UPES B.Des Admissions 2026
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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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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 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 |
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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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.
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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)
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.
NID DAT exam is conducted only once every year.
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.
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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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.
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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
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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
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