NID Entrance Exam Counselling

NID notification for 2026 is expected to be out by the first week of September 2025. The official notification will be out on the official website of the NID and will contain details about the NID entrance examination. 

The NID notifications will include: 

• General Information

• Important Dates

• Intake Capacity at Individual NIDs

• Eligibility Criteria

• Reservation of Seats

• How to Apply

• Design Aptitude Tests (DAT)

• Announcement of Results

• Other Information

One can follow these tips for NID 2026 preparations:

1. Know your NID Syllabus.
2. Understand the exam pattern of NID DAT.
3. Make the NID DAT 2026 preparation plan.
4. Books to refer.
5. Practice till you are perfect using mock tests and previous year's papers.
6. NID DAT Exam Day Strategy.

It is not at all necessary to take coaching to get a good rank in NID DAT. It is because the entrance exam will test the creative, drawing, and innovative skills of the candidate. Now, a coaching institute can't teach you to be creative or become innovative; instead, with a little effort these skills can learn these skills.

Yes, the correction window will open in the NID application form where you can edit your SOP questions. The correction window for the NID DAT 2025 application form will be available from December 6 to December 11, 2024. In this time, you can login to your registered account on the official website of NID and make any necessary corrections by editing the SOP questions. Although some of the details such as the name, date of birth, and the registered email ID cannot be changed after submission, make sure to verify them before submitting again.

Yes, all B.Des candidates who were shortlisted for NID DAT 2026 counselling had to submit their campus preferences within the allotted time. The preferences have to be entered in the order of priority. 

The allotment of seats to the B.Des programme will be based on the campus option selected and merit rank of the candidate in NID DAT 2026 So, one must bear caution when entering their preferences.

The provisional offer letters for the NID DAT 2026 counseling will be issued separately for the B.Des and M.Des courses. 

The offer letters for the 1st round of counseling for B.Des will be released around the 2nd week of June 2026.

To download the offer letter, follow these steps:

1. Go to the NID admission portal

2. Click on the Provisional Offer Letter link

3. A log-in window will open

4. Enter your log-in credentials

5. On successful log-in, you can download the Offer Letter.

The candidate need to produce the offer letter at the time of admission.

The National Institute of Design (NID) will release the provisional offer letter for the M.Des program in May 2025. The allotment letter will be issued to all candidates who have been allotted seats, paid the seat-acceptance fee, and uploaded their documents. 

The offer letter has to be download online from the NID admission portal - admissions.nid.edu. The candidate has to produce the letter when reporting for admission. 

The issue of offer letter for any subsequent rounds of seat allotment will be notified later.