Hi Riya,

NID has yet not announced the category-wise cutoff scores for B.Des. admissions. It will release the final merit list on May 31, and as many as 100 seats will be allocated to the qualifying candidates. 

The score of NID DAT is not accepted anywhere else. So, first let's see whether you have qualified or not. Last year, the cutoff score was 60.05 for Open category.

For more details regarding the same, you can read this article- https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-cutoff 

Hello Jishnu,
I would like to say that I am happy you came to Careers360, I hope to solve all your queries with this in-depth answer.

All about NID
National Institute of Design (NID) offers admissions to aspirants in Bachelor of Design (BDes), Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) as well as Master of Design (MDes) programmes on the basis of their performance in NID Design Aptitude Test. In order to secure admission in design programmes offered at National Institute of Design (NID) aspirants need to take part in NID DAT (Prelims) and NID DAT (Mains). Only candidates who are shortlisted in NID DAT (Prelims) can appear for NID DAT (Mains) admission round.

NID offers Bachelor of Design (BDes) course at NID Ahmedabad as well asGraduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) course at NID Vijayawada and NID Kurukshetra. The GDPD course is of four year duration. Candidates can view below NID Entrance Exam 2018 eligibility criteria for BDes & GDPD course admissions.

The eligibility criteria for NID entrance exam for BDes/GDPD course admissions states that candidates who have cleared or who will be appearing for their higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examination from any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, etc.) from any recognised board such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or their equivalent in the year 2017-2018 can apply for the exam.

Qualifying exams that are accepted by National Institute of Design are as mentioned below:

• Final examination of the 10+2 system under a central or state board recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Referwww.aiuweb.org).
• Intermediate or two-year pre-university examination under a board or university recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Referwww.aiuweb.org).
• Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
• Senior secondary school examination under the National Institute of Open Schooling, with a minimum of five subjects.
• Any public school, board or university examination completed in India or in any foreign country recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Referwww.aiuweb.org).
• H.S.C. vocational examination.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination at the Advanced (A) level taken in London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka.
• High School Certificate Examination from Cambridge University or an International Baccalaureate diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
• AICTE approved three-year Full time Diploma after Class X offered by Board of Technical Education of any state in India or Union Territories as mentioned on http://www.aicte-india.org/statisticbote.php.
• Candidates who have completed final examinations for class XII (or equivalent) outside India or from a board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) confirming that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination conducted in India.
  
  

  For the 2018 NID DAT (Prelims) BDes exam paper, the overall structure in terms of marks did not change from the last year, It was, objective type - MCQs for 70 marks and subjective type - Drawing Questions for 30 marks totalling to a 100 marks. Overall, the objective section seemed to be more straightforward except for a few questions compared to the subjective section. It demanded a combination of creative thinking and problem solving abilities.

  NID DAT Prelims 2018 exam paper for MDes was divided into two halves- objective and subjective. The objective section had 59 questions in total. These were further divided into different sections with marks per question ranging from 0.5 to 3. The subjective part had 3 questions which tested the creativity and the sketching abilities of students. The overall distribution of marks remained the same- 70 for objective and 30 for drawing totalling to 100 marks. 

  Overall, it was a mix of emotions with the paper weighing between moderately okay to difficult. On a comparative note, the subjective section seemed to be a little easier compared to the objective part and the 2018 edition of the DAT prelims seemed to be a little difficult for the students as compared to the 2017 edition.
  

It completely depends upon the cutoff marks for this year. It also depends upon how many marks you get in the first round. If you have a high score on the written test, a lesser score might get you a seat too. But, I believe a fairly high score in both the first and second round is needed to secure a seat in NID Ahmedabad. 

Hey Subham,

NID is a four year program. But if you join NID after your diploma then you will clear it under 3 years.

After diploma students join NID in 2 year. They have already study all the things in their diploma so they don't need to study that thinks agains.

Thank you!

Yep, there are other things to consider, which are not specifically related to product design, but to M.Des in these institutions, which might be factors worth considering.

One is that the fees at NID are very high compared to those at IITB. It looks like NID being autonomous, has to generate its own revenue, and one way of doing it is to jack up the fees. Second, there is no hostel accommodation for M.Des students at Ahmedabad campus. Third, there's no concept of teaching assistantship at NID, whereas the same is available at all IITs. Fourth, the M.Des course duration at NID is 2.5 years vs. 2 years at IITs. Fifth, the IITs, being primarily tech institutes, have vast tech resources in the same campus. For example, I notice that the Mechanical Engineering department is adjacent to IDC, IITB. That's important from an industrial design perspective.

It would be tough to tell you the exact number but Around 20,000 students appear every year for the National level Design Entrance exam for a total of 100 undergraduate seats. You can also check its cutoff & seat matrix with the given below link.

NID DAT Cutoff 2018

Good Luck!

You can follow the steps with the given below link to check your B.Des NID result.

B.Des Result

If you are facing further problem to do login then I would suggest you to contact the official.

Hi Rajesh,

Yes, Science students can apply. To apply for appearing in NID entrance exam, aspirants must have passed or will be appearing for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year from any recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE, or their equivalent. 

NID DAT Selection Procedure

Stage 1: NID Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims

This is the first stage and is conducted at various test centres across India. Candidates should note that appearing for the DAT Prelims or being ranked in the shortlist does not guarantee automatic entitlement to admission.

Stage 2: NID Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

Candidates shortlisted after the DAT Prelims are invited to appear for the second stage at one of the NID’s campuses in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru or Gandhinagar.

To know complete details about NID DAT, check out this- https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat 

Hi Neha,

For undergraduate admissions, only candidates up to 20 years of age on or before June 30 of the admission year are eligible to apply (relaxable by three years for candidates belonging to reserved category).

For detailed eligibility criteria to apply for NID DAT, check out this- https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-eligibility-criteria