These are the important dates in the admission process of the National Institute of Design:

DAT (Prelims) will be conducted in the Indian cities of Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Ranchi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada. On the other hand, the DAT (Mains) are conducted in different NID campuses.

For the NID DAT exams, there is no fixed cut-off or passing score. Usually, NID shortlists candidates equalling to thrice the number of available seats for the DAT Mains. The cut-off marks are based on the performance of students in DAT Prelims that year.

The cut-off for the NID DAT Prelims is expected to be lower in 2019 by at least 5 marks. This is primarily because the weightage for subjective section was 70 percent in 2019 as compared to 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Last year, the cut-offs for the NID DAT BDes Prelims (category-wise) were as follows:

The cut offs for the NID DAT MDes Prelims are different for each discipline and ranges 55 to 75.

The above fee structure is for the academic year 2021-22.

There is no fixed cut off or passing score for NID DAT Mains. The cut off for last year is as follows:

BDes / GDPD:

MDes: 

B.Des

For Andhra Pradesh

For Andhra Pradesh

For Madhya Pradesh

For Assam

M.Des

For Ahmedabad

For Gandhinagar

For Bangalore