The National Institute of Design will publish the NID Assam cut-off on its official website - admissions.nid.edu. First, the institute will publish the NID Assam prelims cut-off, which is the qualifying exam. Candidates who qualify in the NID DAT 2026 prelims have to participate in the NID mains. The NID Assam final cut-off 2026 will be determined solely based on the candidate’s performance in the NID mains as per the NID 2026 selection process. In this article, get the NID Assam cut-off 2026.
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Through the NID entrance exam, candidates will be admitted into the 4-year B.Des programme of NID Assam, with design specialisations being offered in communication design, industrial design, and textile and apparel design.
The NID Jorhat cut-off 2026 will be determined by the following factors-
Number of candidates appearing in NID DAT 2026
Campus preferences provided by candidates
Seat intake at NID Assam
Reservation policy of the institute
The NID Assam cut-off rank is expected to remain in line with the trends seen in the NID cut-off last year. However, the NID Assam cut-off marks 2026 are expected to change due to the revised selection process under which only the NID mains is considered for final admission.
The table below provides the category-wise NID Assam expected cut-off 2026 rank as per last year’s trends. When calculating the NID cut-off 2026, the all-India rank is considered for the open category, and category-wise rank is considered for other categories.
Category | Expected cut-off rank |
Open | 290 or below |
Gen-EWS | 55 or below |
OBC-NCL | 142 or below |
SC | 80 or below |
ST | 40 or below |
Given below is the NID Jorhat cut-off for the previous year.
Category | Cut-off rank | Cutoff score |
Open | 294 | 51.80 |
Gen-EWS | 56 | 45 |
OBC-NCL | 142 | 47.40 |
SC | 83 | 44 |
ST | 40 | 40 |
The seat intake is an important determining factor for the NID Assam cut-off as a higher number of seats usually leads to a lower cut-off.
Specialisation | Seats |
Communication design | 25 |
Industrial design | 25 |
Textile and Apparel design | 25 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A good rank for NID Assam is expected to be around 290 or below for the open category.
NID Assam offers a total of 75 seats for its 4-year B.Des programme across three specialisations.
Aspirants can get into NID Assam by appearing for and clearing NID prelims and mains.
On Question asked by student community
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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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To prepare for M.des exams like CEED or NID DAT, here are some points which you can follow:
Understand the pattern – focus on creativity, design aptitude, and problem-solving.
Practice sketching daily and improve visualization.
Study basics of color, form, and design concepts.
Solve previous papers and build a
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