Updated By Lam Vijaykanth on 19 Aug, 2022 07:49
Predict your Percentile based on your NID DAT performance
Predict NowThe NID DAT 2023 cutoff marks is the minimum marks that the aspirant must score to be eligible for undergraduate and postgraduate admission in NID DAT 2023 participating colleges. Candidates who satisfy the cutoff can participate in the NID Mains exam. Given below are the NID Cutoff 2023 of Prelims exam and the NID Admission Selection Criteria.
The NID DAT 2023 cutoff marks is declared by the National Institute of Design after the NID DAT 2023 results are released. The NIT DAT 2023 cutoff marks are different for candidates belonging to the General/ OBC/ SC/ ST categories. Those candidates who score more than the minimum cutoff marks are given preference during the NIT DAT 2023 counselling process. If candidates fail to score the minimum NIT DAT 2023 cutoff qualifying marks, then they will be debarred from the further admission process.
Every year, thousands of aspirants appear for NIT DAT 2023 national level entrance examination and only a few of them get selected. The entrance examination is conducted in two stages, that is Prelims and Mains. Only those candidates who qualify the Prelims of NIT DAT 2023 will be eligible to appear for NIT DAT 2023 Mains. While preparing the NID DAT cutoff list for B.Des, 70% weightage will be given to NID DAT 2023 Prelims marks and the rest 30% weightage will be given to NIT DAT 2023 Mains score. For the NID DAT cutoff of M.Des, 60% weightage will be for NID DAT Prelims and 40% weightage for NID DAT Mains.
The candidates are suggested to go through the following sections for important cutoff dates, previous year BDes and MDes category-wise NIT DAT cutoff scores (2022, 2020, 2019, 2018) for a better idea
NIT DAT 2023 important cut off dates are provided below in the tabular form:
For B.Des-
Events (For B.Des) | Dates |
NIT DAT 2023 Mains Result | To be Announced |
NID DAT Cutoff 2023 (Mains) | To be Announced |
For M.Des-
Events (For M.Des) | Dates |
NIT DAT 2023 Mains Result | To be Announced |
NID DAT Cutoff 2023 (Mains) | To be Announced |
The factors that affect and determine the cutoff of NID DAT 2023 are as follows:
The number of seats available for admission in NIT DAT 2023 participating colleges.
Previous year cutoff trends.
The difficulty level of the entrance exam.
The average performance of the candidates appearing for NIT DAT 2023.
The total number of seats set aside for the students belonging to reserved categories.
Check out the NID DAT 2023 minimum qualifying criteria and weightage below:
Category | Minimum Qualifying Criteria for B.Des | Minimum Qualifying Criteria for M.Des |
Open | 50 | 50 |
EWS | 50 | 50 |
OBC-NCL | 45 | 45 |
SC | 40 | 40 |
ST | 40 | 40 |
PwD | 40 | 40 |
Overseas | 50 | 50 |
Check the detailed qualifying criteria of NID DAT here! | ||
The cutoff scores for B.Des and M.Des at NIDs have been listed below for NID DAT 2021.
Category | NID Prelims Cutoff 2021 (Rank) | NID Prelims Cutoff 2021 (Score) |
Open | 375 | 64.00 |
Gen-EWS (Economically Weaker Section) | 155 | 40.25 |
OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) | 323 | 52.50 |
SC | 224 | 48.75 |
ST | 125 | 13.50 |
PwD | 43 | 18.50 |
Overseas | 81 | 35.00 |
Check out the closing rank for the NID DAT 2021 (Mains) here!
The candidates will only be eligible for admission into NIT DAT 2021 participating colleges for various undergraduate and postgraduate courses if they qualify the minimum NIT DAT 2021 cutoff qualifying percentile score. The minimum cutoff score is different according to the category of the candidates. The minimum NIT DAT 2020 cutoff qualifying marks for General category students, OBC students, SC, ST, PwD students are 50, 45, 40, 40, 40 out of 100 respectively.
To give the candidates a fair idea about NIT DAT 2021 cutoff marks, the NIT DAT cutoff marks from the year 2020 are provided below:
Category | Cutoff |
Open | 96.84 |
Gen-EWS (Economically Weaker Section) | 65.96 |
OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) | 79.41 |
SC | 65.27 |
ST | 63.49 |
PwD | 52.16 |
Overseas | 65.48 |
Category | Cutoff |
Open | 94.17 |
Gen-EWS (Economically Weaker Section) | NE |
OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) | 71.72 |
SC | 53.33 |
ST | 50.51 |
PwD | 47.98 |
Overseas | NA |
Category | Cutoff |
Open | 91.15 |
Gen-EWS (Economically Weaker Section) | NE |
OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) | 65.82 |
SC | 46.12 |
ST | 47.91 |
PwD | 46.33 |
Overseas | NA |
Category | Cutoff |
Open | 89.16 |
Gen-EWS (Economically Weaker Section) | NE |
OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) | 60.95 |
SC | 50.17 |
ST | 46.19 |
PwD | NE |
Overseas | NA |
| Category | Cutoff |
Open | 87.10 |
Gen-EWS (Economically Weaker Section) | NE |
OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) | 57.17 |
SC | 45.98 |
ST | NE |
PwD | NE |
Overseas | NA |
Candidates may have a look at the 2019 cut-off of NID DAT for BDes/GDPD and MDes:
Candidates can go through the category-wise NID DAT (Prelims) cutoff for BDes/GDPD offered at NID Ahmedabad below:
Category | NID DAT 2019 Final Cutoff for BDes |
Open | 96.21 |
OBC-NCL | 82.11 |
SC | 83.40 |
ST | 74.91 |
PwD | 55.26 |
Supernumerary | 51.86 |
Category | NID DAT 2019 Final Cutoff for BDes |
Open | 384/52.00 |
OBC-NCL | 347/43.80 |
SC | 208/39.00 |
ST | 118/31.50 |
PwD | 67/11.10 |
Supernumerary | 58/36.70 |
Candidates can go through category-wise NID DAT (Prelims) cutoff for GDPD below:
Name of the Institute | Category | NID DAT 2019 Cutoff for GDPD |
NID Bhopal Cutoff 2019 | Open | 81.27 |
OBC-NCL | 63.38 | |
SC | 58.68 | |
ST | 40.86 | |
PwD | No Applicant | |
Supernumerary | No Applicant | |
NID Vijayawada Cutoff 2019 | Open | 88.4 |
OBC-NCL | 71.42 | |
SC | 60.35 | |
ST | 47.99 | |
PwD | No Applicant | |
Supernumerary | No Applicant | |
NID Kurukshetra Cutoff 2019 | Open | 85.82 |
OBC-NCL | 61.79 | |
SC | 62.77 | |
ST | 50.27 | |
PwD | No Applicant | |
Supernumerary | No Applicant | |
NID Jorhat Cutoff 2019 | Open | 70.58 |
OBC-NCL | 59.29 | |
SC | 42.3 | |
ST | 43.44 | |
PwD | No Applicant | |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Candidates can check out the final NID cutoff for admission in MDes courses offered at NID campuses in 2019 below:
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 89.33 |
OBC | 64 |
SC | 42.67 |
ST | 80 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 87.88 |
OBC | 54.55 |
SC | 69.7 |
ST | 60.61 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 88.37 |
OBC | 58.14 |
SC | 51.16 |
ST | 60.47 |
PH | 53.49 |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 83.87 |
OBC | 48.39 |
SC | 67.74 |
ST | 77.42 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 72.92 |
OBC | 66.67 |
SC | 54.17 |
ST | No Applicant |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 86.76 |
OBC | 54.41 |
SC | 57.35 |
ST | 69.12 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 79.69 |
OBC | 46.88 |
SC | 62.7 |
ST | 75 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 84.51 |
OBC | 54.93 |
SC | 77.46 |
ST | 61.97 |
PH | 60.56 |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 83.05 |
OBC | 45.76 |
SC | 55.93 |
ST | No Applicant |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 86.76 |
OBC | 63.24 |
SC | 48.53 |
ST | 77.94 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 88.89 |
OBC | 70.83 |
SC | 54.17 |
ST | 73.61 |
PH | 50 |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 81.97 |
OBC | 62.3 |
SC | 73.77 |
ST | No Applicant |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 80.95 |
OBC | 55.56 |
SC | 61.9 |
ST | 53.97 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 86.96 |
OBC | 55.07 |
SC | 60.87 |
ST | No Applicant |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 89.61 |
OBC | 59.74 |
SC | 70.13 |
ST | No Applicant |
PH | 81.82 |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 86.96 |
OBC | 52.17 |
SC | 65.22 |
ST | 79.71 |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 77.5 |
OBC | 52.5 |
SC | 75 |
ST | No Applicant |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 84.06 |
OBC | 73.91 |
SC | 53.62 |
ST | 81.16 |
PH | 60.87 |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Category | Final NID Cutoff 2019 |
General | 85.71 |
OBC | 48.21 |
SC | 57.14 |
ST | No Applicant |
PH | No Applicant |
Supernumerary | No Applicant |
Name of Programme | NIT DAT 2018 Cutoff marks (out of 100) |
Bachelor of Design (BDes) | Gen-59.62 |
OBC Non-Creamy Layer-53.70 | |
SC-49.95 | |
ST-53.35 | |
PwD-43.11 |
Want to know more about NID DAT
Yes, a fresh cut-off is released every year by the NID which varies depending on the difficulty level of the exam, exam pattern, the number of applicants and previous year's cut-off.
After the release of the NID DAT cut-off, a counselling process is conducted.
If a candidate fails to satisfy the NID DAT cut-off, he/she cannot participate in the counselling process of NID.
For the NID DAT Mains exam, 70% weightage is given while preparing the NID DAT cut-off.
While preparing the NID DAT cut-off, 30% weightage is given to the Prelims.
No, NID cut-off is released separately for the M.Des and B.Des courses.
Yes, a category-wise NID cut-off is released for General/OBC/SC/ST categories.
NID DAT Cut off is published on CollegeDekho as well as on the official website of NID.
NID DAT Cut off is released by National Institute of Design which is the conducting authority of the design entrance exam.
NID DAT Cut-off is the minimum mark that an individual must score in order to get admission in the desired course of National Institute of Design.
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