The National Institute of Design will conduct the DAT Prelims exam on January 5. On the day of the exam, the candidate must bring their admit cards and photo ID proof.
NID DAT (Prelims) Entrance Exam 2025 will be conducted on January 5, 2025. The exam will be administered in a center-based mode in 22 cities across India. On exam day, the candidate must bring their admit card and proof of photo ID. Also, the candidate must reach the exam center on time because once the exam commences, the candidate may not be allowed inside the exam venue.
The DAT Prelims exam will be a paper and pen-pencil test. The duration of the exam will be 3 hours. The DAT Prelims question paper will include a mixture of objective and subjective questions.
Candidates who qualify in the exam will be eligible to appear in DAT Mains.
The final result of NID DAT 2025 will be prepared by giving weightage to DAT Prelims and DAT Mains.
DAT Prelims admit cards available for download
If the candidate hasn’t yet released the NID DAT 2025 (Prelims) admit card, they need to do it now without any delay.
The admit card will carry information like roll number, exam date and timings, reporting time, and exam-day guidelines.
Acceptable photo ID proof
The candidate can bring any of the following documents as a photo ID proof.
- Passport
- Voter ID
- PAN Card
- Aadhaar Card
- Driving License
- Attested (No photo provided ID)
“Student ID - Current school/college" will not be accepted as an ID proof.
Q: When will list of exam centers for NID DAT 2025 (Prelims) be released?
The National Institite of Design (NID) has released the list of exam centres for the DAT Prelims exam on September 3, 2024.
The list of exam centers have been published in the respective admission brochures for the B.Des and M.Des programs.
The DAT Prelims exam will be conducted in 22 cities across the country - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada.
Note that each of these cities may have one or more exam centres.
The candidate can select their choice of exam centre at the time of filling out the application form. The NID DAT 2025 application form opened on September 3, 2024.
Q: When will the NID DAT 2025 Prelims exam be conducted?
The National Institute of Design (NID) will conduct the DAT Prelims exam on January 5, 2025.
The B.Des exam will be held from 10 am - 1 pm; meanwhile, the M.Des exam will be held from 10 am - 12.30 am.
The DAT Prelims for the B.Des programme will be conducted in a paper-and-pencil/pen mode. The question paper may incude both textual and visual questions. Other details like duration of the exam, marking scheme, etc. will be published in the DAT Prelims admit card.
The candidate needs to report for the exam at 8 am. Gates closing time is 9.30 am.
The DAT Prelims exam for the M.Des programme will be conducted offline and include a mix of objective and subjective questions. The paper will have a total of 100 questions.
Q: At what time do I need to report for NID DAT 2025 exam?
The reporting time for the DAT Prelims exam will be mentioned on the NID DAT 2025 admit card. Reach the exam center as per the reporting time. Note that latecomers will not be allowed inside the NID DAT 2025 exam center.
The gates at the exam center will close half an hour before the exam.
NID DAT 2025 exam timing, including reporting time.
Event |
B.Des |
M.Des |
|---|---|---|
NID DAT (2025) Prelims date |
Janaury 5, 2025 |
Janaury 5, 2025 |
Reporting Time |
8 AM |
8 AM |
Gate closing time |
9.30 AM |
9.30 AM |
Time of the exam |
10 AM - 1 PM (Part I + Part II) |
10 AM - 12.30 PM (Part I + Part II) |
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