NIFT Entrance Exam Scores

The Situation Test/ Personal Interview (PI) is the 2nd stage of the NIFT entrance exam. Candidates were shortlisted for the Situation Test/ PI based on the NIFT written exam scores.

• If the candidate fails to qualify for the 2nd stage, he or she is not considered for admission to various design courses offered by the NIFTs.
• The only exception is B.F.Tech program, where the merit list for admission will be prepared solely on the basis of GAT scores.

NIFT 2027 Final Result for UG and PG programmes is expected to be out in the first week of June 2027. Last year, it was released on June 03, 2026. 

There are 20 participating institutes of NIFT that offer the B. Des and B.F.Tech programmes. B. Des programme offers specializations in the following programs: Fashion Design (FD), Leather Design (LD), Accessory Design (AD), Textile Design (TD), Knitwear Design (KD), Fashion Communication (FC).

For B.F.Tech, cutoff is released for Apparel Production.

NIFT cutoff for a participating NIFT is the last rank for which admission is offered in for a particular programme and category. This means, if a candidate fails to score a rank equal to or higher than the cutoff rank, they don't get admission. Typically, a higher ranked institute will invite: More applications Higher-ranked candidates This in turn pushes up the cutoff in higher ranked (or popular) institutes. Likewise, a lower-ranked institute will receive comparatively fewer number of applications, and mostly from lower-ranked candidates. This means, cut-off in these institutes are lower making it much easier to get admission.

After NIFT Situation Test, NIFT prepares a final merit list based on the weighted average of GAT, CAT, and Situation Test and Interview scores. Qualified candidates are then invited for counselling.

NTA will release recorded answers for the NIFT written exam in the third week of February 2027. The recorded responses are released for GAT for all the UG and PG programmes. The recorded responses are available at exams.nta.nic.in/niftee.

Calculate NIFT GAT score using Recorded response, Question paper and answer key.

• Download NIFTEE answer key
• Compare answers with the answer key
• Use marking scheme, to calculate probable scores.

There is no option to apply for a recheck of NIFT results. If the candidate has any doubts, they are allowed to challenge NIFT provisional answer key. Final Answer key is made on the basis of Provsional answer key.

The NIFT 2027 Stage 1 results are expected to be out in the third week of March 2027 for Stage 1 and in the first week of June for Stage 2.

National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the answer key for NIFT 2027 GAT paper on February 17, 2027 (tentatively).