B.Design (Lateral Entry) 

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:

There are many specialisations in B Des course at National Institute of Fashion Technology. The specialisations include:-

• B Des in fashion designing. 
• B Des in accessory designing. 
• B Des in fashion communication. 
• B Des in textile designing. 

Each of these specialisations have approximately 44 seats intake. The total seat intake for B Des course is 176 seats. The cutoff will be released according to the number of seats only. Seeing the number of seats available students need to have a good rank in the university entrance test, in order to take admission. 

NIFT Patna accepts NIFT entrance exam scores for admission to the B.Des course. NIFT Patna cutoff 2024 has been released upto Round 5 where in the B.Des cutoff ranged between 1339 and 2968 for the General AI category students. So, considering the NIFT Patna B.Des cutoff 2024, candidates must secure up to 2968 to be eligible for admission to the B.Des courses. 

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the NIFT Round 5 closing ranks for all the B.Des courses for the students belonging to the General AI category:

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. 

The following is the selection process for B Des at National Institute of fashion technology. 

1.The students need to fill the online application form from the Institute's official website with all necessary details like 12th, 10th marks etc. 

2.After filling the application form student will be called to qualify for the NIFT test which includes aptitude tests, group discussions etc. after that the students need to wait for the cutoff. 

3.If the students qualifies in the cutoff, the NIFT counselling will take place. 

4.After counselling, the students will be given the final admission. 

Talking about the minimum NIFT entrance marks required, it totally depends on the seats available, and the cutoff. The cutoff rank which was required for BDes in fashion Designer in 2023 was 1692. All other specialisations will have different ramks. 

No, there is no scope of joining NIFT Patna or any other NIFT Campus without appearing for the NIFT Entrance exam. The NIFT entrance exam is conducted by the NIFT Delhi and it is the common and only gateway for admission to NIFT.

The NIFT registration process is generally conducted in the month of November and the exam is conducted in the month of April.   

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Patna admissions are based on entrance exam. NIFT Patna offers degree and certificate programmes at the undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) level. Students can check the table below to knwo the course-wise eligibility and selection criteria from the table presented below:

Yes, the National Institute of Fashion Technology will allow candidates with late fees. The late fee application window will open once the deadline to fill out the NIFT 2024 application form with regular fee closes. The start and last date to fill out the NIFT 2024 application form with late fee will be notified by the institute before the regular application form closes or sometime thereabout. The late fee for NIFT 2024 will be INR 5,000. The late fee has to be paid in addition to the application fee, which is INR 3000 for open category candidates.

The rankings of NIFT Delhi is higher than NIFT patna. But we talk about specifically about placements, in the 2023 placement drive, NIFT Patna offered better placements. The above statement can easily be justified by taking a look at the packages. The average pacakges of both the Institutes were around 4.5 lpa. The main difference was seen in the highest once. At NIFT delhi the highest pacakge offered was around 15 lpa, while at NIFT Patna the highest package offered was 22 lpa. The difference can be easily seen. Although NIFT Delhi is ahead of NIFT Patna in many factors such as rankings, infrastructure etc., but in placements NIFT Patna was better. 

The candidate will need the following documents to participate in the NIFT 2024 counselling process: Class 12/ degree mark sheet and certificate. Further, if the candidate is seeking admission to the PG course, then the candidate will also have to upload mark sheets and certificates of the qualifying degree examination.

In case of candidates who have appeared for the qualifying exam/ compartment (of final year/semester) and the result is due need to upload the date sheet /admit card for the examination. Other documents required are a Birth certificate, Category certificate, Medical fitness certificate, signed by a Registered Medical Practitioner in the prescribed format in original.