NID admission 2022 has commenced and students who wish to pursue BDes or MDes can apply before November 30. National Institute of Design (NID) is conducting this admission process and students who are interested in studying either bachelors or masters degree in Design can focus on this admission process.

NID admission 2022 process

Candidates who apply for studying BDes or MDes have to first pass prelims test which is known as NID DAT Prelims. Individuals who pass prelims will have to appear for mains test which is known as NID DAT Mains.

The final merit list for the admission will be prepared taking into account the performance in the prelims and mains exams.

Prelims exam
Prelims exam for both BDes and MDes will be held in offline mode, as pen/pencil and paper based test. The medium of the test for both will be English.

Prelims for BDes
There will be 27 questions for a total of 100 marks. The questions will be of multiple choice format, visual format, drawing format. Out of the 27 questions, there will be:

$ 12 questions – 1 mark each

$ 9 questions – 2 marks each

$ 1 question – 5 marks

$ 1 question – 12 marks

$ 1 question 13 marks

$ 2 questions – 15 marks each

$ 1 question – 10 marks

Prelims for MDes
This exam will have 19 questions for a total of 50 marks. The format of the questions will be of multiple choice questions, visual, text and drawing.

Candidates who apply for more than one discipline in MDes have at attend test for each discipline separately. Out of the total 19 questions, there will be:

$ 6 questions – 1 mark each

$ 9 questions – 2 marks each

$ 2 questions – 3 marks each

$ 1 question – 5 marks

$ 1 question – 15 marks

Mains Exam
The mains exam will comprise a studio test and an interview round. Candidates who have passed prelims exam as a part of NID admission 2022 process can take part in mains exam.

Studio round in the mains exam will comprise various tasks and candidates have to complete them within the alloted duration. Post completion of studio round, candidates have to attend an interview round as a part of NID admission 2022 process.

Eligibility

BDes
Students focusing on studying undergraduate course through this NID admission 2022 process must have passed plus-two from any stream from a recognised institution. Students who are appearing for their plus-two exams can also apply.

MDes
Students willing to study postgraduate course in design through this NID admission 2022 must have passed bachelors degree in design (BDes) or bachelors degree from any discipline.

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Age criteria

BDes
● 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
● 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.

How to apply
The procedure to apply is online. Applicants for NID admission 2022 must visit the official website at ‘https://admissions.nid.edu/NIDA2022/Default.aspx’

Soon after the webpage downloads, applicants for NID admission 2022 must click ‘Signup’ button in ‘How to Apply’ Section. Soon after the candidates press ‘SignUp’ they have to provide details like their nationality, category, disability, birthdate, email and mobile number and complete the registration.

After the registration is over and username and password are obtained, candidates have to come back to the website ‘https://admissions.nid.edu/NIDA2022/Default.aspx’ and now press ‘Login’ button in ‘How to Apply’ Section’ and enter with help of username and password and commence the process of applying for NID admission 2022.

Applicants have to fill the form, upload the required documents and pay the registration fee and then submit the application form.

Registration fee
The registration fee to be paid while applying for NID admission 2022 for BDes and MDes is Rs 3000 for candidates from General, General (EWS), Non Creamy Layer OBCs.

The same for SC, ST, General PwD, General-EWS-PwD, Non Creamy Layer OBC-PwD, PwDs in SC and ST is Rs 1500. Candidates applying for more than one discipline in MDes have to pay the registration fee for both the disciplines.

Documents
The documents to be uploaded while filling the application form for NID admission 2022 are:

# 10th class marksheets

# 12th class marksheets for BDes application (if available)

# Bachelors degree marksheets (if available) for those applying for MDes courses

# Passport size photograph of the candidate

# Scanned image of the candidate’s signature

Point to remember
Candidates who do not have the 12th class marksheets or bachelors degree marksheet can look towards attaching alternative provisional certificates.

However, the applicants of NID admission 2022 must provide the certificates regarding the qualifying exam when they take part in the admission process.

Important dates
Registration for NID admission 2022 began in 5 October and last date for submitting online application is 4pm of 30 November. The applications for NID admission 2022 can be submitted from 4 pm of 1 December to 4 pm of 5 December by paying late fees.

The window to make corrections in the application forms for NID admission 2022 will be made open from 4 pm of 6 December to 4 pm of 13 December.

The admit cards in connection with DAT Prelims exam will be available for download on 23 December. The prelims exam in connection with NID admission 2022 will be held on 2 January 2022.

Details regarding the release of prelims result and DAT Mains exam in connection with NID admission 2022 will be made available on the official website mentioned earlier.

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