NIFT MDes cutoffs are the highest for Delhi and Mumbai campus. Go through NIFT MDes cutoffs for the past five years (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018) for all NIFT campuses.
Aspirants need to give a written entrance exam in order to be shortlisted for admission in Master of Design (MDes) course offered at the campuses of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). The NIFT Entrance Exam for MDes admissions comprises a Creative Ability Test (CAT) and General Ability Test (GAT). Candidates who clear these admission rounds for MDes course then need to appear for Group Discussion/ Personal Interview (GD/ PI) round.
NIFT CAT for MDes admissions consists of three questions that aspirants need to attempt in three hours duration whereas NIFT GAT consists of 120 questions that need to be attempted in two hours duration.
Candidates who clear these admission rounds then need to meet NIFT cutoffs for MDes course admissions. After analysing past years’ NIFT cutoffs for MDes course, it is now known that the most popular campus to pursue this course is NIFT Delhi followed by NIFT Mumbai.
It may be noted that all NIFT campuses do not offer MDes course. Only four out of all the NIFT campuses offer MDes course.
Further, aspirants can go through the past years’ NIFT cut off analysis for MDes courses offered at all the NIFT campuses in India. The cutoffs mentioned in the table/ graph below include the last merit rank (General category) that was offered admission in an MDes course in a given year.
NIFT Cutoff for MDes Course (Closing CMR for Open category)
| Colleges |
NIFT Cutoff 2022 |
NIFT Cutoff 2021 |
NIFT Cutoff 2020 |
NIFT Cutoff 2019 |
NIFT Cutoff 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 |
24 |
26 |
41 |
24 |
|
| 79 |
64 |
57 |
67 |
64 |
|
| 74 |
58 |
87 |
104 |
79 |
|
| 145 |
154 |
120 |
145 |
132 |
|
| 124 |
103 |
- |
- |
- |
Aspirants can go through the graph containing MDes cutoffs for NIFT admissions below:
NIFT MDes Course
Aspirants who want to pursue MDes course from any NIFT campus can select any Deepening Specialisation (DS) based on their prior academic, professional background, and skills. Deepening specialisation will be available to candidates subject to meeting the capping of minimum and maximum number of students. The four DS on offer to MDes aspirants is as mentioned below:
- Design for Society
- Experience Design
- Design Strategy
- Theoretical Studies in Design
Read More:
- Colleges Accepting NIFT Entrance Exam Scores/Ranks for Admission & Seats Available
- Why join NIFT – How is National Institute of Fashion Technology different from other design colleges
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