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NID Entrance 2024 Exam: Registrations, Dates, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus, Cut Offs

NID Entrance Exam 2024 – The National Institute of Design (NID) conducted the B.Des Mains Exam 2024 on April 27- 28, 2024. The Institute released the NID DAT Mains Admit Card 2024 on April 15, 2024. The mains DAT admit cards was published online at the admission portal of NID, i.e. admissions.nid.edu. Earlier, NID closed the window to submit test center preferences for the B.Des DAT Mains Studio Test on April 10, 2024. The allotment of test centers was done on a first-come, first-served basis. To download the B.Des DAT Hall Ticket, the candidate had to login by using the email ID and date of birth.

Earlier, the results of B.Des DAT Prelims 2024 were declared on April 4, 2024. The M.Des DAT Prelims results were released earlier on February 16, 2024. Currently, the National Institute of Design conducted the M.Des DAT Mains 2024 exam from March 4 to April 4, 2024. When reporting for the M.Des DAT Mains exam, make sure that you bring the NID DAT 2024 (Mains) admit card and a valid photo ID proof.

The FINAL results of the NID DAT 2024 exam will be prepared by giving weightage to DAT Prelims and DAT Mains. The minimum qualifying criteria and weighatges for NID DAT 2024 final results is OUT. NID DAT 2024 (Prelims) exam was conducted in an OMR-based mode on December 24, 2024.

What is NID Entrance Exam?

NID Design Aptitude Test (DAT) is a national-level entrance exam conducted by the National Institute of Design (NID) to shortlist candidates for admission to the Bachelor of Design (BDes) and Master of Design (MDes) courses offered by the participating institutes.

Currently, the B.Des course has an intake of 425 seats and is offered at the following FIVE campuses – NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh, and NID Assam. Meanwhile, the M.Des course offers 347 seats at its THREE campuses – NID Ahmedabad, NID Gandhinagar, and NID Bengaluru

The Design Aptitude Test (DAT) is conducted in two stages:

  1. DAT Prelims – The candidate first appears in DAT Prelims.
  2. DAT Mains – Shortlisted candidates have to appear in DAT Mains.

The admission merit list of NID DAT will be prepared by giving weightage to DAT Prelims and DAT Mains. 

NID Entrance Exam 2024 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NID Entrance Exam 2024 exam

Dates Upcoming Exam Dates

27 Apr ’24 – 

28 Apr ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) Exam – B.Des

30 Apr ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) Exam – M.Des Result

30 Apr ’24 – 

02 May ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) Exam – M.Des Result Re-check window

30 Apr ’24 – 

14 May ’24

NID DAT 2024 Seat Allotment, Fee Payment, Doc. Upload (M.Des)

21 May ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) Exam – B.Des Result

21 May ’24 – 

22 May ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) Exam – B.Des Result Re-check window

21 May ’24 – 

23 May ’24

NID DAT 2024 – Submission of Campus Preferemce (B.Des)

29 May ’24 – 

31 May ’24

NID DAT 2024 Seat Allotment, Fee Payment, Doc. Upload (B.Des)

31 May ’24

NID DAT 2024 Counseling (M.Des) – Issue of Provisional Offer Letter

04 Jun ’24

NID DAT 2024 Counseling (M.Des) – Subsequent rounds of seat allotment

13 Jun ’24

NID DAT 2024 Counseling (B.Des) – Issue of Provisional Offer Letter

13 Jun ’24 – 

17 Jun ’24

NID DAT 2024 Counseling (B.Des) – Payment of remaining fees

20 Jun ’24

NID DAT 2024 Counseling (B.Des) – Subsequent rounds of seat allotment

Dates Past Exam Dates

15 Apr ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) – Issue of Admit Card for B.Des

04 Apr ’24

NID DAT Result 2024 (Prelims) – B.Des

04 Mar ’24 – 

04 Apr ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) Exam – M.Des

22 Feb ’24

NID DAT 2024 (Mains) – Issue of Admit Card for M.Des

16 Feb ’24

NID DAT Result 2024 (Prelims) – M.Des

16 Feb ’24 – 

18 Feb ’24

NID DAT Result 2024 (M.Des) – DAT Prelims Recheck Window

24 Dec ’23

NID DAT 2024 Prelims

12 Dec ’23 – 

24 Dec ’23

NID 2024 Prelims admit card

08 Dec ’23 – 

10 Dec ’23

NID DAT 2024 – Window to Edit Application

05 Dec ’23 – 

07 Dec ’23

NID DAT 2024 Registration OPEN (with late fees)

08 Sep ’23 – 

05 Dec ’23

NID DAT 2024 Registration OPEN (without late fees)

NID Entrance Exam 2024 Highlights

Check important highlights for NID DAT 2024 in the table below. 

Features

Details

Exam name

NID Design Aptitude Test 

Popularly known as

NID DAT

Conducting body

The National Institute of Design

Exam frequency

Once a year

Courses offered

BDes, MDes

Application fee

INR 3,000 

Exam mode

Offline

Exam duration

3 hours

NID 2024 application form STATUS

CLOSED

NID 2024 (Prelims) Exam Date 

December 24, 2023

DAT Prelims result

M.Des – Feb 16, 2024

B.Des – April 4, 2024 (OUT Next)

Seat Intake

BDes – 425

MDes – 347 

Official website

admissions.nid.edu

Download

B.Des Admission Handbook – 2024

M.Des Admission Handbook – 2024

NID DAT Admit Card 2024 (OUT)

The National Institute of Design released admit cards for the B.Des DAT Mains Studio Test on April 15, 2024. Note that the admit cards for M.Des DAT Mains were released earlier on February 22, 2024.

Admit cards will be issued to all candidates who have qualified DAT Prelims. 

To download the admit card, follow these steps:

  1. Go to NID admission portal
  2. Click on the admit card download link
  3. A log-in window will open
  4. Enter your email ID and date of birth to download the admit card.

On the day of the DAT Mains 2024 exam, the candidates must bring with them the admit card and a valid photo ID proof. Also, get the admit card duly signed by the invigilator and with the seal of the center. 

The M.Des DAT Mains 2024 exam was conducted from March 4 – April 4, 2024. Meanwhile, the B.Des DAT Mains Studio Test 2024 will be conducted on April 28, 2024. 

The DAT Prelims admit card was released on December 12, 2023.

Note that the signed (with the seal of the center) DAT Prelims admit card will be required to 1) request DAT Prelims result recheck and 2) to download the NID DAT 2024 answer sheet.

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