NID DAT — last-minute checklist
Built from the NID Design Aptitude Test records on our exam tracker. Every date carries its source tier: official (the conducting body's own site), reported (a secondary source — verify it) or expected (a typical-cycle estimate, not an announcement). Your admit card and the official notice always win.
🎯 Exam day
Next exam day: 21 Dec (expected) — 99 days to go.
Tracker row: NID DAT 2027 Prelims exam (expected)
- 🕘 Timings / reporting, tracker row for 21 Dec (expected): Prelims typically held in late December; offline pen-and-paper test
🎒 What to carry
- Admit card (hall ticket / call letter), printed — the instructions printed on it override anything on this page
- Original photo ID with the same name as your admit card (Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID, passport or driving licence — your admit card lists which it accepts); a photocopy alone is not enough
- Leave your phone, smartwatch, earphones and other electronic gadgets at home or outside — they are not allowed in the exam hall, and do not count on a cloakroom at the centre
- Reporting time and gate-closing time are printed on your admit card — late entry is refused, so plan to reach well before
- If your admit card has a self-declaration / undertaking page, fill it in and paste your photograph before you reach the centre — check your admit card
- Passport-size photographs, if your admit card asks for them — use the same photo you uploaded in the application
- Pen and rough sheet: computer-based tests generally provide them at the centre — carry your own only if your admit card says so
- Transparent water bottle, sanitiser or a simple wrist watch: allowed at some exams and banned at others — check your admit card before you pack
- Using a scribe or compensatory time? Carry the certificate and the scribe's own photo ID in the format your admit card or notice asks for
✅ true of every exam hall · 🔎 varies by exam — check your admit card or notice. The night before: no new topics, and sleep.
🎫 Admit card
NID DAT 2027 Prelims admit card (expected): 11 Dec (expected)
From the tracker row: Prelims admit card typically released 10 days before exam
📝 Exam pattern on our records
NID Design Aptitude Test
50 questions, 100 marks, 180 minutes
Marking: +2 per correct answer, no negative mark on our records — confirm it in the official notice
Languages: English
National Institute of Design entrance — DAT Prelims (objective design aptitude) followed by DAT Mains (studio test + interview). Gates entry to B.Des at NID Ahmedabad / Gandhinagar / Kurukshetra / Bhopal / Jorhat / Amaravati.
Patterns can change between cycles — this cycle's official notice is final.
🔑 After the paper
- Answer key: not announced yet
- Result: 12 Feb 2027 (expected)
- Next stage — NID DAT 2027 M.Des Mains exam (expected): 8 Mar 2027 (expected)
🔗 Official portal and useful links
Official portal: National Institute of Design (NID) ↗
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