NID - DAT 2021 Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria For B.Des./GDPD
All applicants applying for the B.Des. and GDPD programmes must fulfil criteria of both age and education qualification.

Age Limit:

• For Indian Nationals in General Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1999 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)): Upper age limit for candidates is 23 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1996 are eligible to apply for admission.
• For Indian Nationals in PWD Reserved Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 25 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1994 are eligible to apply for admission.
• For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1999 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification:

Applications for the academic year 2019–20 are open to applicants who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2018–19 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, etc.) from any recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or their equivalent

Examinations considered equivalent to these are as follows:

• The 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 (AIU, Refer www.aiuweb.org).
• The final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
• 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 recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Referwww.aiuweb.org).
• 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.facilities.aicte-india.org/dashboard/pages/dashboardaicte.php
• 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. The certificate is required to be submitted at the time of document verification.

Overseas Category (Supernumerary) candidates: Foreign citizens - applicants holding citizenship of a country other than the Republic of India are eligible to apply only under the overseas (supernumerary) category, provided they fulfil all the eligibility criteria mentioned in Sections 4.1 of Admissions Handbook 2019-20: B.Des/GDPD.

Of the seats available for the B.Des. a programme, 15% supernumerary seats have been created for overseas applicants. The actual number of seats available under the Overseas (supernumerary) category are as follows:

Important Note:

• Candidates must have passed their Class XII examination (higher secondary (10+2)) or equivalent at the in-person counselling scheduled in June 2019.
• Any candidate who has not passed their final board exam or equivalent before the in-person counselling will not be eligible for admission.

Eligibility Criteria For M.Des:

All applicants applying for the M.Des. programme (any discipline) must fulfil the criteria of both age and education qualification.

Age Limit:

• For Indian Nationals in General Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 30 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1989 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)): Upper age limit for candidates is 33 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1986 are eligible to apply for admission.
• For Indian Nationals in Person with Disabilities (PWD) Reserved Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 35 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1984 are eligible to apply for admission. For
• Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 30 years as on 30 June 2019. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1989 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification:

In addition to satisfying the above age criteria, the candidate must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications to be considered eligible for admissions:

Bachelor degree of minimum 4-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard from any university or institute recognised by law in India. Condition: Applicant must have passed the Bachelor degree examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in June 2019*.

OR

Bachelor degree of minimum 3-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard. Condition: Applicants must have passed the Bachelor degree examinations before July 2018.

OR

Full-time Diploma of minimum 4-year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India. Condition: Applicants must have passed the Diploma examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in June 2019*.

* Applicants in the final year of their Bachelor degree/ Full-time Diploma programme whose universities may not have issued the final degree certificate by the date of application to NID are eligible to apply, subject to passing all subjects without any backlog. Such candidate will have to submit/produce Provisional Degree certificate at the time of counselling.

Note:

In case the degree/certificate has been obtained from a university/board of any country other than India, an equivalence certificate must be obtained by the candidate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi, at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in June 2019. Visit http://www.aiu.ac.in for more details.

Overseas Category (Supernumerary candidates):

Foreign applicants-holding citizenship of a country other than India—are eligible to apply only under the overseas category, provided they fulfil all the eligibility criteria mentioned in Sections 4.1. Of the seats available for the M.Des., 15% supernumerary seats have been created for overseas applicants. The actual number of seats available under the Overseas (supernumerary) category are as follows: 

Important Note:

• Candidates yet to appear for their qualifying exam (ONLY Full-time Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline under 10+2+4 system or more) are eligible to apply, provided they produce proof of having acquired the minimum required qualifications at the time of document verification. Candidate must produce the valid certificate (Provisional/Degree)at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in June 2019. Failing to produce the provisional degree certificate, such candidate’s candidature will stand cancelled & will not be offered admission. Their seat will be offered to the next candidate in order of merit.
• If the results of their final year of graduation (under 10+2+4 system or more only) have not been declared by the concerned board or university at the time of submitting the application, such candidate will have to submit provisional degree certificate at the time of document verification scheduled in June 2019.
• Any candidate who has not appeared for their final qualifying exam before the physical verification of documents will not be eligible for admission.