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The National Institute of Design will notify the NID Ahmedabad cutoff 2027 on its official website - admission.nid.edu. The NID DAT Ahmedabad cut-off 2027 indicates the minimum marks and rank a candidate must obtain to secure admission. In the revised NID selection process, the NID prelims is qualifying exam for the mains, and it will not have any weightage in the final selection in NID DAT 2027. The final NID cut-off will be based solely on the candidate's performance in the mains. In this article, get the NID Ahmedabad 2027 cut-off and the previous year cut-off trends.
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NID Ahmedabad is considered the top choice among NID campuses and is also among the top design colleges in India. Through the NID entrance exam, candidates will be able to secure admission into the B.Des and M.Des programmes of the institute.
The authorities release the seat matrix for NID Ahmedabad in the admission handbook. The seat intake for B.Des and M.Des programmes is given below.
Discipline | Total no. of seats |
Animation and Film Design | 19 |
| Exhibition Design | 13 |
| Film & Video Communication | 13 |
| Graphic Design | 19 |
| Ceramic and Glass Design | 13 |
| Furniture and Interior Design | 13 |
| Product Design | 19 |
| Textile Design | 19 |
| Overseas (supernumerary seats) | 19 |
Discipline | Total no. of seats |
Animation and Film Design | 19 |
| Film & Video Communication | 19 |
| Graphic Design | 19 |
Ceramic and Glass Design | 12 |
| Furniture and Interior Design | 19 |
| Product Design | 19 |
| Textile Design | 19 |
| Superumerary seats | 3 seats for discipline with 19 seats 2 seat for discipline with 12 seats |
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NID Ahmedabad cutoff marks and rank will be updated in this section. Last year's trends indicate that the NID cutoff marks for NID Ahmedabad are expected to be in the range of 55 to 68 marks across different categories. Candidates can also check the previous previous years NID cutoff for Ahmedabad campus below.
The authority will release the rank and score of the last candidate for NID Ahmedabad admission. First, candidates have to appear for NID prelims and obtain the minimum qualifying marks. For BDes, the number of candidates called for the mains exam will be approximately 1.5 times the number of seats in each category. For MDes, the candidates will be called for the mains in the ratio of 4.5 times the number of seats in each category. The final NID Ahmedabad cutoff will be determined based on the marks obtained in the mains.
The table below provides the previous year's NID cutoff for final admission into Ahmedabad campus for BDes and MDes programmes. The last rank for candidates other than in the open category is represented as the category-rank.
| Category | Rank of the last shortlisted candidate for admission | Score of the last shortlisted candidate for admission |
| Open | 47 | 67.28 |
| Gen-EWS | 16 | 58.22 |
| OBC-NCL | 43 | 57.43 |
| SC | 26 | 56.82 |
| ST | 11 | 55.53 |
| PwD | 7 | 54.89 |
| Overseas | 22 | 54.57 |
| Discipline | OPEN | GEN-EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | PwD | OVERSEAS | |||||||
| Open Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | PwD Rank | Score | Overseas Rank | Score | |
| Animation Film Design | 10 | 70.83 | NE | NE | 6 | 60.4 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 57.1 | 1 | 51.43 | 1 | 64.73 |
| Ceramic & Glass Design | 8 | 45.68 | NE | NE | 3 | 40.75 | 1 | 43 | NE | NE | NE | NE | NA | NA |
| Furniture & Interior Design | 18 | 48.18 | NE | NE | 6 | 42.23 | 2 | 44.6 | 2 | 42.75 | NE | NE | NA | NA |
| Film & Video Communication | 11 | 60.85 | NE | NE | 9 | 42.68 | 6 | 44.33 | 1 | 55.48 | NE | NE | NA | NA |
| Graphic Design | 9 | 65.1 | 3 | 52.55 | 9 | 41.15 | 5 | 53.58 | 1 | 60.28 | 1 | 58.03 | 1 | 62.48 |
| Product Design | 8 | 57.13 | 2 | 51.85 | 7 | 43.6 | 5 | 51.1 | 1 | 44.8 | 2 | 40.95 | NA | NA |
| Textile Design | 9 | 70.3 | NE | NE | 9 | 51.68 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 56.53 | 1 | 60.73 | NA | NA |
NA* - Not Applicable NE* - No Eligible Candidate
Category | Rank of the last shortlisted for NID Admission | Score of the last candidate shortlisted for NID Admission |
OPEN | 48 | 59.60 |
GEN-EWS | 16 | 50.90 |
OBC-NCL | 40 | 53.70 |
SC | 24 | 51.70 |
ST | 11 | 47.80 |
PwD | 7 | 40.60 |
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| Discipline | OPEN | GEN-EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | PwD | OVERSEAS | |||||||
| Open Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | Category Rank | Score | PwD Rank | Score | Overseas Rank | Score | |
| Animation Film Design | 12 | 55.1 | NE | NE | 6 | 46.65 | 5 | 46.3 | 1 | 52.15 | NE | NE | NA | NA |
| Cearmic & Glass Design | 6 | 58.1 | NA | NA | 6 | 49.95 | 3 | 50.5 | NE | NE | NA | NA | 1 | 57.8 |
| Furniture & Interior Design | 10 | 55.9 | 2 | 50.25 | 7 | 47.45 | 4 | 44.85 | 2 | 50.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Film & Video Communication | 10 | 67.35 | 2 | 54.2 | 7 | 62.65 | 6 | 56.35 | 1 | 63.45 | NA | NA | 66 | |
| Graphic Design | 8 | 62.25 | NE | NE | 9 | 53.9 | 4 | 55.65 | 1 | 59.8 | 1 | 51.2 | NE | NE |
| Product Design | 13 | 57.6 | NE | NE | 15 | 46.8 | 3 | 50.7 | 1 | 46.05 | NE | NE | NA | NA |
| Textile Design | 8 | 59.25 | NE | NE | 5 | 47.2 | 6 | 40.2 | 1 | 48.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
NA* - Not Applicable NE* - No Eligible Candidate
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No specific stream is required in Class 11 for BDes admissions. You can join B.Des (Bachelor of Design) with any stream in Class 11th (Science, Commerce, or Arts/Humanities). Top design institutes like NID ( NID DAT scores) and NIFT ( NIFT Entrance Exam ), as well as IITs (via UCEED),
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Yes, if you are in Class 12, you are eligible to sit for the NID DAT 2026 (BDes) exam. The National Institute of Design allows students who are in their final year of Class 12 or have already passed to apply.
To know more access below mentioned link:
You can get the NIT DAT SYLLABUS, updated version from careers 360 in detail from careers 360 article. Follow the link given from The link of the syllabus article is given below from careers 360
https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-syllabus-2026
Yes you are eligible to appear for NID DAT for the M.Des programme. Since you are in final make sure you will have completed your BA by the required deadline. Also go through the specific specializations you want to apply for, some may require certain specific backgrounds to be eligible
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