NID DAT Entrance Exam 2023 - Test center selection window opens on April 3

Candidates who have been selected for the DAT Mains program for the B.Des program will have to select test centers between  4 pm, Monday, 03 April 2023 upto 4 pm Wednesday, 05 April 2023. 

The National Institute of Design (NID) will conduct the  B.Des. DAT Mains Studio Test on  Sunday, 30 April 2023. The studio test will be conducted in offline mode in the following cities. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Gandhinagar, Kolkata & Kurukshetra. The candidate will have to select their choice of NID DAT 2023 exam center (city) between April 3 (4 pm) and April 5, 2023 (4 pm). 

Selection of NID DAT 2023 Test Centres for B.Des Studio Test

B.Des candidates who have been shortlisted need to book their exam cities between April 3 (4 pm) and April 4 (4 pm) following the link that will be updated on the NID admission portal.

Allotment of test centers for the Studio Test will be on a first-cum-first-serve basis.

In the case of candidates who don’t book test centers, they will be allotted slots automatically selected by the system based on parameters like the availability of center-wise seats. 

The exam timings on the  B.Des. DAT Mains Studio Test will be mentioned on the NID DAT 2023 Mains admit card. 

NID DAT 2023 important dates

Event	Dates
Declaration of NID DAT 2023 (Prelims) exam results	March 16, 2023
Issue of admit cards for the Studio Test	April 14, 2023
Conduct of NID DAT 2023 B.Des Studio Test	April 30, 2023
Declaration of final results for NID DAT 2023	May 18, 2023

Seat Matrix for the B.Des program at NIDs

The seat intake for the B.Des program at the participating NIDs is given below.

Number of seats available
Campus	Seat Details
NID Ahmedabad	400
NID Bengaluru	200
NID Bhopal	400
NID Kolkata	300
NID Gandhinagar	200
Kurukshetra	400
Total	1900

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