NIFT BDesign cut-offs 2025 dip in most campuses over last 2 years; Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad top choices
Anu Parthiban | June 22, 2025 | 08:24 PM IST | 1 min read
The NIFT 2025 results will be used to allot seats in NIFT campuses for Bachelor of Design (BDes), Bachelor of Fashion Technology (BFTech), and BDes (Artisans) programmes.
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Try NowThe National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the NIFT final results 2025 for undergraduate design programmes. The NIFT counselling 2025 dates are expected to be announced soon for both UG and PG admission in NIFT campuses. Meanwhile, candidates will be able to download the NIFT scorecard 2025 from the official website, exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT/.
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The NIFT results 2025 will be used to allot seats in NIFT campuses for Bachelor of Design (BDes), Bachelor of Fashion Technology (BFTech), and BDes (Artisans) programmes.
The scores will be used for PG admissions 2025 in Master of Design (MDes), Master of Fashion Management (MFM), Master of Fashion Technology (MFTech) and lateral entry programmes such as BDes (NLEA) and BFTech. (NLEA).
NIFT campuses in Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad have the highest cut-offs for BDesign admission in 2023. However, the overall NIFT cut-offs for all campuses dropped last year, except for Kannur and Shillong, which saw a slight increase.
How many appeared for NIFT 2025
A total of 33,877 registered for the stage 1 general ability test (GAT) and creative ability test (CAT), of which, 31,061 appeared for the exams. The number of candidates who appeared for each course, as per the final results, is given below.
|
NIFT 2025 |
Registered |
Appeared |
|
BDes (Artisans) |
19 |
15 |
|
BDes Lateral Entry |
30 |
22 |
|
BFTech Lateral Entry |
9 |
4 |
|
Bachelor of Design (BDes Lateral Entry) |
7 |
7 |
|
Bachelor of Design (BDes) |
10804 |
8811 |
|
Grand Total |
10869 |
8859 |
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NIFT cut-off trends for BDesign
Last two years’ NIFT cut-off for the Bachelor of Design in Fashion Design under the All India Quota (AIQ) seats for open category is given below.
|
Institute |
NIFT cut-off for BDesign 2024 |
NIFT cut-off for BDesign 2023 |
||
|
Opening Rank |
Closing Rank |
Opening Rank |
Closing Rank |
|
|
NIFT Bengaluru |
29 |
256 |
46 |
520 |
|
NIFT Bhubaneswar |
568 |
2011 |
959 |
1648 |
|
NIFT Chennai |
214 |
527 |
181 |
484 |
|
NIFT Delhi |
15 |
160 |
15 |
112 |
|
NIFT Gandhinagar |
409 |
409 |
141 |
468 |
|
NIFT Hyderabad |
311 |
493 |
69 |
452 |
|
NIFT Kolkata |
551 |
835 |
136 |
632 |
|
NIFT Kannur |
1246 |
1246 |
425 |
1279 |
|
NIFT Mumbai |
3 |
208 |
24 |
191 |
|
NIFT Bhopal |
1676 |
1839 |
516 |
1671 |
|
NIFT Patna |
970 |
1858 |
563 |
1692 |
|
NIFT Jodhpur |
1988 |
1988 |
483 |
1384 |
|
NIFT Kangra |
1441 |
2274 |
1096 |
1644 |
|
NIFT Raebareli |
2287 |
2450 |
737 |
2176 |
|
NIFT Shillong |
2519 |
2537 |
1324 |
3119 |
|
NIFT Panchkula |
2488 |
3296 |
621 |
1592 |
|
NIFT Srinagar |
2986 |
3500 |
767 |
3465 |
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