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NSD 2025 Application Form will be out soon on the official website for the NSD 2025 Entrance Exam. Once, the NSD Application Form start on the official website students need to fill in the application form online by filling in their details within the due date. The NSD Application Form 2025 will be released by the exam conducting authority National School of Drama.
As per the previous year's NSD exam dates, the starting date of the NSD 2025 application form will be out in the third week of June 2025, tentatively. The amount of NSD 2025 Application fee is INR 50, and candidates need to submit the fee online modes like Credit Card, Debit Card, or Net Banking. According to the NSD official website, if a student fails to fulfil his/her application form before the end date then they will not be eligible for any other admission process. Students must also attach their certificate copies, passport-size photographs, and testimonials while submitting their NSD Application form. The NSD 2025 Admit Card release date is the second week of July month, 2025, tentatively.
Q: What is the eligibility criteria for NSD exam?
In order to appear for the NSD entrance exam, candidates need to meet the required eligibility criteria for the NSD entrance exam. Check out the eligibility criteria mentioned below:
- Graduation in any subject from a recognised University in India or Abroad.
- Participation in at least 6 different theatre productions with attached document proof of the theatre experience i.e. certificate of participation, brochure, leaflet, newspaper clips or proof of completion of one year certificate course of any of the NSD Centre.
- Working knowledge of Hindi & English.
- Recommendation letter from at least one theatre Expert.
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Q: What is the admission fee of NSD Entrance Exam?
Candidates interested to appear in the NSD Entrance Exam, need to fill the application form. Candidates need to check the application fee of NSD Entrance Exam are mentioned below:
- The application fees of NSD Entrance Exam are INR 150.
- Tuition fee INR 150/- Per month.
- Caution money & Library fee INR 5000/- (refundable after final settlement of accounts).
Upvote Q: What is the NSD exam dates for upcoming academic session?
For the upcoming academic session, the entrance exam dates for NSD Entrance Exam is yet to be announced. NSD entrance exam is conducted by the National School of Drama (NSD). Candidates are suggested to visit the official website of the exam to get all details related to NSD exam.
Upvote Q: In which course candidates are provided admission through NSD entrance exam?
National School of Drama (NSD) is held to provide admission to candidates in Diploma course in Dramatic Arts. Candidates get admission to the course on the basis of the entrance exam held by NSD. Candidates can refer the space below to know more about the NSD entrance exam related information.
Upvote How to Apply for NSD Entrance Exam 2025
Students who are going to take the NSD Exam 2025 to pursue a Diploma course in Dramatic Arts for three years, should read the step-by-step procedure of the NSD Entrance Exam Admission Process as mentioned in the following table.
- Registration Process: The first step is the registration process where all the new candidates need to register themselves by visiting the official website by clicking on 'New Registration,' after clicking on the 'Admission' tab. Once, the students have filled in all the essential details, they need to click on the 'Submit Button'. After successfully registering themselves students will receive a User ID and Password and they will get all the exam-related information on their email ID.
- Application Form: To fill in the application form students need to fill in their password and username to log in. After that, they need to fill in the needed details and mandatory information in the Application form along with documents and image uploading as per the given dimension and size.
- Application Fee: Students need to submit their NSD Application Fee 2025 after uploading the documents which is INR 50. The mode of payment is online so, students need to submit the fee via credit card, ATM Card, and Net Banking.
NSD Entrance Exam Important Dates 2025
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NSD Entrance Exam 2025 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
Jun '24 - Jul '24 | NSD Entrance Exam Registrations 2024 |
10 Jun '23 - 10 Jul '23 | NSD Entrance Exam Registrations 2023 |
NSD Entrance Exam 2025 - Documents to be Uploaded
Here is the list of some important documents needed to fill in their application form for the NSD 2025 Entrance Exam.
| NSD 2025 Important Documents |
Size to upload documents |
|---|---|
| Photograph (it should be scanned) |
Not more than 40 KB |
| Signature (it should be scanned) |
Not more than 20 KB |
| Age Proof (it should be scanned) |
Not more than 100 KB |
| Educational Qualification (it should be scanned) |
Not more than 100 KB |
| Copy of Recommendation form theatre experts (it should be scanned) |
Not more than 100 KB |
| Copy of Category Certificate, if SC/ST/OBC/PwD (it should be scanned) |
Not more than 100 KB |
| Copy of Theatre experience (it should be scanned) |
Not more than 100 KB |
| Documentary proof of Theatre experience |
Not more than 100 KB |
FAQs on NSD Entrance Exam Application
Students should read the FAQs mentioned below related to the NSD Application Form and entrance exam.