NID Entrance Exam

In case of M.Des courses, there is no requirement for the candidate to select campus preferences. Note that in case of the B.Des program, shortlisted candidates are required to submit campus preferences as part of the counseling process.

The seat allotment for M.Des candidates will be strictly based on the merit rank of the candidate in the NID DAT 2025 exam.

The 1st round of seat allotment for the M.Des programme will be announced around the last week of April 2025.

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.

The National Institute of Design (NID) will release the provisional offer letter for B.Des candidates for Round I around the 2nd week of June 2025. Prior to that the institute will announce seat allotment results for Round I around the last week of May 2025.

The candidate will have to download the offer letter online from the NID admission portal. The offer letter has to be produced by the candidate when reporting for admission.

Note that the offer letter will only be issued if the candidate has duly paid the seat-acceptance fee and uploaded the relevant documents.

The NID DAT 2026 Exam will be conducted for admission to B. Des and M.Des courses. The NID DAT Mains results for the B. Des program is expected to be in the third week of May, 2026. Meanwhile, DAT Mains results for the M.Des programme will be announced in the first week of May, 2026.

The NID DAT results will be declared online at admissions.nid.edu.To check your results, log-in using your email id and date of birth. Such candidates who qualify in DAT Mains will be shortlisted for counselling and seat allotment.

The National Institute of Design (NID) has released the admission hanbooks for the B.Des and M.Des courses. It contains the list of exam cities for DAT Prelims exam for each course.

As per information given in the M.Des Admission Handbook, the DAT Prelims exam in the following cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada.

The candidate can select their choice of exam city when filling out the NID DAT 2024 application form.