NID DAT Important Dates 2018 - National Institute of Design, an Institute of National Importance has announced NID DAT 2018 important dates on September 25, 2017. The institute has conducted Design Aptitude Test (DAT) 2018, which is a national level exam. The entrance test is held in two stages, prelims and mains, for allotting a total of 100 seats across various B.Des programmes offered at NID Ahmadabad. NID DAT 2018 Application Form was available from September 25 to October 31. NID DAT Prelims 2018 was conducted on January 7, while DAT Mains 2018 will be held from May 15 to 22.
LATEST - NID DAT 2018 admit card released on March 22!
Aspirants, who appeared for the design entrance test, can check NID DAT Important Dates 2018 including the schedule of application form availability, admit card download, exam, result declaration, etc. on this page.
NID DAT Important Dates 2018
NID has released the notification for NID DAT admission session 2018-19 on September 25, 2017. Aspirants can check important dates of NID DAT 2018 from the schedule given below.
NID DAT 2018 Important Dates and Events
Events of NID DAT | Important Dates |
Release of notification | September 25, 2017 (2 PM) |
Availability of NID DAT 2018 online application form | September 25, 2017 (2 PM) |
Last date for submitting online application | October 31, 2017 (2 PM) |
Last date for submitting online application for payment of late fees (online payment) | November 9, 2017 (2 PM) |
Last date for submitting printed NID DAT application forms accompanied with a demand draft (offline payment) | November 9, 2017 (4 PM) |
Window to edit application form | November 14 (12 noon) to 16 (12 noon), 2017 |
NID DAT 2018 Admit Card | December 20, 2017 (4 PM) |
NID DAT (Prelims) 2018 | January 7, 2018 (10 AM to 1 PM) |
NID DAT Answer Key 2018 | January 12, 2018 (11 AM) |
Window to challenge Prelims answer key (online only) | January 18 (11 AM) and 19 (4 PM), 2018 |
Uploading final answer keys of DAT Prelims Part I | January 30, 2018 |
NID DAT (prelims) 2018 Result announcement | March 13, 2018 (4 PM) |
NIT DAT Admit Card (Mains) 2018 | March 22, 2018 (4 PM) |
NID DAT (Mains) 2018 | May 15 to 22, 2018 |
NID DAT 2018 Merit List | May 31, 2018 (2 PM) |
Aspirants can check the tentative schedule of events that will take place after the release of the merit list.
NID DAT Important Dates related to Merit List
S.No. | Event | Date |
1. | Online preference by all qualified candidates for their choice/preference (to be eligible for the next stage of admissions process) commences | Last week of May 2018 |
2. | Online preference by qualified candidates for their choice/preference (to be eligible for the next stage of admissions process) closes | 1st week of June 2018 |
3. | Online confirmation by all qualified candidates under PwD reserved category begins | 1st week of June 2018 |
4. | Online confirmation by qualified candidates belonging to PwD reserved category (to be eligible for the next stage of admissions process) closes | 1st week of June 2018 |
5. | Online confirmation by all qualified candidates belonging to OPEN, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and overseas category (to be eligible for the next stage of admissions process) commences | 2nd week of June 2018 |
6. | Online confirmation by all qualified candidates under OPEN, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and overseas category (to be eligible for the next stage of admissions process) closes | 2nd week of June 2018 |
7. | Uploading of scanned copies of documents by candidates (all categories) commences | 2nd week of June 2018 |
8. | Uploading of scanned copies of documents (all categories) closes | 3rd week of June 2018 |
9. | Academic session 2018-19 for B.Des. programmes commence at NID Ahmedabad | 3rd week of July 2018 |
NID will offer admissions to bachelor degree in Product Design, Furniture Design, Ceramic and Glass Design, Graphic Design, Animation Film Design, Film and Video Communication, Exhibition Design and Textile Design.
