How Many Attempts for NID DAT in a Year?

How Many Attempts for NID DAT in a Year?

Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 21 Dec 2025, 05:08 PM IST

The National Institute of Design conducts the NID DAT exam every year for students who want to take part in the design admission process. The NID entrance exam is conducted only once a year. Candidates have to successfully fill up the NID application form before the due date to appear for the exam. NID DAT 2026 has two components - NID DAT prelims and NID DAT mains. NID DAT 2026 prelims was conducted on December 21, 2025. Candidates who qualify in the NID DAT prelims will be able to appear for the NID DAT mains. To know more about how many times one can appear for the NID exam, read the complete article.

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  1. NID Entrance Exam Dates 2026
  2. How many times NID exam is conducted in a year?
  3. How many Times can I appear for the NID Exam?
  4. How to apply for the NID entrance exam?
How Many Attempts for NID DAT in a Year?
How Many Attempts for NID DAT in a Year?

NID Entrance Exam Dates 2026

The NID DAT schedule was released along with the notification. Candidates will be able to access NID DAT dates 2026 at admissions.nid.edu.

NID DAT Important Dates 2026

NID DAT Events

NID DAT important dates

NID application form 2026 release date

September 11, 2025

NID application form 2026 last date to apply

December 1, 2025

NID DAT Prelims exam date prelims

December 21, 2025

NID DAT Prelims M.Des result date prelims

February 17, 2026

NID DAT Prelims B.Des result date prelims

April 7, 2026

How many times NID exam is conducted in a year?

The National Institute of Design conducts the entrance exam once every year. There are two phases of the exam - prelims and mains with separate NID exam dates being notified for the two phases.

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How many Times can I appear for the NID Exam?

The students can appear for the NID entrance exam as many times as they want till they fulfill the NID eligibility criteria. The candidates must note that the students have a certain age limit to join the undergraduate level courses. The age limit for the NID 2026 exam is mentioned below.

  • For general category candidates the aspirants who were born only on or after July 1, 2005, were eligible.
  • For OBC NCL, SC, ST students must be born after July 1, 2002, to apply for the NID entrance exam.
  • For PWD candidates they must be born after July 1, 2000, to be eligible for NID entrance exam.
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How to apply for the NID entrance exam?

The National Institute of Design released the NID application form on September 11, 2025. The registrations closed on December 1, 2025. The candidates needed to fill up the NID DAT 2026 application form and submit it before the deadline. Candidates had to pay the prescribed application fee without which their application will remain incomplete. The students must provide all the details carefully, and if any discrepancies are found during the admission process, their admissions might be cancelled.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What is the age limit for NID?
A:

The candidates who are born on or after July 1, 2005, for General category were eligible to apply. The students of SC, ST, OBC-NCL have 3-year age relaxation and PwD - 5 years age relaxation.

Q: How many times is NID conducted in a year?
A:

NID DAT exam is conducted only once every year.

Q: How many attempts for the DAT exam is allowed?
A:

For the NID DAT entrance exam, the students can appear as many times as they want as long as they satisfy the NID DAT eligibility criteria.

Q: Is NID the toughest exam?
A:

NID is one of the most sought-after institutes for design in India which makes the competition very high. The difficulty of the exam is moderate. Candidates need to prepare well to ace the NID DAT entrance exam.

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Hello,

Yes, if you are in Class 12, you are eligible to sit for the NID DAT 2026 (BDes) exam. The National Institute of Design allows students who are in their final year of Class 12 or have already passed to apply.

To know more access below mentioned link:

https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-admission-2026

You can get the NIT DAT SYLLABUS, updated version from careers 360 in detail from careers 360 article. Follow the link given from The link of the syllabus article is given below from careers 360

https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-syllabus-2026

Yes you are eligible to appear for NID DAT for the M.Des programme. Since you are in final make sure you will have completed your BA by the required deadline. Also go through the specific specializations you want to apply for, some may require certain specific backgrounds to be eligible

Hello,

To prepare for M.des exams like CEED or NID DAT, here are some points which you can follow:

Understand the pattern – focus on creativity, design aptitude, and problem-solving.

Practice sketching daily and improve visualization.

Study basics of color, form, and design concepts.

Solve previous papers and build a

Hi daksh

As 563 rank in nid dat exam cannot guarantee admission in designing college but it could be a good chance to explore some campus as if you are not from general category as category role plays an important role . But now you can do one thing focus