NID Design Aptitude Test (NID DAT)- Eligibility criteria for B.Des

Eligibility Criteria for B.Des

All candidates applying for the B.Des. must fulfill the eligibility criteria of both age and education qualification as under.

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 1999are 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.
  • 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 recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities.
  • H.S.C. vocational examination.
  • General Certificate Education (GCE) examination at the Advanced (A) level taken in London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka.
  • 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.aicteindia.org
  • Candidates who have completed final examinations for class XII (or equivalent) outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce an equivalence 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. This certificate is required to be submittedat the time of document verification. Visit http://www.aiu.ac.in for more details about how to obtain
    an equivalence certificate.
Educational Qualification:

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 recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB,
ICSE or equivalent.

Examinations considered equivalent to these are as follows:
  • Final examination of the 10+2 system under a Central or State Board recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Refer http://www.aiu.ac.in).
  • Intermediate or two-year pre-University examination under a Board or University recognised by the Association of Indian Universities.
  • Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy
2022