The National Testing Agency(NTA) has released the NIFT 2026 final answer key on March 23, 2026. Candidates who have appeared for the NIFT entrance exam can download the NIFT final answer key 2026 from the official website. The final NIFT 2026 result will be declared tentatively in June 2026. The National Testing Agency conducted the NIFT 2026 entrance exam on February 8, 2026. The NIFT entrance exam result has been declared on March 20, 2026. Candidates appearing in the exam may want to know what a good score is in NIFT 2026. The exam pattern and the marks for programmes in NIFT 2026 vary. In this article, let’s look at what is a good score in NIFT 2026 as indicated by the past trends.
The UG programmes offered through the NIFT entrance exam include B.Des and B.FTech programmes at 20 NIFT campuses in India.
A good score in NIFT 2026 is expected to be around 70+ marks out of 100 for B.Des and 100+ marks out of 150 for B.FTech. This translates to a percentage score of around 66-70 percent in NIFT GAT.
The NIFT B.FTech programme requires the candidates to appear only in GAT (Section A &B). The NIFT BDes program requires candidates to appear in GAT (Section A) and also in CAT to get shortlisted for the NIFT situation test, which is the second stage in the B.Des admission process. Only those candidates who clear the NIFT cutoff will be offered admission.
PROGRAMME | B.DES | B.F.TECH | Candidates opting for B.F.Tech & B.Des | ||
Paper Name | GAT - Section A (CBT) | GAT - Section A (CBT) | GAT - Section B (CBT) | Section A (2 hrs.) + Section B (1 hr.) + CAT (3 hrs.) | |
Language of Written Test | English/Hindi | English/Hindi | English/Hindi | ||
Test Duration (minutes) | 120 | 120 | 60 | ||
Sections | No. of Questions | No. of Questions | No. of Questions | ||
Communication Ability and English Comprehension | 40 | 40 | NA | ||
Quantitative Ability | 20 | 20 | 15 | ||
Analytical & Logical Ability | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||
General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 25 | 25 | NA | ||
Case Study | NA | NA | 20 | ||
TOTAL | 100 | 100 | 50 | ||
The weightage assigned to different components in the NIFT 2026 entrance exam for B.Des and B.FTech is given in the table below.
B.Des | B.F.Tech | B. F.Tech candidates opting for B.Des | |||||||||||
Exam | Weightage | Exam | Weightage | Exam | Weightage | ||||||||
GAT | 30 % | GAT (Sec –A) | 30 % | GAT (Sec –A) | 30 % | ||||||||
CAT | 50 % | GAT (Sec –B) | 70 % | CAT | 50 % | ||||||||
Situation Test | 20 % | -- | -- | Situation Test | 20 % | ||||||||
TOTAL | 100 % | TOTAL | 100 % | TOTAL | 100 % | ||||||||
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A good score in NIFT 2026 is around 70+ marks out of 100 for B.Des and 100+ marks out of 150 for B.FTech.
The components in the NIFT BDes entrance exam include the GAT, CAT, and the situation test.
The components in the NIFT BFTech entrance exam are GAT sections A and B.
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Yes, a diploma holder in Computer Engineering can apply for the NIFT entrance exam , but only through the lateral entry route.
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