NID DAT
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Conducted by National Institute of Design, DAT is Design Aptitude Test that is held specially to determine the design abilities of aspirants. NID serves as an entry pass into the field of design sector, which is tagged among the most flourishing fields. Every year, hundreds of aspirants appear for NID DAT test to make their dream come true of being a designer; be it in Industrial, Communication, IT, Textile or Integrated design. The exam is conducted in Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Nagpur. 


Programmes:-

Master of Design (M.Des.)
 
Duration:- The two-and-a-half year 
 
Faculty of Communication Design -
 
Discipline - Offered at - No. of Seats-
 
Animation Film Design - Ahmedabad - 15 seats
Film & Video Communication - Ahmedabad - 15 seats
Graphic Design - Ahmedabad - 15 seats
Photography Design - Gandhinagar - 15 seats
 
Faculty of Industrial Design -
 
Discipline - Offered at - No. of Seats -
 
Ceramic & Glass Design - Ahmedabad - 10 seats
Furniture &Interior Design - Ahmedabad - 15 seats
Product Design - Ahmedabad - 15 seats
Toy & Game Design - Gandhinagar - 10 seats
Transportation & Automobile Design - Gandhinagar - 15 seats
Universal Design - Bengaluru - 15 seats
 
Faculty of Information Technology-Integrated Programmes
 
Discipline - Offered at - No. of Seats -
 
Digital Game Design - Bengaluru - 15 seats
Information Design - Bengaluru - 15 seats
Interaction Design - Bengaluru - 15 seats
New Media Design - Gandhinagar - 15 seats
 
Faculty of Inter-Disciplinary Design Studies
 
Discipline - Offered at - No. of Seats -
 
Design for Retail Experience - Bengaluru - 15 seats
Strategic Design Management - Gandhinagar - 15 seats
 
Bachelor of Design (B.Des.):-
 
The four-year-long Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered only at NID  Ahmedabad in the following areas of specialisation:
 
Faculty of Communication Design -
 
Discipline - No. of Seats -
 
Animation Film Design - 15 seats
Exhibition Design - 10 seats
Film & Video Communication - 10 seats
Graphic Design - 15 seats
 
Faculty of Industrial Design -
 
Discipline - No. of Seats -
 
Ceramic & Glass Design - 10 seats
Furniture & Interior Design - 10 seats
Product Design - 15 seats
 
Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle and Accessory Design 
 
Discipline - No. of Seats -
 
Textile Design - 15 Seats 
 
The four-year-long Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) is offered at NID Vijayawada and NID Kurukshetra in the following areas of specialisation:
 
1. Industrial Design
2. Communication Design
3. Textile & Apparel Design
 
Eligibility:-
 
B.Des 
 
Age Limit -
 
For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2002 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 1999 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1997 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2002 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.
 

 

 
 
 
Master of Design (M.Des.):-
 
Age Limit -
 
For Indian Nationals in General Category & General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1992 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 1989 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
For Indian Nationals in Person with Disabilities (PwD) Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1987 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1992 are eligible to apply for admission.
 
Educational Qualification -
 
In addition to satisfying the above age criteria, the candidate must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications to be considered eligible for admissions: Bachelor Degree of minimum 4-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard from any university or institute recognised by law in India.
 
Condition: Candidate must have passed the Bachelor Degree examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May/June 2023*.
OR
Full-time Diploma of minimum 4-year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India.
 
Condition: Candidates must have passed the Diploma examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May/June 2023*.
OR
Bachelor Degree of minimum 3-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard.
 
Condition: Candidates must have passed the 3-year Bachelor degree examinations by August 2021.
 
Candidates in the final year of their Bachelor degree/ Full-time Diploma programme whose universities may not have issued the final degree certificate before that last date of application to NID, are eligible to apply, subject to passing all subjects without any backlog. Such candidates will have to submit/produce Provisional Degree certificates at the time of document verification.
 
Note -
 
In case the degree/certificate has been obtained from a University/Board of any country other than India, an equivalence certificate must be submitted to Admissions Office by the candidate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi, at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May/June 2023. Visit http://www.aiu.ac.in for more details about how to obtain an equivalence certificate.
 

 

NID DAT Registration / Application Form

NID DAT 2023 Application Form / Registration:-

Apply online at website - https://admissions.nid.edu

NID DAT Exam Dates

NID DAT 2023 Date:-

 

BDes -

DAT Prelims Exam -  8th January 2023, Sunday

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

MDes -

DAT Prelims Exam - 8 January 2023, Sunday

DAT Mains Exam - 20 March 2023 to 23 April 2023.


NID DAT Syllabus

NID DAT 2023 Syllabus:-

NID DAT 2023 exam doesn’t have any set syllabus. Question will be asked on basics topics such as Communication Skills, Composition, Creativity, Drawing Skills, General Mental Ability, and Sensitivity to Environment and Subjects of Design. 

 

Paper Pattern

NID 2023 DAT Pattern:-

For B.Des :- 
 
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 -
 
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 Preparation

NID 2023 Preparation:-

The institute has limited number of seats for under graduate and post graduate programmes thus only those candidates who score highest marks will be considered for the next round of selection. The most essential thing that candidate should know about is its pattern, which can be searched by surfing popular sites through internet. It is advisable to students that they should hone their drawing skill as it will be of great help during the course. Students can also solve previous years’ papers that can be obtained from the internet.

 
Make sure you have approved study materials. Eduvidya provides you a list of few reference books that can be conducive in scoring high marks.
•Arihant NIFT/NIFD/NID Entrance Exam Self Study Guide
•NIFT/NID Entrance Exams: Ultimate Success Series
•NIFT/NID /IIFT Entrance Exam- Self Study Guide (Paperback)
•NIFT/NID/IIFT Entrance Exam Guide
•NIFT/NID/IIFT Entrance Exam Guide by Surendra
 
 
 
 
 
NID Books                    NID Coaching Institutes

NID DAT Notification

NID DAT 2022 Notification:-
 
BDes -
 
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.
 
MDes -
 
Apply online at website - https://admissions.nid.edu from 21 October 2022 to 22 December 2022

Download Admit Cards for DAT Prelims - 30 December 2022

DAT Prelims Exam - 8 January 2023, Sunday

DAT Prelims Result - 28 February 2023

Download Admit Card for DAT Mains - 09 March 2023

DAT Mains Exam - 20 March 2023 to 23 April 2023

DAT Mains Result - 16 May 2023

Payment of Token Fees & Uploading of Documents - 16 May 2023 to 19 May 2023

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