NID Cut Off 2023 [Category-Wise]

Reader's Digest: In this blog, we will provide all the information you need about the NID Cut-Off Marks 2023. So, if you want to apply for the NID entrance exam, this blog is a must-read!

The National Institute of Design (NID) is a prestigious design institute in India that offers various undergraduate and postgraduate courses in design. NID has a dedicated admissions process that involves an All India Entrance Exam followed by several rounds of creative and design tests and personal interviews.

The NID Cut Off 2023 is expected to be higher than the previous year due to the increasing competition among aspirants. It depends on several other factors, including the difficulty level of the exam, the number of applicants, and the number of seats available.

Candidates must meet the cut-off marks to be eligible for admission into the institute. Now that the results are OUT! You can expect the NID Cut Off 2023 to be out soon! 

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What is NID Cut off 2023 Marks? 

The cut-off is the rank list for admission to the B.Des (or M.Des) course offered by participating institutes accepting NID scores. 

The NID Cut Off 2023 is expected based on the marks secured in the All India Entrance Exam.

Candidates who score valid marks in the exam will be eligible for admission into the institute. 

The NID Cut-Off Marks will be published on the institute's official website a few weeks before the commencement of the admission process.

Expected NID DAT Cut Off 2023 

Generally, the cut-off is released after the declaration of the NID DAT Result 2023. You will be shortlisted for the DAT mains exam based on the category-wise merit list.

• While preparing the NID Cut Off 2022 list for B. Des, 70% of the weightage will be given to NID DAT prelims, and the rest 30% of the weightage will be given to the NID DAT Mains exam.
• For the M.Des program, 60% weightage will be given to prelims and 40% to mains score.

Below is the expected cut-off for various NID courses offered by the institute:

Category	NID Minimum Qualifying Criteria
Open	50
EWS	50
OBC-NCL	45
SC	40
ST	40
PwD	40
Overseas	50

Check: Important topics for the NID Exam

Previous Year NID DAT Cut Off (UG)

We have complied with the previous year's cut-off and rank to help you understand the trend. Refer to the below tables for the previous year's cut-offs of NID DAT.

NID DAT Cut-Off 2021 

Check out the table below to know the category-wise cut-off marks and rank for the B.Des course at NID:

Category	NID DAT 2021 Prelims Cutoff for B. Des (Score)	NID DAT 2021 Prelims Cutoff for B. Des (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 Cut-Off 2021 (Campus-wise)

Check out the table below to know the category-wise and college-wise cut-off for NID DAT Exam:

Institute	Category
	Open	General EWS	OBC-NCL	SC	ST	PwD	Overseas
NID Ahmedabad Cutoff 2021	97.35	63.59	81.80	75.63	42.97	40.15	54.67
NID Andhra Pradesh Cutoff 2021	93.26	56.39	71.89	55.82	43.72	Not Eligible	No Applicant
NID Haryana Cutoff 2021	88.71	60.89	61.41	45.45	40.38	Not Eligible	No Applicant
NID Madhya Pradesh Cutoff 2021	89.80	53.28	62.85	52.48	Not Eligible	Not Eligible	51.96
NID Assam Cutoff 2021	86.87	Not Eligible	55.47	43.95	Not Eligible	Not Eligible	No Applicant

NID DAT Cut-off 2020 

Go through the table below to know the category-wise cut-off marks of NID DAT 2020 for the BDes program:

Program	Open	OBC-NCL	SC	ST	PwD	Supernumerary
Bachelor of Design, Ahmedabad	96.21	82.11	83.40	79.41	55.26	51.86
Graduate Diploma Program in Design, Bhopal	81.27	63.38	58.68	40.86	NE/NA	--
Graduate Diploma Program in Design, Vijayawada	88.40	71.42	60.35	47.99	NE/NA	--
Graduate Diploma Program in Design, Kurukshetra	85.82	61.79	62.77	50.27	NE/NA	--
Graduate Diploma Program in Design, Jorhat	70.58	59.29	42.30	43.44	NE/NA	--

Check: NID Design Aptitude Test 2023

NID DAT Cut-Off 2019 

The table below shows the NID DAT Cut off 2019 for B.Des/GDPD courses:

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

NID DAT Cut-Off 2018 

The National Institute of Design has released the cut-off for the NID DAT exam on the official website.

Check out the table below to know the category-wise cut-off marks for the B.Des program:

Programme/Category	General	General –PH	OBC-NCL	OBC-NCL-PH	SC	SC-PH	ST
Bachelor of Design (B.Des)	59.65	51.75	52.70	40.55	50.10	31.25	47.45

Check: Important questions for NID General Aptitude Test

NID DAT Cut-Off 2017 for B.Des

The category-wise cut-off marks for NID DAT 2017 exam has been provided in the table below.

Programme/Category	General	General –PH	OBC-NCL	OBC-NCL-PH	SC	SC-PH	ST
Bachelor of Design (B.Des)	60.85	50.25	55.87	40.55	53.50	31.25	51.40

NID DAT Cut-Off 2016 for B.Des

The table below shows the category-wise NID DAT Cut off for B.Des/GDPD course:

Programme/Category	General	General –PH	OBC-NCL	OBC-NCL-PH	SC	SC-PH	ST
Bachelor of Design (B.Des)	67.00	50.00	58.50	40.55	56.00	31.25	48.00

Check: Important interview questions with answers for NID interview

Previous Year NID DAT Cut-Off (PG)

We have compiled the previous year's cut-off for the postgraduate courses.

NID DAT Cut-Off 2020 

The table below shows the category-wise cut-off marks for the National Institute of Design entrance exam:

M.Des: Discipline/Category	General	OBC-NCL	PH	SC	ST
Animation Film Design	66.10	54.60	30.80	59.20	55.90
Apparel Design	57.40	45.60	50.00	49.20	50.00
Ceramic & Glass Design	54.60	38.30	No Applicant	44.50	No Applicant
Design for Retail Experience	62.00	48.60	30.60	53.10	49.70
Digital Game Design	61.40	38.60	37.10	43.90	42.80
Film & Video Communication	61.80	47.20	32.70	47.80	48.60
Furniture Design	61.20	51.00	53.50	54.10	48.40
Graphic Design	69.70	60.00	36.90	57.60	60.30
Information Design	67.50	57.90	35.50	45.50	47.80
Interaction Design	67.50	57.90	35.50	58.60	58.10
Lifestyle Accessory Design	60.00	49.20	39.50	50.80	50.90
New Media Design	60.00	31.10	52.40	46.50	36.30
Photography Design	58.70	42.00	32.70	49.50	50.30
Product Design	70.00	62.80	42.50	61.50	57.00
Strategic Design Management	63.80	49.60	30.60	54.80	57.40
Textile Design	58.40	46.20	25.00	45.90	50.00
Toy and Game Design	57.00	29.70	No Applicant	37.50	52.30
Transportation & Automobile Design	66.40	60.60	40.50	60.80	51.60
Universal Design	61.30	52.00	52.10	37.50	44.60

NID DAT Cut-off 2019 

Check out the table below to know the NID DAT Cut off 2019 for the M.Des program:

M.Des: Discipline/Category	General	General – PH	OBC – NCL	OBC-NCL-PH	SC
Animation Film Design	59.85	No Applicant	53.65	25.3	53.85
Apparel Design	50.8	27.2	46.8	No Applicant	42.25
Ceramic & Glass Design	48.85	No Applicant	18.2	No Applicant	45.15
Design for Retail Experience	55.25	27.2	52.3	No Applicant	46.2
Digital Game Design	48.7	No Applicant	35.85	No Applicant	44.05
Film & Video Communication	54.8	No Applicant	47.6	No Applicant	50.3
Furniture Design	58.45	57.45	50.3	No Applicant	45.4
Graphic Design	62.4	38.6	59.15	25.3	58.05
Information Design	59.15	35.05	47.15	No Applicant	46.5
Interaction Design	62.05	35.05	54	44.85	57
Lifestyle Accessory Design	55.45	45.15	46.8	No Applicant	41.35
New Media Design	58.7	No Applicant	34.6	No Applicant	46
Photography Design	52.6	No Applicant	40.35	24.95	45.7
Product Design	64.9	38.6	59.15	No Applicant	58.1
Strategic Design Management	60.7	No Applicant	52.45	No Applicant	52.7
Textile Design	53.05	34.2	43.5	No Applicant	42.1
Toy and Game Design	48.6	No Applicant	45.3	No Applicant	30.25
Transportation & Automobile Design	61.35	No Applicant	56.75	No Applicant	56.3
Universal Design	58.5	40.1	49.85	No Applicant	44.65

Check: Short tricks to crack the NID interview on the first attempt

NID DAT Cut-Off 2018 

Go through the table below to know the NID Cut-off 2018 for the M.Des program:

M.Des: Discipline/Category	General	OBC-NCL	PwD	Supernumerary	SC	ST
Animation Film Design	62.82	57.15	48.50	No Applicant	Non-eligible candidate	61.65
Apparel Design	53.60	50.00	40.15	No Applicant	44.38	50.33
Ceramic & Glass Design	55.23	51.00	Non-eligible candidate	No Applicant	47.38	50.75
Design for Retail Experience	62.23	56.15	No Applicant	No Applicant	54.50	55.45
Digital Game Design	63.58	57.88	No Applicant	No Applicant	55.93	54.35
Film & Video Communication	60.03	54.45	Non-eligible candidate	56.25	52.45	Non-eligible candidate
Furniture Design	58.98	54.60	50.73	No Applicant	56.08	47.48
Graphic Design	60.70	57.08	53.98	No Applicant	48.95	Non-eligible candidate
Information Design	66.18	62.43	Non-eligible candidate	Non-eligible candidate	57.85	Non-eligible candidate
Interaction Design	58.88	53.15	Non-eligible candidate	49.30	51.93	51.08
Lifestyle Accessory Design	61.70	56.18	No Applicant	50.30	51.85	54.10
New Media Design	54.90	52.18	No Applicant	No Applicant	48.43	47.10
Photography Design	53.95	Non-eligible candidate	46.95	No Applicant	50.03	46.90
Product Design	66.23	60.98	55.45	No Applicant	60.18	57.65
Strategic Design Management	58.55	56.20	47.50	No Applicant	53.68	55.40
Textile Design	57.25	52.55	Non-eligible candidate	54.35	51.85	54.78
Toy and Game Design	59.00	53.95	No Applicant	No Applicant	55.75	Non-eligible candidate
Transportation & Automobile Design	66.58	61.95	59.90	55.53	58.70	Non-eligible candidate
Universal Design	62.03	60.48	No Applicant	No Applicant	51.23	56.23

Check: NID Admission 2023

NID DAT Cut-Off 2017 

Look at the table below to know the NID DAT Cut off for the year 2017:

M.Des: Discipline/Category	General	OBC-NCL	PH	SC	ST
Animation Film Design	64.67	58.28	Non-eligible candidate	54.30	55.10
Apparel Design	52.70	48.02	Non-eligible candidate	44.81	50.86
Ceramic & Glass Design	62.23	56.25	No Applicant	52.18	No Applicant
Design for Retail Experience	62.84	57.25	47.57	51.28	Non-eligible candidate
Digital Game Design	54.77	Seat not available after de-reservation	No Applicant	50.80	54.33
Film & Video Communication	59.21	54.95	50.67	58.46	Non-eligible candidate
Furniture Design	59.05	53.16	42.15	54.02	48.90
Graphic Design	60.09	60.35	Non-eligible candidate	60.01	63.97
Information Design	63.82	58.80	Non-eligible candidate	57.38	51.35
Interaction Design	60.17	54.44	47.70	54.58	63.38(AR)
Lifestyle Accessory Design	57	55.55	No Applicant	48.17	55.92
New Media Design	61.41	57.55	No Applicant	49.55	56.74
Photography Design	53.15	49.10	Non-eligible candidate	47.54	51.52
Product Design	59.75	53.89	50.33	55.18	Non-eligible candidate
Strategic Design Management	59.80	53.97	Non-eligible candidate	55.78	58.66
Textile Design	58.23	53.15	47.36	51.50	48.70
Toy and Game Design	58.23	53.15	No Applicant	57.42	53.31
Transportation & Automobile Design	60.78	56.83	No Applicant	57.77	Non-eligible candidate
Universal Design	60.61	55.21	No Applicant	50.47	55.12

NID DAT Cut-Off 2017 for M.Des

Look at the table below for the NID previous year cut-off marks for different categories:

M.Des: Discipline/Category	General	OBC-NCL	PH	SC	ST
Animation Film Design	66.10	54.60	30.80	59.20	55.90
Apparel Design	57.40	45.60	50.00	49.20	50.00
Ceramic & Glass Design	54.60	38.30	No Applicant	44.50	No Applicant
Design for Retail Experience	62.00	48.60	30.60	53.10	49.70
Digital Game Design	61.40	38.60	37.10	43.90	42.80
Film & Video Communication	61.80	47.20	32.70	47.80	48.60
Furniture Design	61.20	51.00	53.50	54.10	48.40
Graphic Design	69.70	60.00	36.90	57.60	60.30
Information Design	67.50	57.90	35.50	45.50	47.80
Interaction Design	67.50	57.90	35.50	58.60	58.10
Lifestyle Accessory Design	60.00	49.20	39.50	50.80	50.90
New Media Design	60.00	31.10	52.40	46.50	36.30
Photography Design	58.70	42.00	32.70	49.50	50.30
Product Design	70.00	62.80	42.50	61.50	57.00
Strategic Design Management	63.80	49.60	30.60	54.80	57.40
Textile Design	58.40	46.20	25.00	45.90	50.00
Toy and Game Design	57.00	29.70	No Applicant	37.50	52.30
Transportation & Automobile Design	66.40	60.60	40.50	60.80	51.60
Universal Design	61.30	52.00	52.10	37.50	44.60

Check: Important creative ability questions for the NID exam

NID DAT Marks Relaxation for Reserved Category 

Check out the table below to know the percentage of relaxation provided to the reserved category:

Categories	OBC-NCL	SC	ST	PH
Relaxation	10% less than a Cutoff score of the General Category	20% less than a Cutoff score of the General Category	20% less than a Cutoff score of the General Category	30% less than a Cutoff score of the General Category

Check: Preparation for the NID Entrance Exam

Conclusion

In conclusion, the NID Cut Off Marks 2023 is expected to be higher than the previous year due to the increasing competition among aspirants.

Candidates must ensure they score higher marks than the cut-off marks to secure their seats in the institute.

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