B.Design (Lateral Entry) 

at NIFT Patna, Patna

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:

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

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. 

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. 

NIFT Patna BDes cut-off varies across the BDes specialisations offered at the institute. The cut-off for most specialisations has shown a fluctuating trend over the past three years. BDes in Fashion Communication turned out to be the most competitive among all specialisations. Candidates can check out the following table presenting the BDes cut-off trend for various specialisations offered at NIFT Patna:

No, you cannot join National Institute of Fashion Technology Patna directly. You need to qualify in the entrance exam in order to take admission. The entrance exam is conducted by the university which is NIFT test. This exam contains various levels or steps like aptitude test, situation test, group discussion etc. Students need to qualify in the entrance exams and the cutoff. The cutoff will be released according to the number of seats and applicants. After the student qualifies in the cutoff he/she will pass through final admission steps and will get the final admission. 

No, there is no scope of joining NIFT Patna or any other NIFT Campus without appearing for the NIFT Entrance exam. The NIFT entrance exam is conducted by the NIFT Delhi and it is the common and only gateway for admission to NIFT.

The NIFT registration process is generally conducted in the month of November and the exam is conducted in the month of April.   

NIFT Patna cutoff 2024 was concluded for all the UG and PG courses. NIFT 2024 counselling had four regular rounds and one SPOT round of seat allotment for admission to the B.Des, M.Des, B.F.Tech, M.F.Tech, and M.F.M courses. During the NIFT Patna cutoff 2024, the most in-demand course was B.Des. in Fashion Communication with a last-round cutoff of 1339. For the same course, the closing cutoff was 1812 in 2023, while in 2022, the cutoff closed at 1513 for the candidates belonging to the General AI quota. 

There are no placement details available on the official website. As per unofficial sources, the placement rate recorded in recent drives was between 70% and 80%. Furthermore, the highest package grabbed was INR 22 LPA. Check the complete insights of NIFT Patna placements from the table below:

NOTE: The above placement statistics are gathered from the Shiksha students' reviews.

NIFT Patna offers admission to UG and PG courses through NIFT Exam. NIFT releases the list of last merit ranks campus-wise. Tabulated below are the previous year's specialisation-wise closing last merit ranks of NIFT Patna cutoff 2022 for the Open category candidates: