National Institute of Design (NID) at Ahmedabad and at its Bengaluru and Gandhinagar Extension campuses is an ‘Institute of National Importance’ as per the NID Act 2014 as well as an autonomous Institute under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. As per the NID Act 2014, the Institute is a statutory authority empowered to award its own degrees— presently offering Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) of four-year duration, Masters of Design (M.Des.) of two-and-a-half year duration and PhD in Design. The Institute is also, a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam are independent autonomous institutes under the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and offer full time Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) of four-year duration.
Admission to all the programmes at NID is on the basis of the candidates’ performance in the two-stages of Design Aptitude Test. The objective of these exams is to assess the knowledge, skills and behavioural abilities of candidates.
Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims
Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims will be conducted at various test centres across India Candidates should note that appearing for the DAT Prelims or being shortlisted for second stage of admission process does NOT guarantee automatic entitlement to admission.
Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains
Candidates shortlisted after the DAT Prelims will be invited to appear for the Stage 2 DAT Main exam at Ahmedabad or at all campuses of NID viz Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Madhya Pradesh. Exact details of the Test Centre will be mentioned in the DAT Mains Admit Card.
NID Entrance Exam 2020 Highlights
| Event Details | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Exam Name | National Institute of Design Aptitude Test (NID DAT) |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Mode | Offline |
| Exam Duration | BDes/GDPD : 3 hours, MDes : 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Accepting Colleges | 7 |
| Official Website | http://admissions.nid.edu/NIDA2020/Default.aspx |
NID DAT 2020 Important Dates
| Events | Dates | Salient Features |
|---|---|---|
| Release of NID admission notification | 01-Oct-2019 | NID released NID DAT 2020 exam dates and other admission details. |
| Window to fill NID application form (BDes/ GDPD) | 01-Oct-2019 to 18-Nov-2019 | NID application form had to be filled online for UG course admissions on the official website of the exam. No change in the application process from last year.
Last date to submit application form for BDes/ GDPD admissions at NID extended from November 7 to November 18, 2019. |
| Window to fill NID application form (MDes) | 01-Oct-2019 to 18-Nov-2019 | NID application form had to be filled online for PG course admissions on the official website of the exam. No change in the application process from last year.
Last date to submit application form for MDes admissions at NID extended from November 7 to November 18, 2019. |
| Download NID admit card | 20-Dec-2019 | Available for downloaded from the official website from 12 pm. Candidates can download NID DAT Prelims admit card by providing login details. |
| NID DAT Prelims | 29-Dec-2019 | NID Prelims was held across 21 test centres in the country for BDes admissions and 16 test centres for MDes entrance exam. NID DAT Prelims is the screening round for NID admissions 2020. |
| Declaration of NID DAT (Prelims) result (MDes) | 21-Feb-2020 | Result for NID DAT 2020 for MDes admissions online on the official website of the exam by providing details like email address, date of birth and verification code. |
| Declaration of NID DAT (Prelims) result (BDes/ GDPD) | 19-Mar-2020
10-Apr-2020 03-May-2020 |
Check the result for NID DAT 2020 for BDes/GDPD admissions online on the official website of the exam by providing details like email address, date of birth and verification code. |
| NID DAT (Mains) for BDes/ GDPD) | 29-Apr-2020 to 03-May-2020
22-Jun-2020 onwards |
Candidates who clear NID DAT Prelims need to appear for NID DAT Mains which comprises of Studio Test and Interview round. NID DAT Mains is held at NID campuses at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Gandhinagar. |
| NID DAT (Mains) for MDes | 06-Jul-2020 | Candidates who clear NID DAT Prelims need to appear for NID DAT Mains which comprises of Studio Test and Interview round. NID DAT Mains is held at NID campuses at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Gandhinagar. |
| Declaration of NID admission test result for BDes & GDPD | 28-May-2020
24-Jul-2020 |
Aspirants need to check their result for NID DAT 2020 for BDes/GDPD admissions online on the official website of the exam by providing details like email address, date of birth and verification code. |
NID DAT 2020 Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who want to apply for BDes or GDPD course at NID meet the eligibility criteria if they have cleared or are appearing for their higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examination from any stream (from any recognised board such as CBSE IB, ICSE or their equivalent in the year 2019-2020 can apply for the exam.
On the other hand, candidates are eligible to apply for MDes course if they have completed their bachelor’s degree from a recognised college/ university. Apart from this, aspirants applying for NID admission in MDes course should not be more than 30 years of age as on June 30, 2020.
NID Admission Process 2020
As part of NID admission process, candidates need to first fill their application form. Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria 
for this design entrance exam are then eligible to appear for NID DAT Prelims. Aspirants who clear the first stage of NID admissions then need to appear for NID DAT Mains. Finally, candidates who clear this admission round as well are offered admission in the course/ college of their choice.
NID admissions 2020 is a two tier process. Thus, for NID admissions candidates need to appear for NID DAT (Prelims) and NID DAT (Mains). The objective of conducting both these tests is to assess knowledge, skills as well as behavioural abilities of candidates.
Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) The four-year-long Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) is offered at NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam in the following areas of specialisation:
1. Industrial Design
2. Communication Design
3. Textile & Apparel Design
The details about the GDPD Programme and fees structure of respective campus can be viewed on official website of NID’s admission. The Handbook of all NID campuses are available for download on website http://admissions.nid.edu
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NID result for BDes admission was expected on April 20 but the exam authorities postponed it due to COVID-19 outbreak. The NID admission cell has also changed the shortlisting criteria for NID BDes/ GDPD admissions 2020. Further, due to the current scenario, NID DAT Mains will be conducted as an online interaction.
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