National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

The participating institutes of NID DAT 2026 offers B. Des and M.Des courses. The B. Des programme is available at five participating NIDs and has an intake capacity of 425 seats. Meanwhile, the M.Des programme is three NIDs and has a combined intake of 347 seats.

Admission to both B. Des and M.Des courses will be through the NID DAT entrance exam. The seat allotment to the above courses wlll be based on respective merit lists which will be prepared considering weighted scores of DAT Prelims and DAT Mains.

The candidate won’t have the option to select the specialisation for the B.Des programme at the time of filling out the NID DAT 2024 application form. 

Instead, the candidate simply has to select the programme of study (B.Des), when filling the form.

Candidates who get admission to the B.Des programme typically have to attend a mandatory foundation programme of one year. The allotment of discipline or specialisation will be done based on the performance of the candidate in the program.

The B.Des offered by the NIDs is a full-time programme of 4-year duration.

The admission to the NIDs is conducted through a Design Aptitude Test (DAT). The DAT is a two-stage exam.

The candidate has to first appear in DAT Prelims and then, if shortlisted, have to appear in DAT Mains. The final merit list for admission will be prepared by giving weightage to both DAT Prelims and DAT Mains. If a candidate appear in DAT Prelims, but doesn't appear in DAT Mains, he or she will not be considered for admission. 

The NIFT and NID DAT are different entrance exams. Also, while the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) released an official syllabus for the NIFT entrance exam, the National Institute of Design (NID) doesn’t release any official syllabus.

So, the only option for the NID aspirant is to consult previous years’ papers and sample test papers to get an idea regarding the types of questions that may be asked in the NID DAT 2024 exam.

And no, the NIFT 2024 syllabus cannot be relied on to prepare for the NID DAT exam. The candidate may refer to the NIFT syllabus only to further their knowledge.

The National Institute of Design (NID) hasn’t released any syllabus for the DAT Prelims exam. In fact, NID doesn’t release any syllabus either for the DAT Prelims or DAT Mains exam.

Instead, the institute released sample question papers for the B.Des and M.Des programs.

The candidate can solve questions given in the sample papers to get an idea about the types of questions asked, topics covered, and weightage. Previous years’ NID DAT question papers can also be used for the purpose.

NID DAT Prelims is the 1st step of the two-step NID admissions process. DAT Prelims comprises a written exam that candidates need to clear in order to be eligible for DAT Mains. The National Institute of Design will conduct DAT Prelims exam around the 2nd week of January 2024. The DAT Mains for the B. Des programme will include a Studio Test, whereas the DAT Mains for the M.Des programme will comprise a Studio Test and Interview. The Studio Test and Interiew for the M.Des programme will be conducted in March 2024. The DAT Mains for the B.Des programme will be conducted in April 2024.

The results of DAT Prelims for the M.Des programme will be declared on February 16, 2024, while results for the B. Des programme will be announced on March 28, 2024.

The results will be declared online at the NID admission portal. To check their results, the candidate needs to log-in to the portal using their email id and date of birth. Candidates who qualify in the DAT Prelims exam will be eligible to appear in that DAT Mains. The DAT Mains for B.Des will be conducted on April 27-28, 2024. Meanwhile, Mains exam for M.Des will be held from March 3 - April 6, 2024. 

Yes, the candidate was given an opportunity to edit the submitted application form. The NID application form 2024 correction window was open from December 8 (12 noon) to December 10 (4 pm), 2023.

Using the edit option, the candidate could edit all information except the following:

• Name of the Candidate

• Date of Birth

• Registered Mobile Number 

• Registered Email ID

Also note that if the candidate changed his or her applied category, then any applicable additional application form fees had to be paid by the candidate. Further, no refund of excess fees was made in the case of any category change.