IIAD Entrance Exam PG Degree 2027: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Results

The entrance exam for IIAD DAT 2027 will be on December 05 and 06, 2026. The exam is conducted in online and offline modes.

The last date to fill the Application form of IIAD Entrance exam is November 30, 2026. The exams will be held in online and offline modes.

Total marks for IIAD DAT exam will be 200. Duration of the exam is 2 hours 30 minutes. Question paper will include questions from Logical Reasoning and Creative Thinking and Visual Aptitude Sections.  IIAD DAT will have two phases: which include the iDAT exam and Portfolio Evaluation or Interview round.

The application fee for IIAD DAT Entrance Exam 2027 is INR 2,500. The applications are available online at the website. 

For admission to UG courses, the candidate needs to have passed 10+2 exam in any discipline. Those awaiting 10+2 results may also apply. The candidate must make sure that meet the eligibility criteria, as otherwise the candidature of the applicant can be cancelled.

The admission committee will verify the information given by the candidate at the time of counselling.

The fee for B.Des at IIAD is ₹595,000 (Annual Fee). The fee for Semester I is INR. 297,500.

No, you should not apply if you don't meet the eligibility criteria for IIAD DAT Entrance Exam. 

It is because exam officials will verify the eligibility conditions before seat allotment. If any candidate is found lacking, he or she will be disqualified.

Further, if the candidate is found to be forging their eligibility, they may not only be disqualified, but criminal charges may also be levied against such candidates.

Sample papers are good resources/ tools to prepare for an entrance exam.

So, make use of it. You can solve sample papers at any time/ stage of your exam preparation.

By solving sample papers, you can get exam-ready.

Also, silly mistakes can be fixed by solving sample papers. You can also improve your problem-solving and time management.

IIAD will not release any draft answer key for the IIAD DAT Written Exam.

It will declare the results directly on its admission portal. The candidate can check their results using their candidate credentials.

Since there are no answer keys, there will also be no answer key challenge. If the answer key is released, the direct link to download the keys will be updated here.

There will be no draft answer keys for IIAD exam 2027 if we go by the previous years' schedule. However, if exam officials do release the answer key, the direct link to download the keys will be provided here. In case the draft key is released, it will contain details like the answer key code for each question. The candidate will also be allowed to challenge the draft key in some cases.

Exam officials will release the IIAD DAT 2027 admit card on the admission portal.

Download the admit card by

1. Go to the admission portal

2. Click on the admit card download link

3. A log-in window will open

4. Ennter candidate credentials

5. On successful log-in, you can download the admit card.

The fee for IIAD M.Des 2027 is INR 5,95,000 (Annual fee). The fee for Semester 1 is INR 2,97, 500.

The IIAD DAT paper includes:

• Visual and creative thinking questions

• Drawing-based problem-solving

• Observation and design sensitivity

• Analytical and logical reasoning

• Situational responses

The total marks for IIAD DAT Studio Test are 50. Each question is of 5 marks.

There are 50 questions in IIAD DAT Entrance Exam. There will be 2 sections: Logical Reasoning and AnalyƟcal Reasoning.

IIAD DAT Studio Test will be of 1 hour.

No. The IIAD result is final and binding. Re-evaluation is not available as the process includes interviews and subjective assessments.

Sample papers are good resources/ tools to prepare for an entrance exam.

So, make use of it. You can solve sample papers at any time/ stage of your exam preparation.

By solving sample papers you can get exam ready.

Also, silly mistakes can be fixed by solving sample papers. You can also improve your problem-solving and time management.

Exam officials will release the IIAD DAT admit card on its admission portal.

Download the admit card by

1. Go to the admission portal

2. Click on the admit card download link

3. A log-in window will open

4. Enter your candidate credentials

5. On successful log-in, you can download the admit card.

The best books of IIAD exam will

• Be written as per the official IIAD DAT exam syllabus

• Be very few to no errors in these books

• Be well written and easy to follow

• Have infographics to explain various concepts. 

• Contain lots of practice material and examples.

In the last months for IIAD exam

• Don’t start any new topics as it will eat into your preparation time.

• If you have already completed the rest of the topics, may be you can start a new topic. But again you need to be cautious

• Do timely revision and focus more on the difficult topics

• Solve sample papers

• Take mock tests

• Eat and stay healthy

No, you are not allowed to carry electronic gadgets inside the IIAD exam hall. Any candidate who is found to have such items may be disqualified from IIAD exam.  So, don’t carry such items inside the exam hall. 

To participate in the seat allotment process, the candidate must have qualified in the exam. Exam officials will release the detailed counseling-cum-seat allotment process on its admission portal.

Careffully go through it.

Typically, the seat allotment will be based on the following factors:

• The merit rank of the candidate in the entrance exam

• The seat intake for the applied program

• Options selected by the candidate

If candidate doesn’t accept IIAD seat allocated to him or her, the allotment will be canceled. Exam officials will release the deadline for acceptance and fee payment schedule.

If the allotment is cancelled, the vacant seat will be allocated to the candidate next in the order of merit.

So, it is the responsibility of the candidate to pay the seat-acceptance fee by the given deadline.

IIAD result will be released online. The scorecard will carry the following information.

• Name and roll number

• Sectional score

• Overall score

• Merit rank

The scorecard will be available for download in pdf format. Download and take a printout.

Yes, candidates seeking admission to design courses at the Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD) need to appear in the IIAD entrance exam. Qualifying exam scores will only be used as a qualifying criteria, and not for preparing the IIAD merit list.

Candidates who plan to get admission to the institute need to apply online. Note that applications ubmitted via offline mode will be rejected.

The IIAD Exam 2027 will be conducted on December 05 and 06, 2026. The candidate can select the mode of the exam at the time of filling out the IIAD 2027 application form. Note that the IIAD DAT is conducted multiple times in the year. 

IIAD 2027 exam has two parts: IIAD Design Aptitude Test (iDAT) and Studio Simulation. However, those seeking admission to Fashion Management courses need to appear in the IIAD Management Aptitude Test (iMAT) and Interview. The exam will be conducted in online and on-campus modes.

Yes, the candidate may contact the IIAD DAT 2026 exam officials via phone. You should call the officials during office hours.

Also, if you have an issue, don’t wait until too late.

Exam officials would ideally listen to your problem and try to get it resolved.

Total marks for IIAD DAT exam will be 200. Duration of the exam is 2 hours 30 minutes. Question paper will include questions from Logical Reasoning and Creative Thinking and Visual Aptitude Sections.  IIAD DAT will have two phases: which include the iDAT exam and Portfolio Evaluation or Interview round.