NIFT Bachelor’s & Master’s Admission 2020: Complete Details

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) invites admission applications for Bachelor and Masters degree. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online on or before the last date i.e 31 Dec 2019.

About NIFT

The National Institute of Fashion Technology is a leader in fashion education with the ability to integrate knowledge, traditional arts, contemporary thought, academic freedom, innovations in design & technology and creative thinking to continuously upgrade its curriculum to address the changing needs of the industry. Its history of more than three decades at the pinnacle of fashion education stands as a testimony to its focus on core values where academic excellence has been nurtured.

The institute has stood as a beacon of industry-academia engagement and a key enabler in developing competent professionals. The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), set up in 1986 under the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is a Statutory Institute Governed by the NIFT Act 2006. Bringing in a wide range of aesthetic & intellectual orientations, the early instructors included leading progressive scholars from Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA.

NIFT 2020 Highlights

Offered Courses and Eligibility Criteria

1. Bachelor of Design – B. Des. (Fashion Design/ Knitwear Design/ Textile Design/Leather Design/Accessory Design/Fashion Communication)

2. Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Technology)– B. F. Tech

3. Master of Design – M. Des. And Master of Fashion Management – MFM

4. Master of Fashion Technology – M. F. Tech

Important dates

• Registration Starts: 23 Oct 2019
• Registration Ends: 23:59 Hrs, 31 Dec 2019,
• Last Date with Late Fee: 4 Jan 2020
• Window to Edit Application Form: From 01 Jan 2020 (1200 Hrs) To 04 Jan 2020 (1600 Hrs)
• Availability of Admit Card: 10 Jan 2020 [1400 Hrs onwards]
• Written Entrance Exam Date: 19 Jan
• Result of Written Test: Feb/ March 2020
• Situation Test/ GD/ Interview: April/ May 2020
• Declaration of Final Result: End of May/ June 2020

UCEED 2020 and CEED 2020 Entrance Exams for UG and PG in Design at IITs, IISc: Apply by Nov 16

NIFT 2020 Seat Reservation

The NIFT has a certain percentage of total seats reserved for the SC/ST, OBC-NCL and Person with Disability (PWD). Also, supernumerary seats are reserved for candidates applying under Foreign National/SAARC/NRI, and State Domicile categories.

NIFT 2020 Application Fee

Category-wise indicative Application Fees for NIFT 2020 are as under:

NIFT 2020 Exam Centers

NIFT 2020 will be an offline paper-based test for all UG and PG Programs scheduled on January 19, 2020, to be conducted in 32 Indian cities. Applicants can select only one preferred examination city during the application process. Based on this choice, all eligible candidates will have to appear for the written test at the Examination City selected by them.

Please note that no request for any changes in examination center will be entertained by NIFT and it reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres listed below.

NIFT 2020 Exam Pattern

NIFT 2020 entrance exam attempts to test the knowledge, aptitude, and skills of the candidates for the chosen program. As such, the entrance test is split into three stages, viz. Written test, Situation test, and Group Discussion/Personal Interview. The written test is further split into Creative Ability Test (CAT), and General Ability Test (GAT):

• Written Test
  1. Creative ability test (CAT): CAT (Creative Ability Test) aims to evaluate the candidates’ observing power in the development of a concept, as well as their intuitive, and design ability. Candidates’ illustrative skills and creativity in use of color are important aspects CAT.
  2. General ability test (GAT): GAT (General Ability Test) gauges the candidates’ general aptitude and quantitative, communicative and analytic skills apart from knowledge in general & current happenings.
• Situation test: This exam is designed to evaluate and test a candidate’s skills for material handling and innovative ability as per the given situation with the material provided.
• Group Discussion/ Personal Interview: The final stage of NIFT 2020 will be the Personal Interview round wherein candidates will be evaluated by an Interview Panel on the basis of the candidates’ academic and co-curricular achievements, creative and lateral thinking ability, communication skills, and finally career orientation and aptness for the selected program.

NIFT 2020 Syllabus

The Scope of the different sections of the General Ability Test (GAT) are listed below; the level of difficulty of questions posed may vary from course to course.

• Quantitative Ability consists of questions on basic mathematical functions like Addition, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Percentage, Rate of Interest, Work and Task, Ratio and Proportion, and Distance.
• Communication Ability and English Comprehension tests the language skills of candidates in terms of daily use of English as a medium of communication. It evaluates the candidates’ knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, and words and their meanings, singular/plural words, one-word substitutes, idioms and common phrases, correct spellings, reading comprehension etc.
• Analytical Ability and Logical Ability puts to test the candidates’ competence in applying logic and inferring facts from given information, as well as ability in problem identification and applying reason to arrive at a solution for the problem. Creative and lateral thinking will come in handy for candidates in this section.
• General Knowledge and Current Affairs section would review the candidates’ awareness in terms of general and current affairs.
• The Case Study section would provide a real-life industry situation to candidates aiming to gauge the candidates’ management skills.

Some questions from the engineering as well would be posed for M. F. Tech program.

How to apply?

Interested and eligible candidates can register online via this page.

Contact

Email: nift[at]applyadmission.net

For more details, go through the prospectus here.