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.

For admission to NIFT Patna BDes, the institute accepts NIFT Entrance exam scores. The registration process typically commences in the month of November. The candidates need to fill out the NIFT application form available on the official NIFT website.

The NIFT entrance exam is conducted in two rounds, the first round is the General Ability Test (GAT) and the second round is the Creative Ability Test (CAT), both components hold 30% and 50% weightage, respectively. Candidates who get shortlisted after appearing in the NIFT Entrance exam will then have to appear for a Situation test.  

NIFT Patna BDes admission process is conducted between November and June. For BDes admissions 2025, the registration process started on Nov 22, 2024. The last date to register online was Jan 6, 2025. Candidates who missed the deadline could apply with an additional late fee of INR 5,000 till Jan 9, 2025.

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. 

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:

Course	2022	2023	2024
BDes in Fashion Design	1346	1692	1858
BDes in Fashion Communication	1513	1812	1339
BDes in Accessory Design	2917	3127	2664
BDes in Textile Design	2769	3405	2968

 

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.

NIFT offers scholarships under two schemes. Students pursuing BDes at NIFT Patna can apply for NIFT scholarships if they fulfil the preset eligibility requirements. These scholarship schemes are mentioned below:

• 'SARTHAK' - NIFT Financial Assistance Scheme
• 'UDAAN' - NIFT Means-cum-Merit Scheme for foreign studies

In addition to the above-mentioned scholarship schemes, BDes students can avail of the scholarships offered by the central government through the National Scholarships Portal (NSP).