B.Des. in Fashion Design 

at NIFT Patna, Patna

The NIFT 2023 Cutoff rank was 3405 for admission to NIFT Patna BDes in Textile design.

The table mentioned below showcases the NIFT Patna Cutoff for three years:

Course	2021	2022	2023
B.Des. in Fashion Design	1431	1346	1692
B.Des. in Fashion Communication	1633	1513	1812
B.Des. in Accessory Design	2440	2917	3127
B.Des. in Textile Design	2495	2769	3405

 

To be eligible for BDes at NIFT Patna, the candidates must have passed class 12 or equivalent from a recognised board and his/her age should be less than 24 years. 

The NIFT BDes admission criteria is completely based on the NIFT entrance exam. Aspirants with a rank of 3100 or below have a chance of securing a seat at NIFT Patna BDes. 

Note: The cutoff rank mentioned above is an approximate value. Check out the NIFT Patna 2024 cutoff here. 

NIFT entrance examination is Institutional based examination which will only help you to get into NIFT whereas UCEED is a common Entrance Examination which is accepted by many design colleges and universities. So if you plan to get into only NIFT then you do have to give NIFT Entrance Exam but if you plan to apply in many universities then UCEED is a better option as you'll have many university choices and you can get admission on the basis of UCEED score.

No, you can't take direct admission to B.Des at the National Institute of Fashion Technology Patna.

BDes at NIFT Patna is offered in four different specialisations and they are, Accessories Design, Fashion Communication, Fashion Design and Textile Design. The duration of the course is four years and admission to NIFT Patna BDes is done through the NIFT Entrance exam.NIFT Entrance Exam is divided into three parts i.e. Creative Ability Test (CAT), General Ability Test (GAT) and Situation Test/ Group Discussion, and Personal Interview (GD and PI) round. Candidates planning to pursue BDes are required to appear for CAT and GAT exams followed by the Situation Test.

To be eligible for NIFT Patna BDes, candidates must have passed class 12 or equivalent from a recognised board and his/ her age should be less than 24 years as of 1st Aug of the year of admission.

 

 

The following is the selection process for B Des at National Institute of fashion technology. 

1.The students need to fill the online application form from the Institute's official website with all necessary details like 12th, 10th marks etc. 

2.After filling the application form student will be called to qualify for the NIFT test which includes aptitude tests, group discussions etc. after that the students need to wait for the cutoff. 

3.If the students qualifies in the cutoff, the NIFT counselling will take place. 

4.After counselling, the students will be given the final admission. 

Talking about the minimum NIFT entrance marks required, it totally depends on the seats available, and the cutoff. The cutoff rank which was required for BDes in fashion Designer in 2023 was 1692. All other specialisations will have different ramks. 

B Des placements at National Institute of fashion technology Patna are good. Majority of the student ie, 90 percent of the students got placed with good pacakges. The highest pacakge offered to BDes students was 22 LPA and 4.5 LPA was the average. Many good companies like Nykaa, H& M, Aditya birla, Amazon were the top recruiters at the placement drive. If we talk about the return on investment, the total fees for any B Des course is 12.34 lacs and average package is 4.5 lpa. Students get a decent return on their money invested in the fees. 

There are many specialisations in B Des course at National Institute of Fashion Technology. The specialisations include:-

• B Des in fashion designing. 
• B Des in accessory designing. 
• B Des in fashion communication. 
• B Des in textile designing. 

Each of these specialisations have approximately 44 seats intake. The total seat intake for B Des course is 176 seats. The cutoff will be released according to the number of seats only. Seeing the number of seats available students need to have a good rank in the university entrance test, in order to take admission. 

The NIFT BDes application fee depends on the reservation category of applicants. The fee has to be paid through online payment gateway on the NIFT admission portal. Check out the following table for the category-wise application fee:

Category	Application Fee (non-refundable)*
General/OBC (Non-Creamy)/GEN-EWS Category	INR 3,000
SC/ ST/ PwD Category	INR 1,500

*The mentioned fee is sourced from the official website/sanctioning body. It is still subject to changes and hence, is indicative.