

DAT Prelims
DAT Mains

Important Dates*
Contact Details
Related Links

About NID

National Institute of Design (NID) is internationally acclaimed as one of the finest educational and research institutions for Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design. It is a statutory institute under the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It has been recognised as an 'Institution of National Importance' by the Act of Parliament, by virtue of the National Institute of Design Act 2014. It is also recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad and its extension campuses at Gandhinagar and Bengaluru, is an ‘Institute of National Importance’ as per the NID Act 2014 as well as an autonomous Institute under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh and NID Assam are independent autonomous institutes under the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

Course Offered

The four-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered at NID Ahmedabad in the following areas of specialization:

Discipline	Number of Seats
Faculty of Communication Design
Animation Film Design	19
Exhibition Design	13
Film and Video Communication	13
Graphic Design	19
Faculty of Industrial Design
Ceramic and Glass Design	13
Furniture and Interior Design	13
Product Design	19
Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle and Accessory Design
Textile Design	19

The four-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered at NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh and NID Assam in the following areas of specialization:

Discipline	Number of Seats
Communication Design	25
Industrial Design	25
Textile and Apparel Design	25

Eligibility Criteria

All candidates applying for the B.Des. must fulfill the eligibility criteria of both age and education qualification as under:

Age Limit (for admission during 2024-25)

For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2003 are eligible to apply for admission.
For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.
For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1998 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification

Applications are open to candidates who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the current academic year in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities etc.) from any recognized board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent.

Admission Process

Admissions to all the programmes at NID is based on the candidates’ performance in the two-stages of Design Aptitude Tests viz. DAT Prelims and DAT Mains. The objective of these exams is to assess the knowledge, skills and behavioural abilities of the candidates.

Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims

Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims will be conducted at various test centres across India. Candidates should note that appearing for the DAT Prelims or being shortlisted for the second stage of the admission process does not guarantee automatic entitlement to admission.

Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

Candidates shortlisted after the DAT Prelims will be invited to appear for the Stage 2 DAT Mains.

Test Pattern

DAT Prelims

The B.Des. DAT Prelims paper will consist of an examination, the duration of which will be announced in the admit card. This is a paper-and-pencil / pen test, conducted at the same time on the same day across all test centers. The questions asked may involve text and visuals. The question paper will be in English language only.

Based on the DAT Prelims scores, separate merit lists shall be prepared for each category (GENERAL, GENERAL-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD) as applied for by the candidate. Only shortlisted candidates, as per merit, will be eligible to appear for the DAT Mains exam as per the schedule announced.

DAT Mains

Based on the scores obtained in the DAT Prelims, eligible candidates will be shortlisted for the DAT Mains as per merit. Admit cards for shortlisted candidates will be available for download only on the official NID admissions website.

The DAT Mains will consist of tests in multiple formats such as in studio set-up. The question paper will be in English language only. The test centres for the DAT Mains will be announced later.

The final marks of the candidate appearing for the B.Des. programme of the National Institute of Design, will be calculated based on the weightages of the marks obtained in the DAT Prelims and DAT Mains, which will be announced later. Only those candidates who have appeared for all the tests in both the stages will be considered eligible for the merit list.

Important Dates*

Admission Stages	Dates
Accepting application forms online begins	October
Last date for submitting online applications	December
DAT Prelims exam	January
DAT Prelims result	March
DAT Mains exam	April
DAT Mains result	May
Payment of token fees and uploading of documents	May
Provisional offer letter of admissions	First week of June
*NID reserves the right to change / alter this schedule due to unforeseen circumstances.

Contact Details

Email: admissions@nid.edu
Phone: 079 26623462 (11 am to 12:30 pm and 3 pm to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday)

National Institute of Design (NID) Admission