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    NID DAT Age Restrictions 2027, NID Age Requirement Category Wise

    NID DAT Age Restrictions 2027, NID Age Requirement Category Wise

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 13 May 2026, 05:54 PM IST

    The National Institute of Design specifies the age restrictions for NID DAT 2027 on its official website - admissions.nid.edu. The NID 2027 age restrictions are mentioned as part of the NID DAT eligibility criteria. The NID age limit may vary for candidates from open and reserved categories and also across programmes. Read the full article to know the important facts about NID entrance exam age restrictions 2027.

    NID DAT Age Restrictions 2027, NID Age Requirement Category Wise
    NID DAT Age Restriction

    The applicants must carefully check the age restrictions before deciding to apply for NID 2027. Failure to meet the NID entrance exam age restrictions can lead to disqualification from the admission process, even if they qualify the NID entrance exam.

    NID 2027 Age Limit for UG (Category-Wise)

    The authorities specify the NID age limit for the design aspirants applying for the UG courses. Provided below in the table is the NID 2027 age restriction for all the categories.

    NID Entrance Exam Age Limit 2027

    Category

    NID Age Limit

    Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category

    Should be born on or after 1 July 2006

    Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST)

    Should be born on or after 1 July 2003

    Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category

    Should be born on or after 1 July 2001

    Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category

    Should be born on or after 1 July 2006

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    NID 2027 Age Limit for PG (Category-Wise)

    Given below is the NID age restrictions for the PG programmes

    NID Entrance Exam Age Restriction 2027

    Category

    NID Age Limit

    Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category

    Should be born on or after 1 July 1995

    Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST)

    Should be born on or after 1 July 1992

    Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category

    Should be born on or after 1 July 1990

    Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category

    Should be born on or after 1 July 1995

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    Eligibility Criteria Apart from the NID Age Limit

    Apart from the age limit, the NID 2027 eligibility criteria also include the minimum academic qualifications required. Provided below in the table are the academic eligibility conditions required for the candidates to meet for BDes and MDes

    NID Eligibility - Academic Qualifications

    Programme

    Academic eligibility requirement

    BDes

    Candidates who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2026-27 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities, etc.) from any recognised board of education, such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent, are eligible.

    MDes

    • Candidates holding bachelor's degree in any specialisation from a recognised university or college.

    • Candidates who are in the final year (appearing for the academic year 2026-27) of their Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in any discipline whose universities may not have issued the final degree certificate before the last date of application to NID, are also eligible to apply provided:

    1. They pass the qualifying exam in single attempt and submit the required certificates by July 31, 2027
    2. Such candidates must also have appeared for all the subjects and cleared any

      backlogs (if any), of the qualifying examination, on or before 28 June 2027.

    3. Candidates who are still appearing in their final year exam even after being granted provisional admission must submit a certificate from their college/university in the prescribed format by June 28, 2027.

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