NID stands for national Institute of design, which is undoubtedly the leading Institute of design in India. NID is nationally as well as internationally well acclaimed one of the finest educational and research institution which provide Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated Design courses both for under-graduates and post-graduates and doctoral levels.

National Institute for design is the first design Institute in India established by Indian government, Ford Foundation and the Sarabhai family  in the year 1961 at Ahmedabad. It was an autonomous all-India body. NID has been ranked as India’s No. 1 Design Institute. There are total 7 NID campuses located in within India, which are: Ahmedabad, Bangalore,  Gandhinagar, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Assam

Admission at NID

To take admission at any campuses of NID, interested candidates must prepare for NID DAT, because NID take admission on the basis of NID DAT score. The whole admission process is based on NID DAT examination structure. So to get admission candidates needs to well aware about NID DAT exam pattern. 

So, what is NID DAT? 

NID organise a two stage national level Entrance examination every year for admission of students for B. Des and M. Des courses provided by NID. The entrance examination of NID is being called NID-DAT. DAT stands for design aptitude test. This examination evaluates the candidate's visualisation skills, creative & observation skills, knowledge, comprehension, analytical ability, et cetera. Experts have shared that this NID's design aptitude test is one of the most challenging design entrance exams conducted in India.

Exam pattern of NID DAT

NID DAT has two stages of exam which are NID DAT prelims and NID DAT mains. Candidates need to qualify both of the exams in order to get admission at NID. NID prelims is the first stage of the exam and is the written test. After qualifying prelims candidates can sit for mains. 

Steps for Admission:

1. Fill in NID DAT application form after registering yourself to the NID website. Upload the documents as per requirements. And pay the registration fee. 
2. Download the admit card for NID DAT prelims as per given dates from website. 
3. Appear for NID Prelims. Examination Duration for B. Des is 3hours and M. Des is 2½ hours. Candidates have to answer total 26 number of both subjective and objective questions of 100 marks. B. Des will be pen and paper based and M. Des will be online test. 
4. Check the result of NID DAT prelims as per the given date. Scores of NID DAT Prelims will shortlist candidates for NID DAT Mains.
5. Download NID DAT mains admit card from the website as per the given date. 
6. Appear for NID mains. NID mains consists 2 sections such as Studio test and personal interview. Studio test includes Drawing/model-making questions of 100 marks.
7. Check the NID DAT mains results from the official website. 

Eligibility:

• Candidates who wants to study B. Des, must pass their 12th examination. And for M. Des candidates needs to pass graduation. 
• Both B. Des and M. Des candidates must pass and get a relevant score in NID DAT prelims and Mains. 
• Weightage for B. Des- For prelims it will be 40% and for mains it will be 60%. Weightage for M. Des- From Prelims it will be 30% and for Main's studio test will be 40% and interview will be 30%.

After qualifying NID DAT you can get admission to NID as per your performed score. 

So, go get prepare!!