National Institute of Design Ahmedabad Paldi Answered Questions

NID Ahmedabad offers BDes, MDes, and PhD in the various fields of Design. And BDes is also offered with various specialisation such as the Faculty of Industrial Design, Faculty of Communication Design, Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle & Accessory Design and Ceramic & Glass Design.The 2.5-year MDes degree is available in 19 disciplines with concentrations in the Faculties of Communication Design, Industrial Design, Interdisciplinary Design, Information Technology Integrated Design, And Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle, and Accessory Design.

Anticipated on the basis of last year trends, the minimum score required for NID Ahmedabad for BDes is 65.8 and for MDes, it must range between 80 and 90. 5 in NID DAT exam for the Open Category students. NID Ahmedabad admission to both BDes and MDes is offered through NIT DAT exam.The design institute offers BDes at UG level and MDes at PG level across various specialisation in the field of Design. Candidates planning to take admission in NIDs must appear for NID DAT. Further, NID DAT scores are released category-wise, to check out score for other categories visit NID Ahmedabad cutoff page. 

BDes course is offered through various specialisations at NIDs. Candidates who have scored within 200 are eligible for top NIDs, including NID Ahmedabad and NID Andhra Pradesh. Admission to NID DAT exam is conducted for BDes admissions to NIDs. The table below shows a comparative analysis of the rank and scores of the last candidate admitted on the basis of NID DAT cutoffs for Open category for the last year for top NIDs, including the NID Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, NID Assam, NID Madhya Pradesh and NID Haryana:BDes Cutoff 2023: Top NIDs Comparison - Rank and ScoreNIDs (Open) Rank 2023ScoreNID Ahmedabad4765.80NID Andhra Pradesh15462.20NID Assam25560.30NID Madhya Pradesh19661.30NID Haryana18161.60

As per the last year, NID Ahmedabad cutoff 2023 has been released for various categories, including Open, GEN -EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PwD and Overseas. Candidates can check the NID Ahmedabad BDes cutoff for the year 2023 for other than Open category in the below:CategoryCategory RankScoreGEN -EWS1557.40OBC-NCL3960.70SC2158.80ST1252.80PwD749.40Overseas2051.20 

Yes, all B.Des candidates who were shortlisted for NID DAT 2024 counseling had to summit their campus preferences. The window to submit campus preferences was open from May 21 (4 pm) to May 23 (4 pm). The preferences had to be entered in the order of priority. Note that the allotment of seats to the B.Des programme will be based on the campus option selected and merit rank of the candidate in NID DAT 2024. So, one must bear caution when entering their preferences.

The National Institite of Design (NID) will conduct the DAT Prelims exam for both the B.Des and M.Des programs on December 24, 2024. The admit cards for the two programs will also be released on the same date, i.e. December 12, 2023.To download the admit card, the candidate needs to go to the NID admission portal - admissions.nid.edu. On the portal, the M.Des DAT Prelims admit card download link will be given.Click on the link, and then log in using your email id and date of birth. On successful login, you can download the admit card.

The National Institute of Design (NID) has released the admission hanbooks for the B.Des and M.Des courses. It contains the list of exam cities for DAT Prelims exam for each course.As per information given in the M.Des Admission Handbook, the DAT Prelims exam in the following cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada.The candidate can select their choice of exam city when filling out the NID DAT 2024 application form. 

It is the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide correct and verifiable information during the application process. If the candidate is found to be using incorrect or couterfeir information, his or her candidature could be cancelled at any stage of the admission process. Further, if the candidate tries to influence, either directly or indirectly, to influence the management or employees, then also the candidate could be disqualfiied.Note that the NID DAT 2024 counseling will have a document verification process. During this stage, all the information and documents furnished by the candidate will be cross-checked.

If NID DAT 2024 applications are submitted between December 5 (4 pm) and December 8, (4 pm), the candidate has to pay a late fees.Note that the late fee amount is in addition to the application fees.The category-wise application and late fees for the B.Des and M.Des courses are mentioned in the table below.NID DAT 2024 application and late feesCategoryAppliction FeeLates FeesGeneral, Gen-EWS, OBC-NCLINR 3000INR 1500SC, ST, PwDINR 1500INR 750Overseas  (Supernumerary)INR 5000INR 2500

NID Ahmedabad admission to BDes and MDes is based on NID DAT scores. The final schedule for NID Ahmedabad cutoff will be updated here once released. Till then candidates can check out NID DAT dates tabulated below: DatesUpcoming Exam Dates8 Sep '23 - 1 Dec '23NID DAT 2024 Registration OPEN (without late fees)1 Dec '23 - 3 Dec '23NID DAT 2024 Registration OPEN (with late fees)12 Dec '23 - 24 Dec '23NID 2024 Prelims admit card24 Dec '23NID DAT 2024 Prelims16 Feb '24NID DAT Result 2024 (Prelims) - M.Des16 Feb '24 - 18 Feb '24NID DAT Result 2024 (MDes) - DAT Prelims Recheck Window28 Mar '24NID DAT Result 2024 (Prelims) - BDes28 Mar '24 - 30 Mar '24NID DAT Result 2024 (BDes) - DAT Prelims Recheck Window