NID

Exam Announced? YES

Programs offered: 4 Year Bachelor of Design at NID Ahmedabad (& its extension campuses at Bengaluru & Gandhinagar), NID AP, NID Haryana, NID Assam & NID MP

National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad (https://nid.edu/home) and at its extension campuses at Bengaluru & Gandhinagar campuses is an Institute of National Importance under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT),, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

NID functions as an autonomous Institute under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.

It is internationally acclaimed as one of the finest educational and research institutions for Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design. The institute is a statutory authority empowered to award its own degrees.

NID AP is located in Guntur. https://www.nid.ac.in/
NID Assam is located in Jorhat. https://nidj.ac.in/
NID Haryana is located in Kurukshetra. https://www.nidh.ac.in/
NID MP is located in Bhopal. https://nidmp.ac.in/

Camus-wise intake
(A) 4 Year Bachelor of Design Programme offered at NID Ahmadabad campus (125 seats)
Faculty of Industrial Design
- Product Design (19 seats) 
- Furniture & Interior Design (13 seats) 
- Ceramic & Glass Design (13 seats) 
Faculty of Communication Design
- Animation Film Design (19 seats) 
- Film & Video Communication (13 seats) 
- Exhibition Design (13 seats) 
- Graphic Design (19 seats)
Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle & Accessory Design
- Textile Design (19 seats)  

(B) 4 Year Bachelor of Design Programme offered at NID AP, NID MP, NID Assam & NID Haryana (75 seats at each campus)
- Industrial Design (25 seats)
- Communication Design (25 seats)
- Textile & Apparel Design (25 seats)

Supernumerary seats: An additional 15% supernumerary seats are available for Overseas category candidates. The number of seats available in Overseas (supernumerary) category is as under:

a) 19 seats at Ahmedabad

b) 11 seats each at AP, Haryana, MP

Admission Procedure
Admission to all of the design courses will be granted on the basis of a two-stage competitive exam. :
Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims: Prelims will be conducted at various test centres across India (See Test Centres section).

Candidates should note that appearing for the DAT Prelims or being shortlisted for the second stage of the admission process does not guarantee automatic entitlement to admission. 
Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains: Candidates shortlisted after the DAT Prelims will be invited to appear for the Stage 2 DAT Main exams. The test centres for DAT Mains will be announced later.

DAT Prelims / Mains weightage

1. The DAT Prelims exam score will be used only for shortlisting candidates for DAT Mains Exam and Prelims Score will not be carried forward as any weightage to the DAT Mains stage.

2. The final marks of the candidate appearing for the B.Des programme of the National Institute of Design, will be calculated based on the weightages of the marks obtained in the DAT Mains, as under:

Studio Sensitivity Test: 60%

In-Person Sensitivity Test: 40%

Conducted by: National Institute of Design

Conducting organization type: Institute of National Importance

Additional info: The exam is popular across All India