NID DAT Participating Colleges 2025: Top Design Colleges in India

Jasmine Arora
Jasmine Arora

Updated on - Feb 17, 2025

NID DAT participating institutes 2025 include recognized institutions such as IIT Bombay, IITDM Jabalpur, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and others. Candidates will be offered different courses under the M.Des and B.Des programs.

Qualified candidates who passed the NID DAT exam can apply to NID DAT participating institutes 2025. To gain admission to these institutes, candidates need to participate in the NID DAT 2025 counselling process. It will commence in May 2025.

List of NID DAT Participating Institiutes

After the NID DAT exam 2025 candidates will be offered admission to different design colleges, which will be providing M.Des and B.Des courses. The NID participating colleges are given below:

Top 10 Colleges Accepting NID DAT Scores 2025

Some other colleges other than the NID offer designing courses based on the NID 2025 exam scores. The list of such courses is given below:

Name of the College Course Offered
IIT Bombay B.Des Industrial Design
IIT Guwahati B.Des Design
IIT Gandhinagar B.Des Design
IITDM Jabalpur B.Des Design
University of Hyderabad M.Des Communication Design
CEPT University, Ahmedabad B.Des Interior Design, B.Des Product Design
School of Design, Pearl Academy B.Des Fashion Design, B.Des Interior Design
MIT School of Design, Pune B.Des Design Innovation, B.Des Product Design
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) B.F.Tech Textile Design, B.F.Tech Fashion Technology
World University of Design B.Des Transportation Design, B.Des Fashion Communication

NID DAT Seat Intake 2025

The institutes that partake in the counselling session have few seats reserved for certain categories. The seat intake for different courses at the NID DAT participating colleges is given below:

Seat Intake for B.Des at NID Participating Colleges

The seats available for the B.Des program at the colleges that are taking part in the counselling session are given below:

Name of the Colleges Seats
NID Ahmedabad 125
NID Andhra Pradesh 75
NID Haryana 75
NID Madhya Pradesh 75
NID Assam 75

Seat Intake for M.Des at NID Participating Colleges

The seats available for the M.Des program at the colleges that are taking part in the counselling session are given below:

Name of the Colleges Seats
NID Ahmedabad 126
NID Gandhinagar 126
NID Bengaluru 95

Seat Intake of Different Faculty

Faculty of Communication Design

Course Seat Intake
Animation Film Design 19
Exhibition Design 13
Film and Video Communication 13
Graphic Design 19

Faculty of Industrial Design

Course Seat Intake
Ceramic & Glass Design 13
Furniture & Interior Design 13
Product Design 19

Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle, and Accessory Design

Course Seat Intake
Textile and Apparel Design 25
Communication Design 25
Industrial Design 25

Categories for the NID DAT Participating Colleges

In the admission process, candidates will be allowed to select the colleges and courses they would like to pursue. Certain categories of candidates will be given reservations in seats that will be available. The categories are mentioned below:

  • GEN
  • GEN-EWS
  • OBC
  • SC
  • ST
  • PwD
  • OBC-NCL

Courses Offered by the NID DAT Participating Colleges 2025

The institutes participating in the NID DAT 2025 provide different choices in courses in the M.Des and B.Des programs. The courses are mentioned in the table below:

Courses Faculty
B.Des Communication Design
Industrial Design
Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle, and Accessory Design
M.Des Communication
Industrial
Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle, and Accessory Design
Information technology integrated programmes
Interdisciplinary design studies

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