WHAT IS NIFT? 

NIFT stands for the National Institute of Fashion Technology was established in the year 1986 under the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Its a Statutory Institute governed under NIFT Act 2006. NIFT is a expert Institution in fashion education which provide integrate knowledge, traditional arts, contemporary thought, academic freedom, innovations in design and technology and creative thinking. It frequently upgrade its curriculum in accordance with the changing needs of the industry. NIFT, today, has spread its wings across the length and breadth of the country with its 17 campuses all over India.

PG courses at NIFT

NIFT offers 3 Post graduation courses which has the duration of 2 years which includes 4 semesters. 3 courses are-M. Des, M. FTech, M. F. M. 

Eligibility to study M. Des at NIFT

• Students have to complete their graduation degree in any discipline from NIFT or any other recognized university which falls under the Indian Law.
• Students must complete their diploma course of minimum 3 years duration from either NIFT nor NID. 
• Lastly there is not age limit at NIFT for any Post graduation course. 
• Selection will be based on NIFT entrance examination.

NIFT EXAMINATION

NIFT conducts entrance examination for the candidates who are seeking for admission to the B. Des and M. Des courses. The selection process will be based on NIFT examination score. There are two entrance examination organise by NIFT which are- General Ability Test (GAT) and a Creative Ability Test (CAT). However, B.F.Tech, M.F.Tech, and M.FM aspirants only need to appear for the GAT written test.

To get admission in M. Des--

• students have to sit for GAT and CAT both. 
• After qualifying GAT and CAT, students have to appear for GDPI which is group discussion and personal interview round. 

• GAT-

General Ability Test. It’s a Pencil-and-paper-based exam conducts in English and Hindi language. This test for M. Des and B. Des has total 5 sections, which are- Communication Ability, English Comprehension, Quantitative Ability, Analytical Ability, General Knowledge and Current Affairs. Whereas, there are different sections for other courses. 

• CAT-

Creative ability test. It is a pencil-and-paper-based exam only for B. Des and M. Des candidates. This test is to evaluate candidate's Intuition skill, power of observation, innovation in the development of a concept as well as design ability of the candidate. It will also test the creative as well as innovative use of colour and illustration.

IMPORTANT DATES

here are some tentative dates for NIFT entrance examination. 

• Registration for the application form can be occur from Oct 2022 to Jan 2023.
• Admit card can be given in Jan 2023 to Feb 2023.
• Exam can be occur in Feb 2023.

Hope this will help you Mahika!