NID Forms 2023
NID Application Forms 2023 are out now. NID Application process has started on October 21, 2022 and ends on December 16, 2022. NID first phase entrance exam: NID DAT Prelims will be held on January 8, 2023. Read this article to know complete details of NID Application Process.
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DetailsNID 2023 IMPORTANT DATES
NID Admission Notification - B.Des
Online Registration Process starts on | October 21, 2022 |
Last Date for Submitting Online Application |
December 16, 2022 (Till 1600 hrs) |
Last Date for Submitting Online Application with late fees | December 16, 2022 (1800 hrs) to December 19, 2022 (1600 hrs) |
Window to edit Application Forms | From 1600 hrs on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 to 1600 hrs Thursday, 22 December 2022 |
Online Availibility of Admit Cards for DAT Prelims | December 30, 2022 |
Design Aptitude Test (DAT Prelims) for B.Des. | Sunday, January 8, 2023 |
DAT Prelims Results announced | 1600 hrs, March 30, 2023 |
Rechecking request for B.Des. DAT Prelims | 1800 hrs, March 30, 2023 to 1600 hrs, April 1, 2023 |
Online Availibility of Admit Cards for DAT Mains for B. Design | 1600 hrs, April 14, 2023 |
DAT Mains Exam | April 29, 2023 to April 30, 2023 |
DAT Mains Result | May 18, 2023 |
Window for submission of campus preference | 1600 hrs, May 18, 2023 to 1600 hrs, May 19, 2023 |
Rechecking request for DAT Mains | 1600 hrs, May 18, 2023 to 1600 hrs, May 19, 2023 |
Payment of token fees & uploading of documents | 1600 hrs, May 25, 2023 to 1600 hrs, May 26, 2023 |
Provisional offer letter of Admissions | First week of June 2023 |
NID Admission Notification - M.Des
Online Registration Process starts on | October 21, 2022 |
Last Date for Submitting Online Application |
December 16, 2022 (Till 1600 hrs) |
Last Date for Submitting Online Application with late fees | December 16, 2022 (1800 hrs) to December 19, 2022 (1600 hrs) |
Window to edit Application Forms | From 1600 hrs on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 to 1600 hrs Thursday, 22 December 2022 |
Online Availibility of Admit Cards for DAT Prelims | December 30, 2022 |
Design Aptitude Test (DAT Prelims) for M.Des. | Sunday, January 8, 2023 |
Results for M.Des. - DAT Prelims to be announced | 1600 hrs, February 28, 2023 |
Rechecking request for M.Des. DAT Prelims | 1800 hrs, February 28, 2023 to 1600 hrs, March 2, 2023 |
Online Availibility of Admit Cards for DAT Mains | 1600 hrs, March 9, 2023 |
DAT Mains Exam | March 20, 2023 to April 23, 2023 |
DAT Mains Result | May 16, 2023 |
Rechecking request for DAT Mains | 1800 hrs, May 16, 2023 to 1600 hrs, May 17, 2023 |
Payment of token fees & uploading of documents | 1600 hrs, May 16, 2023 to 1600 hrs, May 19, 2023 |
Provisional offer letter of Admissions | First week of June 2023 |
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DetailsNID ADMISSION FORM 2023
Candidates have to visit www.admissions.nid.edu to fill NID ADMISSION FORM online.
Step 1: Sign Up / Registration
1. Sign up / register with a valid email address and active mobile number.
2. After registration, login credentials will be sent via email to the registered email address.
3. Login to your account using your registered email ID, date of birth and password to proceed further.
Step 2: Filling up Online Application Form
1. Login and proceed to step 2 - Application Form
2. Fill all the required details.
2. Click 'Save & Proceed' to go to the next section 'Upload Document.'
Step 3: Uploading Documents and Signature
1. Candidates need to upload a recent passport size photograph as per the instructions. All photographs must be in JPG/JPEG format, minimum 75 KB and maximun 100 KB in size. It must be a coloured photograph taken at a professional studio.
2. Candidates need to upload their scanned signature as per the instructions. All signature files must be in JPG/JPEG format, minimum 75 KB and maximum 100 KB in size. The signature should be digitally photographed or scanned and cropped to the required size.
3. Candidates applying under various categories are required to upload their valid Certificates issued by a competent authorities. The certificate must be in PDF format and should be of maximum of 2MB in size. Documents to be uploaded by candidates of various categories in addition to photograph and scanned signature are as under:
a. General EWS - EWS Certificate
b. OBC-NCL - OBC-NCL Certificate
c. SC - Caste Certificate
d. ST - Tribe Certificate
e. GEN-PwD - Disability Certificate
f. GEN-EWS-PwD - EWS Certificate & Disability Certificate
g. OBC-NCL-PwD - OBC-NCL Certificate & Disability Certificate
h. SC-PwD - Caste Certificate & Disability Certificate
i. ST-PwD - Tribe Certificate & Disability Certificate
j. Overseas - First & Last Page of Passport
4. Candidates applying under the Overseas Category are required to upload the first and last page of their valid passport clearly showing all of their personal information.
5. Once you are done with uploading the documents, click 'Save & Proceed' to go to the next section to pay Application Fees.
Step 4: Payment of Application Fees
1. The fees for the Application can only be paid online through Debit/Credit Card.
2. Candidates will be directed to the payment gateway. After completing the payment process, they will be redirected to the 'Print Section' where they can save their form and print it for future reference.
NID Application Fee
Nid Application Form Fees is to be submitted by candidates along with the Online Application Forms. The form fees is different for various categoies like General, OBC, SC, ST & Overseas Category. Check out the table given below for more details. CHECK: National Institute of Design Fees for total & semester wise fees for all centres.
NID B Des
Programme/Category | For B.Design |
General | Rs. 3000 |
General-EWS | Rs. 3000 |
OBC - NCL | Rs. 3000 |
SC | Rs. 1500 |
ST | Rs. 1500 |
General-PwD | Rs. 1500 |
General-EWS-PwD | Rs. 1500 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | Rs. 1500 |
SC-PwD | Rs. 1500 |
ST-PwD | Rs. 1500 |
Overseas (Supernumerary) | Rs. 5000 |
NID M Des
Programme/Category | For M.Design - 1 Discipline | For M.Design - 2 Discipline |
General | Rs. 3000 | Rs. 6000 |
General-EWS | Rs. 3000 | Rs. 6000 |
OBC - NCL | Rs. 3000 | Rs. 6000 |
SC | Rs. 1500 | Rs. 3000 |
ST | Rs. 1500 | Rs. 3000 |
General-PwD | Rs. 1500 | Rs. 3000 |
General-EWS-PwD | Rs. 1500 | Rs. 3000 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | Rs. 1500 | Rs. 3000 |
SC-PwD | Rs. 1500 | Rs. 3000 |
ST-PwD | Rs. 1500 | Rs. 3000 |
Overseas Candidates | Rs. 5000 | Rs. 10000 |
NID ENTRANCE EXAM CENTRES - DAT Prelims
For B.Des: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada.
For M.Des: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada.
About the Author: Anu Handa is an Interior Designer, DIY Artist, Co-Founder and Educator at Mosaic Institute of Design. She has been the lead blogpost writer at www.mosaicdesigns.in since 2009. Her educational background in Interior Design, Urban Planning and the English Language has given her a broad base to cover a range of topics in her articles. Anu has spent 15+ years training Design & B.Arch Aspirants for entrance exams.
Passionate about Design Education, she’s briefly worked with Annamalai University as a paper setter for Design Exams. Likes to write about Design, Architecture and related fields, on online platforms like Quora. Aims at challenging the conventional & age old teaching methodology.