NSD Application Form 2025: Check Registration Date, Fees & How to Apply

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.

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).

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.

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.

Candidates interested to appear in the National School of Drama exam can check the space below to know about the NSD exam level:

The mode of NSD exam is mentioned below in the table:

To take NSD Entrance Exam, candidates need to know about NSD Entrance Exam admission process. 

Candidates need to visit the official website of the exam to download the NSD Entrance Exam application form. After filling the application form, candidates are required to submit the application form along with the demand draft of INR 150 from nationalized bank drawn in favour of Director, National School of Drama, New Delhi.

Next, candidates need to submit the +2 pass certificate, graduation marks sheets & Degree, complete bio-data, address proof, testimonial copies of Certificate, four recent passport size photographs, experience certificate of theatre along with the application form.

Notably, candidates will be required to produce original documents / certificates at the time of the interview.

Yes, there is an age limit in the NSD entrance exam. Candidates planning to appear for the NSD entrance exam can check the space below to know about the age limit criteria of the NSD entrance exam. 
Age limit as of 10.07.2024 minimum 18 years maximum 30 years. The upper age limit is relaxable for reserved category candidates as per GOI rules (5 years for SC/ST candidates).

Yes, there is a reservation criteria for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non -creamy layer) /PwD and other categories in NSD exam. Out of 29 seats, 4 seats are reserved for candidates belonging to the scheduled castes (SC); 2 seats are reserved for scheduled tribes (ST); 7 seats are reserved for OBC (Non-creamy layer as notified by the Government), 3 seats are reserved for EWS; and reservation for PwD and other categories, as per government of India rules.

The exam centres for NSD exam are as follows:

• Agartala
• Bhubaneshwar
• Bhopal
• Bengaluru    
• Chandigarh
• Chennai
• Delhi
• Gangtok
• Guwahati
• Jaipur
• Kolkata
• Patna
• Pune
• Shrinagar
• Varanasi

Candidates need to upload the below mentioned documents while filling the NSD entrance exam application form:

• Scanned Photograph
• Scanned Signature
• Scanned Copy of Age Proof
• Scanned copy of relevant Educational Qualification
• Scanned Copy of Recommendation from theatre experts
• Scanned Copy of Category Certificate, if SC/ST/OBC/PwD
• Scanned Copy of Theatre experience
• Documentary proof of Theatre experience

Foreign students may take admission in the course. However, because of the limited number of seats, it is not feasible to accommodate more than one or two foreign students in each session. Such students have to submit their applications through the Indian Embassy/High Commission in their respective countries, who will forward these to the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in India. The School will then consider the application recommended by the ICCR. Students have to submit their applications in the prescribed form of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).