NID Cut Off 2025: Get Category Wise, Previous Cut Off List Here

NID 2025 Cut Off will be released through online mode after declaration of the result. Design Aptitude Test cut off will be released by the National Institute of Design. Candidates have to score the cut off marks to get admission in UG & PG courses in the field of design.

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NID Entrance is a national level entrance exam for providing admission in B.Des, M.Des. programmes. Candidates have to appear in DAT Prelims and Mains exam to get admission.

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NID 2025 Cut Off

NID cut off will be released separately for each category. The authority will also provide the relaxation in cut offs for reserving categories. The cut off marks will be the minimum marks which must be scored by the candidates in order to be eligible for the counselling.

Cut off will be prepared on the basis of various factors such as previous year cut off, marking scheme, difficulty level of exam, number of candidates appeared in the exam, etc. So, it will be necessary to score the cut off marks to get admission in NID and its affiliated campuses.

NID 2025 Result for prelim exam will be declared on 17th February 2025 & 1st April 2025 for M.Des and B.Des. The result will be  declared by the authority through online mode only. No other mode will be available to download the NID scorecard. Final result for M.Des. will be declared on 6th May 2025 & will be out on 16th May 2025 for B.Des.

NID Admission Procedure 2025 will be started from May/ June 2025 along with the publication of NID final result. The counselling will be conducted through online mode.

Category-wise Cut Off

The cut off will be released for Open/SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD category candidates. The cut off will be announced in the month of May/ June 2025.

Candidates can check the cut off marks through the website of NID. If candidates will not score the marks up to the cut off marks, then they will be disqualified for further admission procedure.

The qualifying percentile will be 50 for open category, 45 for OBC-NCL and 40 for SC, ST & PwD categories. Only those candidates will be called for the next stage of admission, those will secure the cut off marks.

Cut Off for various Reserved Categories

The score of the candidate obtaining the last rank in the open category will be considered as a cut off score for the reserve category candidates. The cut off relaxed for the reserve category are given as follows:

OBC-NCLSCSTPwD
10% less than the cut off score of the Open Category20% less than the cut off score of the Open Category20% less than the cut off score of the Open Category30% less than the cut off score of the Open Category

Previous Years Cut Off

In this section, we have given the cut off for M.Des and B.Des programmes. Candidates must check the previous two years cut off from the given below tables. The given cut off are category-wise cut off. Candidates can check as per the course opted and category.

YearCut Off Link
2023 (M.Des)Click here
2023 (B.Des)Click here
2021Click here
2019Click here 

NID 2020 Cut Off (as on 4th Aug, 2020):

InstituteCategory
OPENGEN-EWSOBC-NCLSCSTPwDOverseas
NID, Ahmedabad96.8465.9679.4165.2763.4952.1665.48
NID, Andhra Pradesh94.17NE71.7253.3350.5147.98NA
NID, Haryana91.15NE65.8246.1247.9146.33NA
NID, Madhya Pradesh89.16NE60.9550.1746.19NENA
NID, Assam87.10NE57.1745.98NENENA

NID 2018 DAT Cut off (as on June 15, 2018):

CourseOpenOBC-NCLSCSTPwDSupernumerary
B.Des59.6253.7049.9553.3543.1140.81

NID DAT 2018 Cut off Scores (Out of 100):

OpenOBC-NCLSCSTPwDSupernumerary
68.1059.5055.5052.5048.0050.60

NID DAT Prelims Cut Off 2017 for M.Des:

CoursesOpenOBC-NCLSCSTPH
Animation Film Design64.6758.2854.3055.10NE
Apparel Design52.7048.0244.8150.86NE
Ceramic & Glass Design62.2356.2552.18NANA
Design for Retail Experience62.8457.2551.28NE47.57
Digital Game Design54.77SNA50.8054.33NA
Film & Video Communication59.2154.9558.46NE50.67
Furniture Design59.0553.1654.0248.9042.15
Graphic Design64.0960.3560.0163.97NE
Information Design63.8258.8057.3851.35NE
Interaction Design60.1754.4454.5863.38 (AR)47.70
Lifestyle Accessory Design5755.5548.1755.92NA
New Media Design61.4157.5549.5556.74NA
Photography Design53.1549.1047.5451.52NE
Product Design59.7553.8955.18NE50.33
Strategic Design Management59.8053.9755.7858.66NE
Textile Design58.2353.1551.5048.7047.36
Toy & Game Design58.2353.1557.4253.31NA
Transportation & Automobile Design60.7856.8357.77NENA
Universal Design60.6155.2150.4755.12NA

NID DAT Prelims Cut Off 2016 for M.Des:

CoursesOpenOBC-NCLSCSTPH
Animation Film Design66.1054.6059.2055.9030.80
Apparel Design57.4045.6049.2050.0050.00
Ceramic & Glass Design54.6038.3044.50NANA
Design for Retail Experience62.0048.6053.1049.7030.60
Digital Game Design61.4038.6043.9042.8037.10
Film & Video Communication61.8047.2047.8048.6032.70
Furniture Design61.2051.0054.1048.4053.50
Graphic Design69.7060.0057.6060.3036.90
Information Design64.9052.5045.5047.8035.50
Interaction Design67.5057.9058.6058.1035.50
Lifestyle Accessory Design60.0049.2050.8050.9039.50
New Media Design60.0031.1046.5036.3052.40
Photography Design58.7042.0049.5050.3032.70
Product Design70.0062.8061.5057.0042.50
Strategic Design Management63.8049.6054.8057.4030.60
Textile Design58.4046.2045.9050.0025.00
Toy & Game Design57.0029.7037.5052.30NA
Transportation & Automobile Design66.4060.6060.8051.6040.50
Universal Design61.3052.0037.5044.6052.10

NID 2025 Merit List

The NID 2025 merit list will be published by the concerned authority June 2025 for B.Des and M.Des. The admissions in the NID will be based on the final merit list prepared by the authority. 

After a few days of publication of NID 2025 result, the authority will prepare the merit list. Candidates will also be able to download the NID score card at the time of announcement of the result.

In the merit list, the names of the selected candidates will be mentioned for the stage 2 and stage 3. On the basis of studio and interview, the final merit list will be prepared on which basis the candidates will be shortlisted for the submitting the college preference.

NID 2025 Admission

The NID 2025 Admission will be followed by the online counselling procedure. The conducting authority will invite the candidates for the stage 1 and stage 2 on the basis of their ranks in the merit list.

To get admission in design courses, candidates have to go through the two stages and choice filling procedure. The candidates will be allotted the admission letter on successful completion of all counselling activities.

With the admission letter candidates will have to report the allotted college and confirm their seats for admission with all original documents.

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