National Institute of Design (NID) at Ahmedabad and at its Bengaluru and Gandhinagar Extension campuses 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 & Industry, Government of India. As per the NID Act 2014, the Institute is a statutory authority empowered to award its own degrees— presently offering Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) of four-year duration, Masters of Design (M.Des.) of two-and-a- half year duration and PhD in Design. The Institute is also a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam are an independent autonomous institute under the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and offer full time four year Bachelors’ Programme in Design (B.Des.) Admission to all the programmes at NID is on the basis of the candidates’ performance in the two-stages of Design Aptitude Test viz. DAT Prelim & DAT Mains. The objective of these exams is to assess the knowledge, skills and behavioural abilities of candidates
Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims
Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims will be conducted at various test centres across India (Refer Section 7.3 of this Admissions Handbook). Candidates should note that appearing for the DAT Prelims or being shortlisted for the second stage of 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. Exact details of the Test Centre will be mentioned in the DAT Mains Admit Card
Important Dates
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1 |
Accepting
Application Form online starts |
Friday,
08 January 2021 |
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2 |
Last
date for submitting online application |
1600
hrs. Sunday, 07 February 2021 |
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3 |
Submission
of online application with payment of late fees |
1600
hrs Monday , 08 February 2021 to 1400 hrs Friday, 12 February 2021 |
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5 |
Window
to edit the application forms |
1800
hrs. Friday, 12 February 2021 to 1600 hrs. Monday, 15 February 2021 |
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6 |
Download
Admit Cards for DAT Prelim ** |
1600
hrs. Thursday, 04 March 2021 |
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7 |
DAT
Prelims Exam |
Sunday,
14 March 2021 |
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8 |
DAT
Prelims result |
Will
be announced later |
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9 |
Rechecking
request for DAT Prelims |
Will
be announced later |
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10 |
Download
Admit Card for DAT Mains |
Will
be announced later |
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11 |
DAT
Mains for all candidates *** |
Will
be announced later |
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12 |
DAT
Mains result |
Will
be announced later |
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13 |
Counselling |
Will
be announced later |
Courses
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Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) at NID
Ahmedabad
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Master of Design (M.Des.) at NID
Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar & Bengaluru
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Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) at NID Andhra Pradesh
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Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) at NID Haryana
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Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) at NID Madhya Pradesh
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Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) at NID Assam
Eligibility Criteria
Bachelor of Design (B.Des.)
All candidates applying for the B.Des. must fulfill the eligibility criteria of both age and education qualification as under.
Age Limit:
For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2001 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 1998 are eligible to apply for admission.
For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1996 are eligible to apply for admission.
For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2001 are eligible to apply for admission.
Educational Qualification:
Applications for academic year 2021–22 are open to candidates who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2020–21 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities etc.) from any recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent.
Test Centres for DAT Prelims:
The DAT Prelims will be conducted in the following cities in India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada
Last Date for submitting online application is: 4 pm on Sunday, 07 February 2021.
Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims is on 14 March 2021
Click here
for DAT prelims sample papers
Click here for
B.Des. 2021 Handbook
