NID Admit Card 2026 (OUT) LIVE Updates: Direct Link, DAT Prelims Hall Ticket @admissions.nid.edu/NIDA2026

Any errors regarding anything in NID DAT 2026 admit card can be emailed to NID before 5 pm, Thursday, 18 December 2025.

The NID DAT 2026 exam will be conducted on December 21, 2025.

M.Des program has a combined intake of 347 seats and is offered at 3 campuses: NID Ahmedabad, NID Bengaluru, and NID Gandhinagar.

NID B.Des course has a seat intake of 589 seats and is available at NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Assam, NID Haryana, and NID Madhya Pradesh.

The seven NID campuses accepting NID entrance exam scores/ranks for admission include

Items which are not allowed are mobile phone, any type of watch, bag, handbag, papers, notes, books, calculator, electronic gadgets, correction marker/white fluid, etc.

 No refreshments shall be provided by NID for the NID DAT Prelims centre.

Candidates must bring blue/black ball-point pen, scissor, glue stick, lead pencil (of varying grades), colors (such as oil pastels/color pencils/sketch pens, etc.) eraser, sharpeners, ruler, transparent writing pad etc. for NID DAT Prelims examination.

NID DAT digital copy of admit card will not be considered. You must bring a hard copy of admit card.

Candidates should carry:

• Passport
• Voter ID
• PAN Card
• Adhaar Card
• Driving License
• Attested by School/College Principal or
  Gazetted Officer

In case candidates do not have any of photo ID proofs, they should get both Part “A” and Part “B” of the NID DAT Admit Card attested by the Principal of their current school/college or a Gazetted Officer.

Candidates must bring any one valid Original photo ID proof for verification, such as (i) Voter ID Card, (ii) PAN Card, (iii) Driving License, (iv) Student ID issued by current school/ college (v) Passport (vi) Aadhar Card, etc. to the examination centre.

• Date of Exam: Sunday, 21 December 2025
• Reporting Time: 08:30 AM
• Gate Closing Time: 09:30 AM
• Time of Exam: 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM

Some of the common errors in NID Admit card are:

• Name may be incorrectly spelled
• Some information may be missing or blurred, for instance, the roll number  
• You are allocated a test city you didn't choose
• Or any other discrepancy.

If you find any discrepancy in the NID DAT 2026 admit card, you need to get in touch with the admission officials at the earliest. You can contact NID officials at the following address:

NID Admissions Cell
National Institute of Design
Paldi, Ahmedabad - 380007
Email: admissions@nid.edu 

Phone: 079 26623462 

The NID DAT Admit card Window looks like this:

NID DAT Admit card

The direct link to download the admit card is : NID Admitcard

The Admit card is out for Prelims B.des and M.Des

NID DAT 2026 Prelims exams will be conducted in 17 cities in India. The details will be mentioned in the NID DAT Admit card. The cities are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jorhat, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi and Patna.

Candidates can download their admit cards from the NID website.

1. Go to the NID website or the NID Admissions Portal.
2. Click on the link Download Admit Card 2026.
3. Enter your Registered Email ID and Date of Birth.
4. Click Submit to view and download your admit card.
5. Check the NID DAT Admit card thoroughly and in case of discrepancies, connect with the NID Helpdesk.

The NID DAT 2026 Admit Card will be released soon at admissions.nid.edu.

The NID DAT Admit Card will be out today, on December 11, 2025. 

No, NID DAT Prelims is an offline exam. The exam will be conducted as a paper-and-pencil/pen test for B.Des and M.Des.

National Institute of Design will issue the Admit card at 4 pm for B.Des and M.Des for NID DAT prelims exam.

The NID DAT Mains 2026 test for the M.Des program has two test components:

1. Studio Test
2. Personal Interview

NID DAT 2026 Prelims exam is on December 21, 2026 for B.Des and M.Des.

The NID Design Aptitude Tests 2026 will be conducted in two stages:
Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims
Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

National Institute of Design is to release the NID DAT 2026 Prelims admit card today. The link to download the admit card will be activated at admissions.nid.edu. Candidates must enter their NID DAT login details to download the hall ticket.

NID DAT will be conducted for UG and PG programmes. The notification will include details for both the Bachelor of Design (B.Des) and Master of Design (M.Des) programs across NID campuses.

Candidates who get shortlisted based on their DAT Prelims have to next appear in the DAT Mains exam. 

NID DAT Prelims exam centre 2026 details will be mentioned on NID DAT admit card. On release of the admit card, candidates can check the following details:

• NID DAT Prelims exam centre address
• Subject wise slots
• Subject-wise exam date
• Candidate details
• Reporting time

NID Admit card 2026 will be released for B.Des and M.Des programme.

NID DAT Admit card 2026 will be released at admissions.nid.edu

NID DAT 2026 Admit card for Prelims will be released today for B.Des and M.Des.

NID DAT Prelims will be conducted in 17 test cities in India. The selection of the exam city has to be done when filling out the NID Application 2026 form.

The name and address of the allotted exam center will be mentioned in the NID DAT 2026 Admit card.

NID DAT 2026 admit card is required for submitting a DAT Prelims re-check request. 

NID DAT M.Des Mains Admit Card 2026 will be tentatively released in the last week of February 2026. 

DAT Mains B. Des Admit Card is expected to be out in the second week of April 2026,

Candidates can carry any of the following photo ID cards with them on the NID DAT exam day.

• Aadhaar Card
• Student ID card
• Voter ID Card
• Driving licence
• Pan Card
• Passport

You must carry your stationery to the NID DAT Exam centre, like  pens, pencils, sharpeners, ruler, eraser, sketch pens, colours, etc. Exam officials will not provide any stationery to the candidate inside the exam hall. 

Yes, along with the NID DAT 2026 admit card, you will also need a valid photo ID proof. 

The DAT Prelims or Mains admit card 2026 may have discrepancies like

• Your name may be incorrectly spelled
• Some information may be missing or blurred, for instance, the roll number  
• You are allocated a test city you didn't choose
• Or any other discrepancy.

NID DAT UG and PG 2026 is to be released soon at admissions.nid.edu. The direct link to download the admit card will be updated here shortly.

NID DAT will be conducted for UG and PG programmes. The notification will include details for both the Bachelor of Design (B.Des) and Master of Design (M.Des) programs across NID campuses.

NID DAT Prelims exam will be conducted in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jorhat, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi and Patna.

The exam pattern for NID DAT Prelims is

The NID DAT Admit Card Prelims will be out on December 11, 2025. 

M.Des program has a combined intake of 347 seats and is offered at 3 campuses: NID Ahmedabad, NID Bengaluru, and NID Gandhinagar.

NID B.Des course has a seat intake of 589 seats and is available at NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Assam, NID Haryana, and NID Madhya Pradesh.

The First phase of the NID DAT 2026 entrance exam is NID DAT Prelims. 

The seven NID campuses accepting NID entrance exam scores/ranks for admission include

Yes, the dates for NID DAT 2026 Prelims exams are out for B.Des and M.Des.

The link to download NID DAT 2026 Prelims admit card is admissions.nid.edu.

Candidates can download their admit cards from the official NID website.

1. Visit the official NID website or the NID Admissions Portal.
2. Click on the link "Download Admit Card 2026."
3. Enter your Registered Email ID and Date of Birth.
4. Click Submit to view and download your admit card.
5. Check the NID DAT Admit card thoroughly and in case of discrepancies, connect with the NID Helpdesk.

NID DAT Admit card 2026 can be downloaded by entering Email ID, Password and Date of Birth.

NID DAT 2026 Prelims Admit card will be for B.Des and M.Des.

NID DAT Admit card 2026 will be out on December 11, 2026.

The Admit card of NID DAT entrance exam for Stage 1 : Prelims will be out soon for B.Des and M.Des.