Design Entrance Exam

NID DAT 2025 (Prelims) exam will be conducted as a paper-and-pencil/pen test. The question paper will be set in English only.Also, the duration for DAT Prelims will be notified in the NID DAT 2025 admit card.Note that in the previous edition, the DAT Prelims test duration for the B.Des program was 3 hours, while the M.Des exam was 2 hours 30 minutes long.The question paper for the B. Des will include both textual and visual questions. Meanwhile, DAT Mains for the M.Des program will include objective and subjective-based questions.Questions will be asked from two sections - 1) Common Design Aptitude Test, and 2) Discipline Specific Test.Candidates who qualify DAT Prelims has to next appear in DAT Mains.DAT Mains for B. Des program includes a Studio Test, while DAT Mains for the M.Des programme, in addition, will include an interview. DAT Mains will be held in offline mode.

A. The M.Des specialisations in which candidates can secure admission basis their performance in NID that are listed below:
Animation Film Design
Ceramic and Glass Design
Furniture & Interior Design
Film & Video Communication
Graphic Design
Product Design
Textile Design
Apparel Design
Lifestyle Accessory Design
Strategic Design Management
New Media Design
Photography Design
Toy & Game Design
Transportation & Automobile Design for Retail Experience
Digital Game Design
Information Design
Interaction Design
Universal Design
There are a total of 347 seats available for the M.Des programme. The programme is offered at NID Ahmedabad, NID Bengaluru, and
NID Gandhinagar campuses. Admission to the programme will be based on NID that 2023 merit rank.

Requests for rechecking the answer booklet of the that Prelims has to be submitted online at admissions. Nid. Edu. Rechecking is restricted to whether all the answers have been marked, and whether there has been any mistake in the totaling of marks for each question in Part II of answer booklet and transferring the marks correctly onto the first cover page of the answer booklet. No other re-evaluation of the answer script or other work done by the candidate as a part of the examination will be carried out. To recheck window will open soon after the that Prelims results are announced. Note that the candidate will have to pay a certain fee to submit a request.

The exam analysis for NID DAT 2025 exam will be released soon after the exam is over.Note that the NID DAT Prelims 2025 exam will be conducted tentatively in December 2024.The exam analysis will be available immediately after the exam. Shiksha. Com sends their own representatives to cover the exam, who interacts with exam takers and gather inputs. The exam analysis will cover all the details of the exam, including the types of questions asked, sectional and overall difficulty level, topics covered, what questions were asked, etc. The analysis will also check whether there were any technical issues during the exam. The candidate will also be asked whether there were any questions asked that was outside the official syllabus.

The NID DAT exam analysis will cover the following points:Sectional difficulty - The difficulty level will be evaluated on a scale of easy, moderate, and difficult.Overall difficulty - The overall difficulty will be calculated by considering the sectional difficulty. The previous years difficulty level will also taken into context.The weightage of questions - The part of the analysis will examine the distribution of questions (or weightage) across various topics.Good attempts - This will be an indication of how many questions you need to attempt to be in contention for a seat.Expected cut-off - The candidate needs to meet the cut-off criteria to get admission.

Total seats offered in B. Des courses at all the NID campuses is 425 seats. For M.Des course, NID seats on offer for admission are 347. The B. Des programme is offered at five institutes - NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh, and NID Assam. The various faculty members under which the programme is available include Faculty of Communication Design, Faculty of Industrial Design, and Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle, and Accessory Design. Meanwhile, the M.Des course is available at NID Ahmedabad, NID Bengaluru, and NID Gandhinagar. Admission to both the B. Des and M.Des courses will be through the NID DAT entrance exam.