Cut-off marks are the minimum qualifying marks that you need to score to get admission to UG and PG courses in the field of design. 

National Institute of Design will hold the authority to release the cut-off for NID DAT on the official website.

The cut-off marks vary for each category. Only those who will score above the cut-off are given preference during the counselling process.

This post takes you through detailed information about NID DAT Cut Off, previous year cut off, category-wise cut off, and more.

NID Cut off Marks 2023

Generally, the cut-off is released after the declaration of the NID DAT Result 2022. Based on the category-wise merit list, you will get shortlisted for the DAT mains exam.

While preparing the NID Cut Off 2022 list for B. Des, 70% of weightage will be given to NID DAT prelims and the rest 30% of 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.

Check out the previous year's category-wise cut-off marks from the post below.

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NID CUT Off 2023 - Minimum Qualifying Criteria

National Institute of Design released the minimum qualifying criteria that you have to score in order to be eligible for NID admissions in BDes and MDes courses.

Only those who have scored above the cut-off were given admission to 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

NID DAT Cut Off 2021 for BDes Prelims

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

Category	NID DAT 2021 Prelims Cutoff for BDes (Score)	NID DAT 2021 Prelims Cutoff for BDes (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 Cut Off 2021 for B.Des Prelims (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 Cut Off 2020 - Minimum Qualifying Criteria

Have a look at the table below to know the minimum percentage of marks required to qualify for the NID exam.

Program	Open	OBC-NCL	SC	ST	PwD
Bachelor of Design	50	45	40	40	40

NID DAT 2020 Cut off for B.Des

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	--

NID DAT 2020 Cut Off for M.Des

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

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NID DAT 2020 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

NID DAT 2019 Cut Off for BDes

The table below shows the NID 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 2019 Cut off for M.Des

Check out the table below to know the NID DAT 2019 Cut off 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

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NID DAT 2018 Cut Off for B.Des

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 BDes 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

NID DAT 2018 Cut Off for  M.Des

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

NID DAT 2017 Cut Off 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

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NID Cut Off 2017 for M.Des

Have a 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 2016 Cut Off for B.Des

The table below shows the category-wise NID 2016 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

NID DAT 2016 Cut Off for M.Des

Have a look at the table below to know 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