National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

The application form for NID DAT 2025 will open tentatively in September 2024. The application will open online at the NID admission portal. The direct link to fill out the form will be provided on this page. To fill out the NID that 2025 application form, click on the application link. A registration form will open; get registered by entering your email id and mobile number. Then fill in all their details, upload documents, pay the application fee and submit the form. Make sure to enter only correct and verificable information, as all details will be checked during the NID counseling process. If a candidate is found to be using counterfeit data, he or she stands to be disqualified. The application fees for NID that is INR 3000. The fee has to be paid online.Exam officials will also allow candidates to edit the application form after the application window closed. The edit window will be available once application closes.

The NID DAT 2025 (Prelims) exam will be conducted in 22 cities across India. The candidate has to select their choice of exam centre at the time of filling out the NID DAT 2024 application form. The details of the exam centre allocated to the candidate will be mentioned in the admit card, which will also contain exam centre reporting time, and other exam-day guidelines.Meanwhile, NID DAT Mains 2025 exam for the B. Des programme will be conducted in the following cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Gandhinagar, Kolkata & Kurukshetra. The candidate will be given the option to select the exam city around April 2025. The details of the exam centre, including name and address and reporting time will be mentioned in the NID DAT 2024 admit card. 

The candidate will be given the option to select NID DAT 2025 exam centres at the time of filling out the application form.In case of DAT Mains, the exam center selection window will open sometime in April 2025. The test centres will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. In the case of candidates who fail to select test cities, the system automatically allocat test cities based on the availability of seats in respective test centres. The details of the test centre allocated to the candidate will be mentioned in the NID DAT 2025 admit card. The NID DAT Mains 2025 Studio Test for B. Des will be held in the last week of April 2025 (tentative). On the day of the exam, the candidate has to report to the exam centre as per the timings mentioned in the admit card.

No, NID application fee once paid is not refunded under any circumstances. So, before filling out the form, the candidate must be sure whether they want to appear in the exam or not. NID Application Fee for B. Des programme General, General EWS, OBC NCL candidates need to pay INR 3,000 SC, ST, Open PwD, Open NCL PwD, SC PwD, ST PwD need to pay INR 1,500 NID Application Fee for M.Des Course Admissions (One Discipline) General, General EWS, OBC NCL has to pay INR 3,000 SC, ST, Open PwD, Open NCL PwD, SC PwD, ST PwD candidates must pay INR 1,500 NID Application Fee for M.Des Course Admissions (Two Disciplines) General, General EWS, OBC NCL candidates need to pay INR 6,000 SC, ST, Open PwD, Open NCL PwD, SC PwD, and ST PwD candidates need to pay INR 3,000.

The NID DAT application form 2025 will open online at admissions.nid.edu. The application form is expected to commence in September 2024.The National Institute of Design (NID) will also release a admission handbook for the B.Des and M.Des program.The admission handbook will contain key details pertaining to eligibility criteria, application process, fee, eligibility criteria, reservation, seat matrix, and much more.So, it is recommended that the candidate carefully goes through the NID DAT 2025 admission handbook before filling out the application form.Note that NID 2025 application edit window will be open once application closes. However, the candidate will be allowed to edit only a handful of information.