NID DAT 2023 Merit List

NID DAT 2023 Merit List for both BDes and MDes is going to be released on the official website after the completion of the three-stage examination process. NID DAT 2023 is a three-stage examination namely DAT 2023 followed by Studio Test and a Personal Interview. Candidates qualifying for one stage are allowed to appear for the subsequent stage. Check NID Cut off

Post-result declaration and personal Interviews, Merit List is prepared for all the qualified candidates in accordance with the marks scored by the candidates in all three stages of NID DAT 2023. The final merit list is based on NID DAT 2023 Results of all the qualified candidates.

NID Counselling Process is expected to start by the 1^st week of April 2023.
Candidates are called for NID Selection Process according to the merit list prepared.
The admission process of all the waitlisted candidates is tentatively scheduled for the 3^rd week of April 2023 subject to the availability of seats and the total population of waitlisted candidates.

NID has yet to declare NID DAT 2023 Cut Offs. However, students can refer to the expected merit lists and previous year’s cut-offs for their reference.

NID DAT B.Des. Cut Off

NID DAT 2022 Cut Off: B.Des. Program

Category	Prelims Cutoff (Score)	Prelims Cutoff (Rank)
General	64.00	375
General-EWS	40.25	155
OBC-NCL	52.50	323
SC	48.75	224
ST	13.50	125
PwD	18.50	43
Overseas	35.00	81

NID DAT M.Des. Cut Off

NID DAT 2022 Cut Off: M.Des. Program

Courses	Prelims Cutoff for MDes (Score)	Prelims Cutoff for MDes (Rank)
Animation Film Design	60.00	31
Ceramic & Glass Design	54.50	20
Film & Video Communication	58.50	29
Furniture & Interior Design	65.50	32
Graphic Design	60.20	30
Product Design	61.00	29
Textile Design	57.50	30
Apparel Design	53.50	31
Lifestyle Accessory Design	61.50	31
New Media Design	54.00	30
Photography Design	47.00	31
Strategic Design Management	64.50	29
Toy & Game Design	58.50	20
Transportation & Automobile Design	57.00	31
Design for Retail Experience	59.00	30
Digital Game Design	58.50	30
Information Design	64.00	30
Interaction Design	61.00	31
Universal Design	60.50	29

NID DAT Expected Merit List

Given below are the tentative cut off for the first and the second NID DAT 2023 Merit List.

NID DAT 2023 Merit List: First Expected List

National Institute of Design is going to announce a merit list for all the qualified candidates by the end of June 2023 including the number of seats per branch per category along with the subsequent cutoff score for all the categories. Here is the expected Merit list for NID DAT 2023:

Programs/Category	General Category	OBC-NCL Category	SC Category	ST Category	PH (Horizontal - All Categories)
Masters of Design (M.Des)	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score
Animation Film Design	47.32	42.59	37.86	37.86	33.12
Apparel Design	51.04	45.94	40.83	40.83	35.73
Ceramic & Glass Design	55.84	50.26	44.67	44.67	39.09
Design for Retail Experience	59.69	53.72	47.75	47.75	41.78
Digital Game Design	57.94	52.15	46.35	46.35	40.56
Film & Video Communication	58.30	52.47	46.64	46.64	40.81
Furniture Design	57.18	51.46	45.74	45.74	40.03
Graphic Design	60.61	54.55	48.49	48.49	42.43
Information Design	66.43	59.79	53.14	53.14	46.50
Interaction Design	57.14	52.24	45.71	45.71	40.00
Lifestyle Accessory Design	55.86	50.27	44.69	44.69	39.10
New Media Design	50.51	45.46	40.41	40.41	35.36
Photography Design	57.32	51.59	45.86	45.86	40.12
Product Design	52.12	46.91	41.70	41.70	36.48
Strategic Design Management	59.27	53.34	47.42	47.42	41.49
Textile Design	56.55	50.90	45.24	45.24	39.59
Toy & Game Design	57.42	51.68	45.94	45.94	40.19
Transportation & Auto. Design	57.21	51.49	45.77	45.77	40.05
Universal Design	62.03	55.83	49.62	49.62	43.42
Programmes/Category	General Category	OBC-NCL Category	SC Category	ST Category	PH (Horizontal - All Categories)
-	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score (excl. PH)	Cut off score
Bachelor of Design (B.Des)	55.76	50.18	44.61	44.61	39.03

NID DAT 2023 Merit List: Second Expected List

National Institute of Design may also release a second merit list based on the seats left. The waiting list students will be first given preference in the second merit list for all the postgraduate and undergraduate programs offered by the Institute in design. The expected scores needed to get admission through the second merit list are mentioned below:

Programs/Category	General Category	OBC-NCL Category	SC Category	ST Category	PH (horizontal - all categories)
Masters of Design (M.Des)	(excluding PH)	(excluding PH)	(excluding PH)	(excluding PH)	Score
Animation Film Design	47.32	49.06	56.15	47.43	NA*
Apparel Design	49.99	46.75	50.03	NA*	43.70
Ceramic & Glass Design	51.14	63.52	58.66	NA*	NA*
Design for Retail Experience	59.69	57.21	49.49	NE*	NE*
Digital Game Design	57.94	52.38	57.45	46.59	NA*
Film & Video Communication	58.30	55.13	59.74	NE*	NA*
Furniture Design	57.13	61.13	48.44	NE*	42.99
Graphic Design	60.61	64.36	53.92	51.69	51.25
Information Design	64.12	62.62	NE*	NE*	62.29
Interaction Design	56.34	55.74	51.65	NE*	NE*
Lifestyle Accessory Design	55.86	56.99	50.56	51.92	NE*
New Media Design	50.26	48.21	42.47	NA*	NA*
Photography Design	56.81	64.92	59.41	NE*	NE*
Product Design	52.12	50.33	62.86	57.23	56.13
Strategic Design Management	59.27	54.09	52.68	51.95	NA*
Textile Design	54.86	52.62	NE*	DEC*	42.47
Toy & Game Design	57.42	54.06	54.28	NE*	NA*
Transportation & Auto. Design	57.21	65.34	62.89	49.71	NA*
Universal Design	61.83	59.83	NE*	51.35	DEC*

Programmes/Category	General Category	OBC-NCL Category	SC Category	ST Category	PH (horizontal - all categories)
	(excluding PH)	(excluding PH)	(excluding PH)	(excluding PH)	Score
Bachelor of Design (B.Des)	55.76	51.63	50.04	50.23	46.76

NE* = No Candidate was found eligible above the relaxed cut-off score

NA* = No applicant in this category, OR shortlisted but did not appear for studio test or interview

DEC* = Eligible candidate declined offer of admission

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.