Eligibility criteria for NID DAT 2022

BDes

Educational Qualifications

Applications for academic year 2022–23 are open to candidates who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2021–22 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities etc.) from any recognized board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent.

Age limit

For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those  candidates born on or after 1 July 2002 are eligible to apply for admission.

● For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1999 are eligible to apply for admission.

● For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1997 are eligible to apply for admission.

● For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2002 are eligible to apply for admission.

MDes

Educational Qualifications

Candidate must have passed the Bachelor Degree examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May/June 2022.
OR
Full-time Diploma of minimum 4-year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India.

Condition: Candidates must have passed the Diploma examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May/June 2022.
OR
Bachelor Degree of minimum 3-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or
equivalent to 12th standard.

Condition: Candidates must have passed the 3-year Bachelor degree examinations by August 2021.

Age limit

For Indian Nationals in General Category & General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1992 are eligible to apply for admission.

● For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBCNCL), Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1989 are eligible to apply for admission.

● For Indian Nationals in Person with Disabilities (PwD) Reserved Category: Only those
candidates born on or after 1 July 1987 are eligible to apply for admission.

● For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1992 are eligible to apply for admission.  

Exam pattern for NID DAT 2022

The exam comprises two  parts - NID DAT Prelims and NID DAT Mains, pattern of the test is different for both the parts. Prelims and Mains will be conducted in offline mode and answers have to be recorded on a separate answer sheet. Subjects for questions are related to design aptitude, principle of composition, geometry, maths. More information is provided below in tabular format for the sake of the students:

BDes

NID DAT Prelims for BDes course is divided into two parts. Part I has objective type questions and Part II contains subjective questions. 

MDes

NID DAT Prelims 2022 for MDes course consists objective type questions and subjective questions.