Internationally recognized as one of the top teaching and research institutions for industrial, communication, textile, and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design is the National Institute of Design (NID). It is an officially recognized institution governed by the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

The National Institute of Design administers the NID Design Aptitude Test (DAT), a national entrance examination, to candidates seeking admission to undergraduate and graduate design programs. Your qualifying for admission is determined by how well you did in the DAT Prelims and DAT Mains, the two parts of the Design Aptitude Test (DAT). The Entrance Exam is for admission to NID’s professional design course programs for Degrees in Bachelor’s and Master’s Program along with Ph.D. Programs.

This page will walk you through all the specifics of the NID Exam 2025, including the eligibility requirements, exam dates, selection procedure, syllabus, exam style, and more. The Various Disciplines NID offers Degrees are: Graphic Design, Product Design, Textile Design, Ceramic and Glass Design, Communication Design, Furniture and Interior Design, and much more.

1. The NID Entrance Exam is separated into two phases: Phase 1 - The NID DAT is a 100-mark test that must be finished in three hours and is normally held in the month of January each year. Through a variety of visual and textual questions, this test will assess an applicant's design problem-solving, visual sense, observation & perception, environmental awareness, mental & communication abilities, and other skills required for Design academics.
2. The NID DAT (Design Aptitude Test) is divided into three stages: Stage 1 (DAT or Design Aptitude Test), Stage 2 (Studio Test), and Stage 3. (Personal Interview).
3. Aspirants will be shortlisted based on their NID DAT(Stage 1) scores. They will receive a call to participate in the Stage 2 Studio Test, which will be followed by a personal interview (Stage 3). The sum total of the weightage scored by the applicant's earned at each step of the admission process will be used to determine the final merit list for admissions.
4. Candidates who fall under the Overseas category and are applying for the B.Des or M.Des must only appear in Ahmedabad for their DAT and the two test (Studio Test & Personal Interview) that follow.

So, before we go in to the details of the NID Application Form 2025, we must be aware of the fundamentals. Therefore, the basic starts with the NID DAT 2025 Entrance eligibility. Every Design Aspirant has to meet the NID DAT eligibility criteria while filling out the NID Application Form 2025.

For Under Graduate Courses:

Particulars	Details
Age limit	1. Aspirants from general and general EWS categories must be up to 20 years of age on or before June 30, 2025
	2. OBC-Non Creamy Layer/ ST/ SC candidates get a relaxation of 3 years.
	3. PwD reserved category candidates get an exemption of 5 years
Educational Qualification	Aspirants who have passed or currently appearing in the class 12 examination in any discipline (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities, etc) in the academic year 2023-2024 from any recognized board such as CBSE, IB, ICSE, or its equivalent are eligible for NID DAT 2025.

For Post Graduate Courses:

Particulars	Details
Age	For Indian Nationals in General Category & General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1993 are eligible to apply for admission. ● For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBCNCL), Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1990 are eligible to apply for admission. ● For Indian Nationals in Person with Disabilities (PwD) Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1988 are eligible to apply for admission. ● For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1993 are eligible to apply for admission.
Educational Qualification	Candidates must possess any one of the below: Bachelor’s degree of minimum four-year duration in any discipline from a recognized university or college. However, candidates must (have passed/ have appeared for/ be appearing for) the bachelor's degree exams before July/ August 2024. OR Bachelor’s degree of minimum three-year duration in any discipline from a recognized university or college. (Candidates must have passed the 3-year Bachelor's degree examinations by 2023. Those applications were in the final academic year 2024-2025 can also apply). OR Full-time Diploma of minimum four-year duration in Design/ Fine Arts/ Applied Arts/ Architecture passed from a recognized university or college after clearing Class 12. However, candidates must (have passed/ have appeared for/ be appearing for) the diploma exams before July/ August 2025.

Sr.No.	Admission Stages	Dates (B.Des.)
1	Accepting Application Forms online	~ Sep 2024
2	Last date for submitting online applications	~ December 2024
3	Submission of online applications with payment of late fees	~ December 2024 to ~ 03 December 2024
4	Window to Edit the application forms	~ December 2024 to ~ December 2024
5	Download Admit Cards for DAT Prelims **	~ December 2024
6	DAT Prelims Exam	~ December 2024
7	DAT Prelims Result	~ March 2025
8	Rechecking Request for DAT Prelims	~ March 2025 to ~ 30 March 2025
9	Download Admit Card for DAT Mains**	~ April 2025
10	DAT Mains Exam	~ April 2025 and ~ 28 April 2025
11	DAT Mains Result	~ 21 May 2025
12	Window for submission of Campus Preference	~ May 2025 to ~ 23 May 2025
13	Rechecking Request for DAT Mains	~ 21 May 2025 to ~ 22 May 2025
14	Seat Allotment, Payment of Token Fees & Uploading of Documents	~ May 2025 to ~ May 2025
15	Provisional Offer Letter	~ June 2025
16	Payment of remaining fees	~ 13 June 2025 to ~ 17 June 2025
17	Subsequent Rounds of Seat Allotment along with the payment of full fees	~ 20 June 2025
18	Physical Verification of Documents at the respective NIDs	To be announced later by the respective NIDs

IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE UPLOADING DOCUMENTS

Candidates need to keep the below mentioned pointers in mind while uploading photograph and signature for NID admissions 2025.

PHOTOGRAPH

• The photograph must be in colour format and must be taken in a professional studio.
• Photographs must be taken against a white background.
• The photograph must be recent and should have been taken after September 1, 2021.
• Facial features should occupy about 80% of the area in the photograph, with a clear view of the whole face directly looking into the camera. The main features of the face must not be covered by hair of the head, any cloth, or any shadow. The forehead, both eyes, nose, cheeks, lips, and chin should be clearly visible.
• If you wear spectacles, glare on glasses is not acceptable in your photo. Spectacles with dark or tinted glasses are not permitted; only clear glasses are permitted.
• The digital version of your passport size photograph is to be uploaded in JPG/JPEG format, with a maximum size of 50 KB.

SIGNATURE

• The signature must be in black colour only and must be written against a white background.
• The signature must be scanned. Mobile phone photographs of signatures are not acceptable.
• The signature is to be uploaded in JPG/JPEG format, with a maximum size of 50 KB

Aspirants can go through the below mentioned steps to know how they can successfully fill their application form for NID Entrance Exam 2025.

STEP 1: REGISTER FOR NID DAT

To fill NID entrance exam application form, aspirants need to first create a login ID. For doing so, candidates need to provide details such as name, gender, email address, educational qualification, mobile number, date of birth, nationality and reservation category.

Candidates need to ensure that the email ID and mobile number provided by them to create the NID login ID has been functional for at least a year.

STEP 2: FILL NID ENTRANCE EXAM 2025 APPLICATION FORM

When aspirants complete the signup process, they will have to login to their NID admission account by using the email ID and date of birth mentioned by them at the time of signup. Candidates need to ensure that the email ID mentioned by them has been active for at least an year. Once this is done, candidates can access NID DAT application form. In the application form for NID admissions, aspirants need to fill the below mentioned details:

Father’s Name	Mother’s Name	Place of Birth
Present Address	Permanent Address	Exam Centre
Discipline	Educational Qualifications	Work Experience

STEP 3: SELECT NID COURSE

In the application form for NID admission process 2025, aspirants are given the choice to select two disciplines in which they want to apply for admission. NID’s official website explains the same by stating: “For applicants applying to undergraduate programmes, Please make a choice for the specific programme – (i) only BDes (ii) only GDPD (iii) both BDes and GDPD. Please note that once the payment formalities are completed, this choice cannot be altered”. On the other hand, in MDes application form for NID admissions, aspirants need to select MDes course in the application form.

All the design courses offered at NID campuses are listed in NID application form. Go through the list of colleges accepting NID entrance exam scores for admission.

STEP 4: UPLOAD PHOTOGRAPH & SIGNATURE

After filling all the details in NID application form, candidates need to save their admission form. Next, candidates need to upload important documents like their photograph and signature with their NID entrance exam application form. Candidates need to upload their photograph and signature in their online NID application form as per the below mentioned format and size:

p>When aspirants complete the signup process, they will have to login to their NID admission account by using the email ID and date of birth mentioned by them at the time of signup. Candidates need to ensure that the email ID mentioned by them has been active for at least an year. Once this is done, candidates can access NID DAT application form. In the application form for NID admissions, aspirants need to fill the below mentioned details:

Document	Format	Size
Photograph	JPEG	Minimum Size: 50 KB Maximum Size: 100 KB
Signature	JPEG	Minimum Size: 50 KB Maximum Size: 100 KB
Caste Certificate (OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PwD)	JPEG	Less than 150 KB

STEP 5: PAY NID DAT APPLICATION FEE

Next, candidates need to pay the exam fee for NID Entrance Exam 2025. Candidates can pay the NID application fee for admissions 2024-25 either online (by means of Credit/Debit Card) or offline (through Demand Draft). After paying NID exam application fee, candidates will not be able to make any changes to their NID application form.

STEP 6: PRINT NID APPLICATION FORM

After NID application fee is successfully paid by candidates they will be directed to the ‘Print’ section. Here, aspirants have to take a clear print of their NID entrance exam application form. Candidates are also advised to save a copy of their application form for NID admissions in PDF format.

Candidates who are paying the application fee through DD need to send the duly filled application form along with their DD in a single envelope.

Candidates can pay NID DAT application fee online or offline. The application fee for NID can be paid online by means of a Credit/ Debit Card. On the other hand, aspirants can pay NID application fee offline through Demand Draft (DD). The DD needs to be drawn in favour of 'All India Management Association' such that it is payable at New Delhi. Candidates who opt to pay the application fee through DD need to take a clear printout of their NID application form and submit the same along with their DD through speed post or courier at the below mentioned address:

Project Manager CMS, All India Management Association, 15, Link Road, Lajpat Nagar Part 3, New Delhi - 110024 India

Candidates are informed that the duly filled NID application form should reach the above mentioned address latest by 30 November 30, 2022.

Aspirants can go through NID application fee that they need to pay in order to successfully register for NID admission test 2025. The application fee for NID entrance exam is mentioned category-wise in the table below. Also, candidates who opt to pay the application fee online are informed that they need to pay Rs 30 towards 'Bank Transaction Charges' in addition to the below mentioned application fee.

Categories	Application fee without late fee	Application fee with late fee
General -EWS/ General/ OBC-NCL	Rs 2000	Rs 4000
ST/SC	Rs 1000	Rs 2000
ST/SC/OBC-NCL - PwD	Rs 1000	Rs 2000
General -EWS/ General - PwD	Rs 1000	Rs 2000
Overseas Candidates	Rs. 3000 (only B. Design program)	Rs. 6000 (only B. Design program)

NIFT Application Form 2025

The National Institute of Fashion Technology, also known as NIFT, is one of India's most prestigious design institutions. NIFT offers a variety of design programmes at its 16 campuses, including bachelor's degrees in design (B.Des), fashion technology (B.F.Tech), master's degrees in design (M.Des), fashion management (M.F.M.), and master's degrees in fashion technology (M.F.Tech).

NIFT administers entrance tests once a year for enrollment in undergraduate and graduate design programs in India. The NIFT Entrance Exam 2025 will be held in February 2025 by the National Institute of Fashion Technology. Candidates can expect that NIFT 2025 registration will begin in December 2023 along with the release of the official notifications and comprehensive NIFT 2025 information brochure. Click Here for the latest updates on NIFT Application Form 2025

UCEED IIT JEE Application Form 2025

UCEED, or the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design, is a test conducted by the IIT Bombay (IDC) for undergraduate admission to the Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programs at the IITs in Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, and IIITDM Jabalpur.

The UCEED 2025 Notification is scheduled to be released soon by IIT Bombay. The first week of ~ September 2023 is anticipated as the commencement of the process of registration for UCEED 2025 for eligible candidates. And the registration process will close by the end of second week of October 2023. Click Here for the latest updates on UCEED Application Form 2025

UID Application Form 2025

One of India's best design schools is Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID). It has started to surpass the majority of other institutes of its sort thanks to its cutting-edge labs and hands-on creative learning. Because UID provides its students with an unparalleled level of exposure, few design college in India can compare.

The expected date for UID to release the UID Application Form 2025 is in October, 2023. And the tentative Date of the UID Entrance Exam 2025 is 30th January, 2023. Click Here for the latest updates on UID Application Form 2025

PEARL Academy Application Form 2025

One of the premier schools preparing future designers and fashionistas is The Pearl Academy. More than 30 undergraduate and post graduate programmes are available at this institute's numerous campuses. The campuses of Pearl Academy are dispersed throughout Noida, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Jaipur. The General Proficiency Test (GPT), the Design Aptitude Test (DAT), and a personal interview make up the two stages of the Pearl Academy Entrance Exam.

As the PEARL Academy Entrance Exam is conducted in multiple cycles throughout the year, the application process is also held in sessions. Therefore, the tentative application sessions for PEARL Academy Application Form are February to August for the Academic Year 2025. Click Here for the latest updates on PEARL Entrance Exam Application Form 2025

IIAD Application Form 2025

The Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD) entrance exam is conducted by IIAD in collaboration with Kingston School of Art at Kingston University (KSAKU), London. It offers admission to aspirants in its various UG and PG Design Programs.

The IIAD Application Form 2025 is open now and the last date for the application form submission is 21st December, 2023. And the IIAD Entrance Exam will be conducted on the 28th of December, 2023, in both online and offline modes. Click here for IIAD Application Form 2025 filling guidance