NIFT Cut-off 2025 – The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) will release the institute-wise NIFT 2025 cut-off at the time of NIFT 2025 counseling.
The cut-off will be released online at nift.admissions.nic.in.
To download the NIF cut-off, go to nift.admissions.nic.in, and click on eServices section under the Menu, and then click on OR-CR.
OR-CR stands for Opening Rank and Closing Rank.
The direct link to download the cut-offs will also be provided here. The cut-offs will be available for all the rounds of seat allotment. Candidates who meet the cut-off for a round will be considered for admission in that round.
Keep reading to learn more about NIFT 2025 cut-off, including previous years’ cut-off details, factors that determine cut-off, and much more.
The NIFT 2025 entrance exam was held on February 9, 2025.
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What you need to know about NIFT 2025 cut-off?
Here are a few ready reckoners about the NIFT cut-off that you must beware of. So, read on.
- The cutoff will be released during the counseling and seat allotment process. The cut-offs will be released online at nift.ac.in/admission. The link to download the institute-wise cut-offs will be provided here.
- The cut-offs will be released in the form of opening and closing ranks (OR-CR)
- Also, the cut-off will be released for each round of seat allotment and will be category-specific.
- Candidates who meet the cut-off for a seat allotment round will be eligible for admission in that round.
- Candidates who don’t meet the cut-off in an earlier round will be considered for admission in subsequent rounds provided they meet the relevant cut-off.
- If the candidate fails to meet the cut-off for the last round of allotment, then they are effectively out of the admission process.
- To prepare the cut-off, factors like total number of applicants, NIFT 2025 merit rank of applicants, admission category, seat intake, etc., will be considered. If any of these factors change, the cut-off would also change.
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Factors that will determine NIFT Cut-off 2025
The cut-off of NIFT 2025 will depend on the following factors:
- The number of candidates appearing in NIFT 2025 entrance exam’
- The performance of these candidates in the exam
- Number of candidates seeking admission
- Merit rank of these applicants in NIFT 2025 exam
- NIFT 2025 Seat intake for the applied program
- Category under which admission is sought
- Previous years’ cut-off trends
Note that all of the above factors are variable. So, if we change any of these factors, the cut-off will also change.
For instance, if the number of applicants go up, the cut-off would also increase likewise.
What is a good score in NIFT?
Candidates appearing in NIFT exam frequently wonder – what is a good NIFT score?
A score that will get them admission to their dream institute.
Here are answers to that question:
- The cut-off or good score will depend on the institute you are targeting.
- If you plan to get admission to a top NIFT, say NIFT Bangalore, you need to have a very good score.
- On the other hand, a not-so-good ranking may suffice to get admission to one of the lower-ranked NIFTs
- Again, your category will also determine the score. For instance, if you belong to the Open category, you will need a much higher score. On the other hand, those from SC and ST categories are in with a chance even with a low NIFT score.
So, when talking of a good score in NIFT, we will have to consider all these factors.
The table below can be used as a reference to understand what is a good score in NIFT.
| Program | NIFT Common Merit Rank (CMR) – Range | Shortlisted Candidates |
| Bachelor of Design (B.Des) | 51-317 | 80 |
| 319-619 | 90 | |
| 620-825 | 90 | |
| 828-1098 | 90 | |
| 1104-1328 | 80 | |
| 1331-1605 | 90 | |
| 1612-1874 | 90 | |
| 1882-2127 | 90 | |
| 2128-2440 | 80 | |
| 2443-2741 | 90 | |
| 2747-3132 | 90 | |
| 3133-3628 | 90 | |
| 3629-4100 | 80 | |
| 4110-4714 | 90 | |
| 4715-5543 | 90 | |
| 5448-6739 | 90 | |
| 6744-8150 | 100 | |
| 8161-9875 | 100 | |
| 9883-11605 | 100 | |
| 11658-14378 | 86 | |
| B.F.Tech- Apparel Production | 11-275 | 40 |
| 276-929 | 89 | |
| M.F.Tech | 88-100 | 3 |
| Master of Design (M.Des) | 24-525 | 91 |
| Master of Fashion Management (MFM) | 24-352 | 80 |
| 353-814 | 90 | |
| 816-1310 | 81 |
NIFT 2025 Cutoff – Opening and Closing ranks
The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) will release the NIFT cut-off 2025 for the participating colleges at the time of NIFT 2025 counseling and seat allotment.
In the meantime, candidates can go through the previous years’ NIFT cut-off.
NIFT Cut-off 2025
To check NIFT 2024 cut-off, follow these steps:
- Click Here to download the cut-off for NIFT 2024 online
- You will redirected to NIFT 2025 counseling portal – Opening and Closing Ranks
- Select the counseling Round (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)
- Next, select the institute
- Then SELECT the program of STUDY and admission category
- The Opening and Closing Ranks for your selection will be displayed on the screen.
Candidates can also refer to the image below to understand stepwise process to check the NIFT cut-off.
Download NIFT Previous years’ Cut-off – 2020-24
| Exam Edition | Download Cut-off |
| NIFT 2025 | OUT Soon |
| NIFT 2024 | NIFT Cut-off 2024 – Opening and Closing Ranks |
| NIFT 2023 | NIF Cut off Merit Ranks – 2023 |
| NIFT 2022 | NIFT Cut off Merit Ranks-2022 |
| NIFT 2021 | NIFT Cut off Merit Ranks-2021 |
| NIFT 2020 | NIFT Cut off Merit Ranks-2020 |
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