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.
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Dear Student,
For NID DAT exam preparation, you can follow the preparation tips provided by Careers360. The article covers important aspects such as understanding the exam pattern and syllabus, choosing the right study material, practising previous-year papers, and taking mock tests.
Use these strategies
Hello Student,
To start your NID DAT and UCEED preparation, begin with the syllabus, exam pattern, and previous years' question papers. You can also refer to the Careers360 preparation resources and sample papers for regular practice using the links provided below.
No, the NID DAT Prelims paper is not exactly the same for B.Des and M.Des aspirants.
You can check these resources for more clarity:
https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-sample-papers
https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-mdes-previous-year-question-papers-with-solution
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