NID DAT (BDes & GDPD)
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National Institute of Design (NID) conducts Design Aptitude Test (DAT) for admission to four year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme offered only at NID Ahmedabad and Graduate Diploma Program in Design (GDPD) offered at NID Kurukshetra and NID Vijayawada.
 
 
NID DAT (BDes) 2023 Eligibility:-
 
Age Limit -
 
For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2003 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBCNCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1998 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2003 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
Educational Qualification -
 
Applications for academic year 2023–24 are open to candidates who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2022-23 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities etc.) from any recognized board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent.
 

 

NID DAT (BDes & GDPD) 2023 Application Form / Registration:-

 
Apply online at website - https://admissions.nid.edu from 21st October 2022 to 22nd December 2022

Upload a color scanned copy of recent passport-size photograph

The photograph must be in JPG/JPEG format, should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum 100 KB in size.

Upload your scanned signature as per the instructions. All signature files must be in JPG/JPEG format and should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum 100 KB in size. You should have your signature digitally photographed or scanned and cropped to the required size.


Pay Application Fee -

General - Rs.3000/-
General EWS - Rs.3000/-
OBC NCL - Rs.3000/-
SC - Rs.1500/-
ST - Rs.1500/-
General PwD - Rs.1500/-
General EWS PwD - Rs.1500/-
OBC NCL-PwD Rs.1500/-
SC PwD - Rs.1500/-
ST PwD - Rs.1500/-
Overseas (Supernumerary) - Rs.5000/-

The fees for the application can be paid only through Debit/Credit Card.

 


NID DAT (BDes) 2023 Date:-

 

DAT Prelims Exam -  8th January 2023, Sunday

DAT Mains Exam - 29th April 2023 to 30th April 2023.

NID DAT (BDes) 2023 Syllabus:-

 

NID DAT (BDes) 2023 Pattern:-

The Design Aptitude Tests will be conducted in two stages:
 
Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims
Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains
 
DAT Prelims -
 
The B.Des./GDPD DAT prelims paper will consist of an examination of 3 hours duration and 100 marks. This is a paper-and-pencil/pen test, conducted at the same time on the same day across all test centers. The questions asked may involve text and visuals.
 
The question paper will be in English language ONLY.
 
Based on the DAT Prelims scores, separate merit lists shall be prepared for each category applied for by the candidate. Only shortlisted candidates will be eligible to appear for the DAT Mains exam as per the schedule announced.
 
Separate merit list will be prepared for Overseas candidates.
 
Test Centres for DAT Prelims -
 
The DAT Prelims will be conducted in the following cities in India:
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada.
 
NID reserves the right to add or remove any test centre and allot a test centre that may not be of the candidate’s choice. A city may have more than one test centre. Any request for change of test centre will not be entertained.
 
DAT Mains for B.Des./GDPD -
 
Based on the scores obtained in the DAT Prelims, eligible candidates will be shortlisted for the DAT Mains. Admit Cards for shortlisted candidates will be available for download only on the official NID admissions website (http://admissions.nid.edu).
 
The DAT Mains will consist of tests in multiple formats such as in a studio set-up. The tests will be conducted over a maximum period of three days.
 
The total marks of the DAT Mains exam will be 100. The question paper will be in English language ONLY.
 
The test centres could be any of the campuses of the various NIDs viz Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & Assam. Exact details of the Test Centre will be mentioned in the DAT Mains Admit Card. NID reserves the right to change the test centre.
 
Weightages of DAT Prelims & DAT Mains for Final Result
 
The final marks of the candidate appearing for the B.Des./GDPD programme of the National Institute of Design, will be calculated based on the weightages of the marks obtained in the DAT Prelims and DAT Mains as follows:
 
Programme/Test - B.Des./GDPD -
 
DAT Prelims - 30%
DAT Mains - 70%


NID DAT (BDes) 2023 Preparation:-

 

DAT Prelims Sample Paper (B.Des)

NID DAT (BDes & GDPD) Preparation -

NID DAT (BDes) 2023 Notification:-

 
 
Apply online at website - https://admissions.nid.edu from 21st October 2022 to 22nd December 2022

Download Admit Cards for DAT Prelims - 30th December 2022

DAT Prelims Exam -  8th January 2023, Sunday

DAT Prelims Result - 30th March 2023

Download Admit Card for DAT Mains - 14th April 2023

DAT Mains Exam - 29th April 2023 to 30th April 2023

DAT Mains Result - 18th May 2023

Payment of Token Fees & Uploading of Documents - 25th May 2023 to 26th May 2023

Provisional Offer Letter of Admissions -  First week of June 2023.
 
 
 
 
 
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