NID DAT Cutoff 2018 - National Institute of Design has announced the Cutoff Scores of NID DAT 2018. Cutoff of Design Aptitude Test (DAT) 2018 for B.Des admissions has been declared by the exam conducting Institute in form of the score of the last candidate. In order to be eligible for admission to NID DAT B.Des programme offered at Ahmedabad campus, candidates have to secure the prescribed minimum cutoff i.e. score out of 100. Around 5,000 students appear every year for this national level design entrance exam for a total of 100 undergraduate seats. Candidates, who appeared in the second stage of the entrance exam, can check category-wise NID DAT Cutoff 2018 on this page in order to know the required minimum marks.
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NID DAT 2018 Cutoff
NID Admissions 2018- Score of the last candidate, who was offered admission, in order of merit
(as on June 15, 2018)
Programme | Open | OBC‐NCL | SC | ST | PwD | Supernumerary |
Bachelor of Design | 59.62 | 53.70 | 49.95 | 53.35 | 43.11 | 40.81 |
Candidates can check below B.Des DAT Prelims score of the last candidate in order of merit shortlisted for DAT Mains.
Open | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | PwD | Supernumerary |
68.10 | 59.50 | 55.50 | 52.50 | 48.00 | 50.60 |
Candidates can also check previous year’s cutoff for admissions to Bachelor of Design programme in order to have a fair idea.
NID DAT Cutoff Scores 2017 for B.Des admissions
Open | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | PwD | Overseas (supernumerary) |
60.05 | 55.42 | 52.41 | 50.00 | 50.25 | 51.84 |
NID DAT Cutoff Scores 2016 for B.Des admissions (Category-wise)
General | General-PH | OBC-NCL | OBC-NCL-PH | SC | SC-PH | ST | ST-PH |
59.65 | 51.75 | 52.70 | 40.55 | 50.10 | 31.25 | 47.75 | No applicant |
Note: Above scores are out of 100.
NID DAT 2018 Final Merit List has been released on May 31. Based on this list, as many as 100 B.Design seats will be allocated to eligible and qualified candidates.
NID DAT 2018 Seat Matrix
NID provided admissions to a total of 100 seats across NID DAT B.Des. programmes as mentioned below –
Department | B. Design Specialisation | Seats |
Faculty of Industrial Design | Product Design | 15 |
Furniture Design | 10 | |
Ceramic and Glass Design | 10 | |
Faculty of Communication Design | Graphic Design | 15 |
Animation Film Design | 15 | |
Film and Video Communication | 10 | |
Exhibition Design | 10 | |
Faculty of Textile, Apparel & Lifestyle Accessory Design | Textile Design | 15 |
NID DAT 2018 Seat Allotment for B. Design admissions was done on the basis of reservation criteria as mentioned below:
NID DAT 2018 Reservation Criteria
S. No. | Category | Reservation Percentage (number of seats) |
1. | General (Gen) | 51.5% (50) |
2. | Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.5% (8) |
3. | Other Backward Class - Non-creamy layer (OBC-NCL) | 27% (27) |
4. | Scheduled Category (SC) | 15% (15) |
Relaxation in NID DAT Cutoff 2018 Scores for candidates belonging to reserved categories
The score of the last qualified candidate (based on the number of available seats) in the merit list for Open category is considered as cutoff score for open category. Candidates belonging to the ST, SC, OBC-NCL, and PwD categories are declared as qualified on the basis of a relaxed criterion as follows:
OBC-NCL | SC | ST | PwD |
10% less than cut off score of Open category | 20% less than cut off score of Open category | 20% less than cut off score of Open category | 30% less than cut off score of Open category |
National Institute of Design conducted NID DAT 2018 Prelims on January 7 in offline mode across Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Chennai, Raipur, Ranchi, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Dehradun, Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai, Panjim, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada. The second stage, i.e., DAT Mains was conducted from May 15 to 22 for admissions to Bachelor of Design programmes offered at NID Ahmedabad (main campus).
NID DAT Result 2018
NIT has declared NID DAT 2018 Result in online mode on March 13, 2018. It displays candidate’s roll number, score and rank. The institute prepared separate merit lists based on scores secured in NID DAT (stage 1 exam). Candidates, who were shortlisted, had to appear for second stage- Mains. After that, a final merit list was released for these test-takers.
