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NIFT Cut-Off 2024: Trends and Previous Years' Cut-Off [Category-Wise]

Author : Nashid

September 11, 2024

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Summary: The NIFT cut-off 2024 scores are the minimum marks to secure a seat in various undergraduate and postgraduate fashion technology and design courses. You must secure the minimum cut-off score to get admission to any of the 17 NIFT campuses. So, what are the NIFT cut-off marks for this academic year?

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) entrance exam is highly competitive, with over 20000 candidates competing each year for seats in top NIFTs across India. Clearing the NIFT cut-off marks assures you a higher chance of obtaining a seat in this prestigious university.

NIFT will release the cut-off before the counselling rounds. As per the NIFT analysis, many students found the paper easy, indicating the chances of high cut-off scores this year.  

Continue reading to understand the NIFT expected cut-off for 2024 and trends through the past few years.

Expected NIFT Cut-Off 2024

If the number of aspirants appearing for the NIFT entrance exam is high, the NIFT 2024 cut-off will also increase and vice versa. Since the paper was comparatively easy this year, we can expect the cut-off to be somewhat higher.

The opening and closing rank will vary for different NIFT Colleges. Check the table below for the expected NIFT cut-off marks for NIFT colleges -

Campus NIFT Expected Cut-Off 2024 (Tentative)
NIFT Gandhinagar 240
NIFT Kolkata 301
NIFT Delhi 64
NIFT Hyderabad 255
NIFT Mumbai 145
NIFT Jodhpur 467
NIFT Bengaluru 134
NIFT Kangra 520
NIFT Chennai 325
NIFT Bhubaneswar 530
NIFT Patna 560
NIFT Kannur 590

NIFT Cut-Off Trends 

Generally, the cut-off marks are released after the declaration of NIFT Result 2025.  

Check out the trend of cut-off marks for NIFT in different colleges from the post below. 

NIFT Cut-Off Merit Ranks

Check the table below for NIFT Cut-Off Merit Ranks for the years 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Years Links
Cut off Merit Ranks-2023 Link
Cut off Merit Ranks-2022 Link
Cut off Merit Ranks-2021 Link
Cut off Merit Ranks-2020 Link

How to Check NIFT Cut-Off 2025?

Only those who score above the cut-off marks are eligible for NIFT Counselling 2025. You can check the cut-off marks from the official website.  

Follow the instructions mentioned below to check the cut-off marks for NIFT 2025. 

  • Visit the official website of NIFT
  • On the Home page, click on the "Admissions" tab
  • Click on the "Last Merit Rank Admitted in Admissions 2025" 
  • The cut-off PDF will be displayed on the screen 
  • Download the PDF and save it for future reference 

Know more: NIFT Exam Centres

What are the Factors Determining the NIFT Cut-Off 2025?

The following factors will be considered while determining the NIFT Cut-Off 2025.

  • The number of aspirants who appeared in the entrance exam.
  • The difficulty level of the paper
  • Total Number of Seats available
  • The total number of aspirants who qualified for NIFT 2025
  • Performance of applicants in the NIFT exam
  • The NIFT previous year cut-off

NIFT Seat Matrix for 2024

The NIFT 2025 Entrance Exam offers 2716 seats for admission to B.Des and B.F.Tech programs.

Check out the table below for the seats available in B.Des and B.F.Tech for different specialisations.

Course Specialisations Total Number of Seats
Bachelor of Design (B.Des) Textile Design 743
Knitwear Design 346
Leather Design 172
Fashion Communication 742
Fashion Design 742
Accessory Design 654
Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech) Apparel Production 652

Here's the seat availability for NIFT Masters programs -

Course Specialisations Total Number of Seats
Master Programme M.des 304
M.F.M. 786
M.F.Tech 148

Refer: NIFT CAT Question Paper with Solution

NIFT Previous Years' Cut-Off Marks

The NIFT cut-off for previous years was released college-wise and course-wise. If you belong to the general category, you must have secured a low rank to get admission to any NIFT participating colleges.

We have provided the closing merit rank for different colleges to help you understand the NIFT cut-off. 

Program Common Merit Rank (C.M.R.) No. of aspirants
From To
B.Des 51 317 80
B.Des 319 619 90
B.Des 620 825 90
B.Des 828 1098 90
B.Des 1104 1328 80
B.Des 1331 1605 90
B.Des 1612 1874 90
B.Des 1882 2127 90
B.Des 2128 2440 80
B.Des 2443 2741 90
B.Des 2747 3132 90
B.Des 3133 3628 90
B.Des 3629 4100 80
B.Des 4110 4714 90
B.Des 4715 5443 90
B.Des 5448 6739 90
B.Des 6744 8150 100
B.Des 8161 9875 100
B.Des 9883 11605 100
B.Des 11658 14378 86

NIFT Cut-Off 2023

The National Institute of Fashion Technology published the NIFT cut-off marks category-wise. If you belong to the general category, the cut-off was higher than the other categories. 

NIFT Kolkata Cut-Off 2023

Course name General ST SC OBC NRI
B.Des Fashion Design 632 4024 3061 1256 5406
B.Des Fashion Communication 467 6127 4406 1716 4872
B.Des Knitwear Design 1807 - 9026 4730 -
B.Des Leather Design 3180 - 6932 5428 -
B.Des Textile Design 2645 5348 9031 4385 -

NIFT Jodhpur Cut-Off 2023

Course name General SC ST OBC NRI
B.F. Tech Apparel Production 1218 2916 - 2342 -
Master of Fashion Management 714 1147 - 1105 -

NIFT Hyderabad Cut-Off 2023

Course name General SC ST OBC NRI
B. Des Accessory Design 4066 7852 6935 3742 6172
B. Des Knitwear Design 1351 8327 8936 3989 -
B. Des Textile Design 1090 8662 8302 3949 8475
B. Des Fashion Communication 472 4798 4060 3212 2331
B.Des in Fashion Design 452 2542 2918 1416 3546
B.F. Tech Apparel Production 570 1745 - 630 -
Master of Fashion Management 238 1086 1173 552 302

Learn more: How to Prepare for the NIFT Situation Test

NIFT Gandhinagar Cut-Off 2023

Course name General OBC ST SC NRI
B. Des Fashion Communication 725 3919 3102 4534 3051
Bachelor of Accessory Design (Jewellery) 790 3515 4563 3591 2478
B. Des Textile Design 1166 3639 3791 3331 3076
B. Des in Fashion Design 362 3272 1255 1669 2946
B.F. Tech Apparel Production 262 1566 2217 1866 1184
M.F. Tech Apparel Production 513 508 - 80 -
Master of Fashion Management 162 481 546 498 395

NIFT Bengaluru Cut-Off 2023

Course name General OBC ST SC NRI
B.Des Accessory Design 482 133 7286 4214 7244
B.Des Fashion Communication 113 600 2017 2068 2715
B.Des Knitwear Design 1122 2667 6986 5437 5450
B.Des Textile Design 721 2705 7374 3990 5190
B.Des in Fashion Design 520 799 2570 2000 1843
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 689 372 - 2782 1002
Master of Fashion Management 187 370 958 724 429
M.F.Tech Apparel Production 33 - - 45 -

Learn more: NIFT Placements

NIFT Chennai Cut-Off 2023

Course name General OBC SC ST NRI
B.Des Accessory Design 890 2384 8238 8350 7601
B.Des in Fashion Design 484 1552 3417 3165 5349
B.Des Fashion Communication 276 990 4110 4951 9016
B.Des Leather Design 2334 3752 8704 - -
B.Des Knitwear Design 1493 3263 7033 - -
B.Des Textile Design 1507 2896 7104 - 7808
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 917 415 910 - -
Master of Fashion Management 233 563 991 - 769

NIFT Cut-Off 2022

The following tables show the course-wise cut-off marks for NIFT admissions 2022. 

NIFT Bangalore Cut-Off 2022

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Accessory Design 553 4448 1955 4755 6509
B.Des Fashion Communication 225 1660 668 1635 2083
B.Des Knitwear Design 1051 6111 2973 7442 7656
B.Des Textile Design 701 6006 2432 7304 7622
B.Des in Fashion Design 169 1115 780 1419 2979
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 217 - 312 863 398
M.F.Tech Apparel Production 68 - - - -
Master of Fashion Management 72 712 288 448 588

Check: NIFT Fee Structure 2025

NIFT Bhopal Cut-Off 2022

Check out the table below for the closing merit rank for different courses in the NIFT Bhopal. 

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Accessory Design 2551 6191 4825 7656 -
B.Des Textile Design 2571 4561 5714 7430 -
Master of Fashion Management 532 - 921 - -

NIFT Bhubaneswar Cut-Off 2022

The following table consists of last year's cut-off marks for various courses in the NIFT Bhubaneswar. 

Course name General OBC SC ST
B.Des Accessory Design 2566 5252 7605 -
B.Des Fashion Communication 1032 4089 6846 7664
B.Des Textile Design 2562 5355 7649 -
B.Des in Fashion Design 1675 3056 6981 7665
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 1094 1052 - -
Master of Fashion Management 374 876 - -

NIFT Chennai Cut-Off 2022

The closing rank of NIFT Chennai is almost similar to that of the OBC/SC/ST category. The table below shows the NIFT Chennai Cut-off for different courses in 2022. 

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Accessory Design 1173 5489 2588 6747 7450
B.Des Fashion Communication 543 4542 1470 4486 6172
B.Des Knitwear Design 1404 3815 3968 6986 -
B.Des Leather Design 1767 - 4164 7334 -
B.Des Textile Design 1027 - 3476 6577 -
B.Des in Fashion Design 538 3640 1193 3231 6446
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 439 - 299 1130 -
Master of Fashion Management 214 - 486 975 -

Know more: Which NIFT Campus is better?

NIFT Gandhinagar Cut-Off 2022

Check out the table below for the NIFT Gandhinagar Cut-off for different courses for the year 2022.

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Fashion Communication 409 3081 1813 4699 5980
B.Des Textile Design 824 5856 3447 6924 -
B.Des in Fashion Design 402 4140 1410 3057 4937
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 472 - 1566 684 -
Bachelor of Accessory Design (Jewellery) 869 4725 2735 7440 -
M.F.Tech Apparel Production - - - - -
Master of Fashion Management 166 - 612 742 970

Check: Job Opportunities and Salary after NIFT

NIFT Hyderabad Cut-Off 2022

The table below consists of the NIFT Hyderabad cut-off for the year 2022 for different categories. 

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Accessory Design 789 6542 2664 6977 7483
B.Des Fashion Communication 395 5056 1315 2993 5886
B.Des Knitwear Design 1150 6290 3921 7595 6964
B.Des Textile Design 941 - 3571 5078 -
B.Des in Fashion Design 532 2394 519 5190 7306
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 323 - 1167 1037 -
Master of Fashion Management 130 495 476 920 544

NIFT Jodhpur Cut-Off 2022

Here are last year's cut-off marks for different categories at NIFT Jodhpur. 

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 1075 - 1018 - -
Master of Fashion Management 309 815 903 - -

NIFT Kangra Cut-Off 2022

The table below consists of the cut-off marks for different categories in the previous year to get admission to NIFT Kangra. 

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Accessory Design 2472 - 5697 7202 -
B.Des Fashion Communication 1422 3893 4493 7072 -
B.Des Textile Design 2702 - 5893 7001 -
B.Des in Fashion Design 1814 - 4913 6562 -
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 1032 - 857 - -

Know more: NIFT Exam Analysis 2024

NIFT Kannur Cut-Off 2022

The table below shows the NIFT Kannur campus's closing merit rank for different categories, along with the NIFT cut-off for the O.B.C. category from the previous year. 

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Fashion Communication 1322 3642 2295 7010 7566
B.Des Knitwear Design 2490 - 4743 7682 -
B.Des Textile Design 2618 3091 4717 7581 -
B.Des in Fashion Design 1631 5633 2637 5382 6798
B.F.Tech Apparel Production 904 - 821 - -
M.Des Design Space - - - -
Master of Fashion Management 425 - 678 - -

NIFT Kolkata Cut-Off 2022

Check out the table below to know the cut-off marks of NIFT Kolkata for the previous year. 

Course name General NRI OBC SC ST
B.Des Accessory Design 1418 3894 3265 7589 7691
B.Des Fashion Communication 631 5307 1973 5005 7040
B.Des Knitwear Design 1479 - 4870 7676 -
B.Des Leather Design 2356 - 5612 7376 -
B.F. Textile Design 1269 - 4347 7363 -

Check: NIFT Answer Key 2024

NIFT Counselling 2024

After the result declaration, the participating colleges will start the counselling procedure. If you score above the cut-off, you will be eligible for counselling.

The counselling process is organised offline. You will be called for counselling based on the merit list. To participate in NIFT Counselling 2024, you must follow the steps mentioned below.

  • Firstly, you need to register on the official NIFT website.
  • Get a NIFT system-generated letter.
  • Participate in the counselling round.
  • Make sure that your documents are verified at the counselling centre.
  • Take part in the seat allocation process.
  • Pay the admission fee for NIFT 2024.
  • Receive allotment letter.

Conclusion

Checking the NIFT cut-off marks is essential because it helps you understand the minimum score needed to qualify for the entrance exam.

It also gives you an idea of your competition and how you must prepare for the exam, helping you plan your strategy and focus on areas you need to improve.

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