Pearl Academy B.Des Admissions 2026
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Waiting for the results is stressful, but guessing if your rank is enough for a seat after the NIFT Entrance exam is more exhausting to deal with. To answer the question, “Can I get admission in NIFT with 4000 rank?”, we have prepared a list with ranks from the previous years’ NIFT CMR cutoffs. A NIFT 4000 rank is not the most ideal, but candidates still have a chance of getting through. With the article below, candidates can verify, Is 4000 a safe rank for NIFT admission 2026?
Candidates who plan to appear for NIFT 2026 can check out the article to see, “which NIFT campus can I get with 4000 rank?” with different listings for categories as well. The listing will be for Undergraduate programmes only, since none of the Postgraduate programmes have such a high CMR cutoff.
A rank of 4000 is bound to guarantee admission to a number of NIFT campuses across India with options including, NIFT Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad among others. However, it is difficult to single out institutes that only take in candidates with an exact rank of 4000. To give a window of possibility we’ll be considering a range for NIFT CMR Cutoff 2026 ranging between 3500 to 4500 for reference.
Round | Campuse | Programme | Quota | Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | OBC (PwD) | 3901 | 3901 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | Bihar Quota | OBC | 3727 | 4071 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3648 | 3983 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4156 | 4191 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4005 | 4394 | |
Round 1 | NIFT Varanasi | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | Uttar Pradesh Quota | OBC | 3839 | 3925 |
Round 1 | NIFT Patna | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3570 | 4367 |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | Haryana Quota | OBC | 3507 | 4269 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Open (PwD) | 4452 | 4452 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4218 | 4294 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3643 | 3677 | |
Round 1 | NIFT Kannur | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | Kerala Quota | OBC | 3931 | 4123 |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4378 | 4397 | |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | Open (PwD) | 3882 | 3882 | |
Round 1 | NIFT Bhopal | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | Madhya Pradesh Quota | OBC | 3627 | 4107 |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | ST | 3945 | 4046 | |
Round 1 | NIFT Kannur | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3673 | 3878 |
Round 1 | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3681 | 4356 | |
Round 2 | NIFT Bhopal | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4397 | 4397 |
Round 2 | NIFT Bhopal | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | Madhya Pradesh Quota | OBC | 3627 | 3627 |
Round 2 | NIFT Chennai | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | SC | 4026 | 4026 |
Round 2 | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | SC | 3979 | 3979 | |
Round 2 | NIFT Gandhinagar | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | ST | 4390 | 4390 |
Round 2 | NIFT Kannur | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3719 | 3931 |
Round 2 | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | SC | 3733 | 3733 |
Round 2 | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3803 | 3803 |
Round 2 | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Leather Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3570 | 4480 |
Round 2 | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3980 | 3980 |
Round 2 | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | SC | 3599 | 4003 |
Round 2 | NIFT Mumbai | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | SC | 3559 | 3559 |
Round 2 | NIFT Mumbai | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | ST | 4046 | 4046 |
Round 2 | NIFT Patna | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | Bihar Quota | OBC | 4280 | 4280 |
Round 2 | NIFT Patna | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4332 | 4332 |
Round 2 | NIFT Raebareli | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4284 | 4284 |
Round 2 | NIFT Raebareli | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3987 | 3987 |
Round 2 | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | Meghalaya/Assam/Arunachal Pradesh/Manipur/Mizoram/Sikkim/Nagaland/Tripura Quota | Open | 4164 | 4164 | |
Round 2 | NIFT Shillong | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | OBC | 3787 | 4016 |
Round 2 | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3603 | 3603 | |
Round 2 | NIFT Jodhpur | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | Rajasthan Quota | OBC | 4350 | 4350 |
Round 2 | NIFT Jodhpur | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | SC | 3991 | 3991 |
Round 2 | NIFT Jodhpur | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | Rajasthan Quota | OBC | 4015 | 4015 |
Round 2 | NIFT Bhubaneswar | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3710 | 3710 |
Round 2 | NIFT Varanasi | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | Uttar Pradesh Quota | OBC | 3961 | 4105 |
Round 3 | NIFT Kannur | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | Kerala Quota | OBC | 4462 | 4462 |
Round 3 | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | SC | 4077 | 4077 |
Round 3 | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3570 | 3974 |
Round 3 | NIFT Mumbai | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | ST | 4006 | 4006 |
Round 3 | NIFT Mumbai | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | SC | 3851 | 4499 |
Round 3 | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | All India Quota | SC | 3559 | 3765 | |
Round 3 | NIFT New Delhi | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | ST | 4237 | 4390 |
Round 3 | NIFT Panchkula | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3781 | 4438 |
Round 3 | NIFT Kannur | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | Kerala Quota | OBC | 3976 | 4142 |
Round 3 | NIFT Kannur | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 4108 | 4123 |
Round 3 | NIFT Bhopal | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | Madhya Pradesh Quota | OBC | 4022 | 4022 |
Round 3 | NIFT Chennai | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | SC | 4339 | 4339 |
Round 3 | NIFT Chennai | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | SC | 3948 | 3948 |
Round 3 | NIFT Gandhinagar | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | SC | 4151 | 4151 |
Round 3 | NIFT Shillong | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | Meghalaya/Assam/Arunachal Pradesh/Manipur/Mizoram/Sikkim/Nagaland/Tripura Quota | Open | 3952 | 3993 |
Round 3 | NIFT Shillong | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | OBC | 3947 | 4345 |
Round 3 | NIFT Shillong | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | Meghalaya/Assam/Arunachal Pradesh/Manipur/Mizoram/Sikkim/Nagaland/Tripura Quota | Open | 3775 | 3775 |
Round 3 | NIFT Kangra | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4405 | 4405 |
Round 3 | NIFT Jodhpur | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3528 | 3871 |
Round 3 | NIFT Bhubaneswar | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 4017 | 4198 |
Round 3 | NIFT Bhubaneswar | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3987 | 3987 |
SPOT Round | NIFT Chennai | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3843 | 4108 |
SPOT Round | NIFT Chennai | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3861 | 3861 |
SPOT Round | NIFT Chennai | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | All India Quota | SC | 4020 | 4020 |
SPOT Round | NIFT Hyderabad | Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3502 | 4091 |
SPOT Round | NIFT Kolkata | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4001 | 4001 |
SPOT Round | NIFT Patna | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 4212 | 4212 |
SPOT Round | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | All India Quota | ST | 4320 | 4320 | |
SPOT Round | NIFT Jodhpur | Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | All India Quota | Gen-EWS | 3603 | 3603 |
SPOT Round | NIFT Bhubaneswar | Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | Odisha Quota | Open | 3635 | 3635 |
SPOT Round | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | All India Quota | OBC | 3903 | 3903 |
Referring to the table above would have given some closure on the possibility of securing a seat at NIFT. But, to help find out which courses have the best chance of offering a seat, we have compiled a list of the top 5 options for what are the best courses for NIFT 4000 rank.
B.Des Fashion Communication - B.Des in Fashion Communication has the highest acceptance rate for candidates with a rank of 4000.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Based on previous trends for the general category, a 2000 CMR in NIFT is good for admissions into NIFT campuses at Varanasi, Bhopal, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Shillong, Kangra, Panchkula, and Jodhpur.
A NIFT CMR between 3000 to 4000 may not be considered a good rank for top campus choices such as Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the NIFT rank list 2026. After its release, candidates may either visit nift.ac.in or exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT/ to download the NIFT 2026 rank list.
Based on previous years' trends, NIFT ranks under 100 open admission possibilities at prestigious NIFT campuses.
On Question asked by student community
Hello aspirant,
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has determined the official date for NIFT 2026 applicant registrations, which is expected to open in November 2025. Online applications will be accepted through January 2026.
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According to the sources, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) entrance exam for 2026 will be held in February 2026. Also, the registration period may open from November 2025.
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Dear Candidate ,
Yes , you are eligible for NIFT - UG 2026 . Based on your birthdate , you will be 19 years old as of August 1 , 2026 , which is well within the age limit .
NIFT requires applicants to be under 24 years of age on August 1 of the admission year , with a 5 year relaxation for SC/ST/PwD candidates .
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