NIFT BDes Cutoffs Analysis for Past 3 years (2020, 2019, 2018)
National Institute of Fashion Technology Entrance Exam 2026 ( NIFT Entrance Exam )
NIFT BDes cutoffs are the highest for Delhi and Mumbai campus. Go through NIFT BDes cutoffs for the past three years (2020, 2019, 2018) for all NIFT campuses.
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) conducts NIFT Entrance Exam to shortlist aspirants for admission in Bachelor of Design (BDes) courses offered at its campuses, every year. The most popular design school to pursue a BDes course in all specialisations such as Accessory Design, Leather Design, Fashion Design and Fashion Communication is NIFT Delhi followed by NIFT Mumbai and NIFT Bengaluru.
NIFT offers many BDes courses to aspirants. The list of BDes courses from which aspirants can choose are mentioned below:
- BDes Accessory Design
- BDes Fashion Design
- BDes Leather Design
- BDes Textile Design
- BDes Fashion Communication
- BDes Knitwear Design
Further, aspirants can go through the past years’ NIFT cut off analysis for BDes courses offered at all the NIFT campuses in India. The cutoffs mentioned in the tables/ graphs below include the last merit rank (general category) that was offered admission in a BDes course in a given year.
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- NIFT Cutoff for BDes Accessory Design
- NIFT Cutoff for BDes Fashion Design
- NIFT Cutoff for BDes Textile Design
- NIFT Cutoff for BDes Fashion Communication
- NIFT Cutoff for BDes Knitwear Design
NIFT Cutoff for BDes Accessory Design
The most sought after campuses for BDes Accessory Design course are NIFT Delhi, NIFT Mumbai, and NIFT Bengaluru. Over the years, there has been a lot of discussion over which is the most popular NIFT for BDes Accessory Design course, and the fight for the number one spot has been between NIFT Delhi and NIFT Mumbai.
| Colleges |
NIFT Cutoff 2020 |
NIFT Cutoff 2019 |
NIFT Cutoff 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 205 |
166 |
268 |
|
| 473 |
407 |
376 |
|
| 559 |
445 |
630 |
|
| 868 |
816 |
646 |
|
| 1204 |
822 |
665 |
|
| 1653 |
915 |
859 |
|
| 1674 |
1482 |
1223 |
|
| 2154 |
2258 |
1780 |
|
| 2279 |
1707 |
1729 |
|
| 2447 |
2216 |
1577 |
|
| 3168 |
2006 |
1592 |
|
| 3172 |
2328 |
2022 |
|
| 3458 |
2426 |
1960 |
|
| 3556 |
2517 |
2173 |
Aspirants can go through the graph containing BDes Accessory Design cutoffs for NIFT admissions below:
NIFT Cutoff for BDes Fashion Design
NIFT Delhi is the most popular NIFT campus to undertake BDes Fashion Design course. This is what statistics reveal as per the NIFT cutoffs for the past year. The only exception being NIFT admissions 2019, where NIFT Mumbai was the most sought-after campus to pursue the BDes Fashion Design course.
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| Colleges |
NIFT Cutoff 2020 |
NIFT Cutoff 2019 |
NIFT Cutoff 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIFT Delhi |
144 |
154 |
57 |
| NIFT Mumbai |
168 |
134 |
237 |
| NIFT Bengaluru |
353 |
236 |
187 |
| NIFT Hyderabad |
907 |
613 |
425 |
| NIFT Gandhinagar |
944 |
687 |
338 |
| NIFT Kolkata |
981 |
702 |
607 |
| NIFT Chennai |
1153 |
551 |
592 |
| NIFT Patna |
1766 |
1203 |
1496 |
| NIFT Kannur |
1910 |
1303 |
1638 |
| NIFT Jodhpur |
1913 |
1437 |
1486 |
| NIFT Kangra |
1944 |
1458 |
1311 |
| NIFT Panchkula |
2219 |
- |
- |
| NIFT Bhubaneswar |
2220 |
1405 |
1091 |
| NIFT Raebareli |
2571 |
2000 |
1766 |
| NIFT Shillong |
2841 |
2662 |
2013 |
| 3961 |
2837 |
2356 |
Aspirants can go through the graph containing BDes Fashion Design cutoffs for NIFT admissions below:
The most popular NIFT to pursue BDes Leather Design course is NIFT Delhi followed by NIFT Chennai, NIFT Kolkata and NIFT Raebareli. Check out the table below.
| Colleges |
NIFT Cutoff 2020 |
NIFT Cutoff 2019 |
NIFT Cutoff 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIFT Delhi |
654 |
541 |
613 |
| NIFT Chennai |
2363 |
1884 |
1254 |
| NIFT Kolkata |
2667 |
1972 |
1455 |
| NIFT Raebareli |
4125 |
3119 |
2164 |
Aspirants can go through the graph containing BDes Leather Design cutoffs for NIFT admissions below:
NIFT Cutoff for BDes Textile Design
Last year, the most popular NIFT campus to pursue BDes Textile Design course was NIFT Delhi followed by NIFT Bengaluru and NIFT Mumbai. Prior to this year, the NIFT campus that aspirants opted to secure admission in BDes Textile Design course in order of preference was NIFT Mumbai followed by NIFT Delhi and then NIFT Bengaluru.
| Colleges |
NIFT Cutoff 2020 |
NIFT Cutoff 2019 |
NIFT Cutoff 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIFT Delhi |
396 |
362 |
192 |
| NIFT Bengaluru |
721 |
735 |
699 |
| NIFT Mumbai |
831 |
322 |
364 |
| NIFT Gandhinagar |
1139 |
679 |
726 |
| NIFT Hyderabad |
1327 |
979 |
991 |
| NIFT Chennai |
1670 |
961 |
866 |
| NIFT Kolkata |
1875 |
1155 |
1122 |
| NIFT Bhopal |
2314 |
2205 |
1812 |
| NIFT Jodhpur |
2467 |
2095 |
1718 |
| NIFT Bhubaneswar |
2568 |
2323 |
1672 |
| NIFT Panchkula |
2960 |
- |
- |
| NIFT Kannur |
3026 |
2115 |
1865 |
| NIFT Patna |
3032 |
2285 |
1921 |
| NIFT Kangra |
3146 |
2098 |
1900 |
| NIFT Shillong |
3477 |
- |
- |
Aspirants can go through the graph containing BDes Textile Design cutoffs for NIFT admissions below:
NIFT Cutoff for BDes Fashion Communication
NIFT cutoff was the highest for NIFT Delhi followed by NIFT Mumbai and NIFT Bengaluru. Thus, NIFT Delhi has been the most sought-after college for BDes Fashion Communication course for the past three years.
| Colleges |
NIFT Cutoff 2020 |
NIFT Cutoff 2019 |
NIFT Cutoff 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIFT Delhi |
89 |
79 |
67 |
| NIFT Mumbai |
103 |
183 |
79 |
| NIFT Bengaluru |
179 |
311 |
201 |
| NIFT Hyderabad |
466 |
506 |
606 |
| NIFT Gandhinagar |
546 |
427 |
528 |
| NIFT Chennai |
635 |
743 |
691 |
| NIFT Kolkata |
772 |
730 |
608 |
| NIFT Jodhpur |
1425 |
1377 |
1477 |
| NIFT Bhubaneswar |
1514 |
1622 |
1046 |
| NIFT Kannur |
1628 |
1781 |
1560 |
| NIFT Kangra |
1649 |
1274 |
1269 |
| NIFT Patna |
1873 |
1631 |
1628 |
| NIFT Raebareli |
2707 |
2158 |
1837 |
| NIFT Shillong |
2877 |
- |
- |
| NIFT Srinagar |
3657 |
2450 |
2496 |
Aspirants can go through the graph containing BDes Fashion Communication cutoffs for NIFT admissions below:
NIFT Cutoff for BDes Knitwear Design
NIFT cutoff for BDes Knitwear Design was the highest for NIFT Delhi followed by NIFT Bengaluru and NIFT Mumbai. Check out the table below.
| Colleges |
NIFT Cutoff 2020 |
NIFT Cutoff 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| NIFT Delhi |
432 |
336 |
| NIFT Bengaluru |
863 |
612 |
| NIFT Mumbai |
735 |
418 |
| NIFT Hyderabad |
1594 |
932 |
| NIFT Chennai |
1723 |
1165 |
| NIFT Kolkata |
2036 |
1312 |
| NIFT Kannur |
2829 |
2172 |
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