The NID 2026 registrations closed on December 1, 2025. Candidates aspiring to appear for the exam hed to fill up the NID application form by visiting the official website - admissions.nid.edu to complete the NID application form. NID DAT 2026 is scheduled to be held on December 21, 2025. In this article, find out how you can complete the NID 2026 application form and other relevant details.
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Through the NID Design Aptitude Test, candidates will be offered admission into the B.Des and M.Des programmes of participating NID campuses in India. Other than NIDs, many other colleges also accept NID DAT scores for their design admission.
The deadline to register for NID 2026 was December 1, 2025, upto midnight. The institute had earlier opened the application form online and released an elaborate NID notification containing all the exam details
Particulars | Dates |
NID 2026 application form release date | September 11, 2025 |
NID 2026 registration end date | December 1, 2025 |
Interested applicants have to submit the NID 2026 application form online. Given below are the steps to complete registration.
Documents | Specifications |
Photograph | 50kb to 200kb, JPG/JPEG format, color passport-size photograph |
Signature | 50 kb to 200 kb |
Category certificate | In the prescribed format available during registration |
The table below provides the NID registration fee for various categories.
Category | Fees |
|---|---|
General, Gen-EWS, OBC-NCL | Rs 3000 |
Female Candidates (except SC, ST& PwD) | Rs 2000 |
SC & ST candidates | Rs 1500 |
PwD candidates | Rs 500 |
Third gender | Rs 500 |
Overseas candidates | US$ 125 |
Once the NID 2026 registration deadline ends, the National Institute of Design opened the NID 2026 application correction window. All registered candidates would be able to make the corrections through their login from December 2, 4 PM to December 4, upto 11:59 pm. The registered candidates can download the NID 2026 admit card from December 11 onwards.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The last date for the NID 2026 application form 2026 was December 1, 2025, upto 11:59 pm.
Yes, the authorities opened an NID application form correction window from December 2 to 4, 2025.
Interested applicants can complete NID 2026 registration from the official website - admissions.nid.edu.
On Question asked by student community
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No specific stream is required in Class 11 for BDes admissions. You can join B.Des (Bachelor of Design) with any stream in Class 11th (Science, Commerce, or Arts/Humanities). Top design institutes like NID ( NID DAT scores) and NIFT ( NIFT Entrance Exam ), as well as IITs (via UCEED),
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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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