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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:
- National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
- National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar
- National Institute of Design, Bengaluru
- National Institute of Design, Vijayawada
- National Institute of Design, Bhopal
- National Institute of Design, Kurukshetra
- National Institute of Design, Jorhat
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 |
