NIFT 2020

National Institute of Fashion Technology will conduct NIFT entrance exam in third week of January 2020 in pen and paper based mode. NIFT entrance exam is a gateway for getting admission in bachelor’s courses in Design (B. Des.) and Fashion Technology (B.F. Tech.). The qualified students will get admission in 16 campuses of NIFT across India. NIFT 2020 official notification is likely to be released in third week of October 2019. NIFT 2020 application form will be released in third week of October 2019 in online mode. Candidates can submit their forms till fourth week of December 2019. They can download NIFT 2020 admit card in online mode in second week of January. The authorities will release the result in February/March 2020. Around 2,370 seats across Bachelor of Design (B.Des) and Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech) programmes will be allocated to the qualified candidates on merit basis. The entrance exam is conducted to test knowledge, skill and aptitude of candidate for the chosen programme. Every year, nearly 23,000 aspirants appear for the national level NIFT entrance exam. The campuses of NIFT are situated in New Delhi, Gandhinagar, Bhopal, Jodhpur, Kangra, Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Patna, Srinagar, Kannur, Raebareli, Shillong and Kolkata. Aspirants, who wish to appear for NIFT 2020 entrance test, can check complete details about the exam including dates, application procedure, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, admit card, selection procedure, preparation tips, seat matrix, result in this article

NIFT 2020 Entrance Exam Overview

NIFT 2019

NIFT 2019 Application Form can be filled till 3rd January 2019 with late fee. NIFT conducts its own entrance exam on a national level for providing admission in its campus. It offers various UG & PG professional courses in the field of Design. The 16 affiliated campuses of the NIFT consider the NIFT entrance exam score to offer admissions. It is conducted once in a year. Candidates can check details of NIFT 2019 application form in this article.

Candidates are advised to fill the NIFT 2019 application form carefully as per the instruction given on the prospectus. Incorrect or improper applications will be rejected.

• The application form has been released from 22nd October 2018.
• The NIFT application 2019 can be filled through online mode only.
• Candidates can fill the application form till 28th December 2018 and till 3rd January 2019 on payment of late fee.
• The editing in application form will be commenced from the 29th December 2018 to 3rd January 2019.
• Candidates those will pay the application fee through offline (DD) mode, have to send the filled-in application form along with DD to the address given below

Application Fee:

The application fee will be Rs. 2000/- (Rs. 1000/- for reserve categories). The fee can be submitted through credit card/debit card and net banking.

In case the payment through DD, it will be drawn in favour of “NIFT HO” payable at New Delhi. The application fee will be non-refundable in any case.

Eligibility Criteria

For applying in NIFT 2019, candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria given below:

Age Criteria:

• No age limit to apply for PG courses.
• The upper age limit for UG courses is 23 years as on 1st October 2018.
• There is a 5 years of age relaxation for reserve category candidates (SC/ST/PwD).

Required Qualification:

• For UG Courses: Candidates those passed/appearing their 12th exam from a recognized Central or State Board can apply. Those pass 3 or 4 years diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education are also eligible to apply.
• For PG Courses: Candidates should have bachelor’s degree in any stream from a recognized university/institution. For M.Des, only the candidates those passed diploma from NID/NIFT can apply.

NIFT 2019 Application Correction

The correction facility will be provided by the authority from 29th December 2018 to till 3rd January 2019.

The candidates can access the correction facility to edit information submitted in the application form. However, candidates cannot change the preference of exam city center.

The correction/modification can be done in personal and education qualification details. Once the correction window will be closed, no candidates will be allowed for further correction.

How to Apply for NIFT Entrance Exam

Candidates can get the guidelines to how to fill the NIFT application form.

• Go to the official website (link will be given above).
• Click on ‘Fresh Candidate to create Log In’ link.
• Fill name, date of birth, email Id, category and programme applied for.
• Enter the verification code and click on ‘Submit’ button.
• After that click on ‘Proceed to Login’.
• Enter email Id and DOB and click on ‘Login’ button.
• Click on step 1 and start filling the details required.
• Click on ‘Save’ button and proceed for step 2.
• In this step, upload the scanned photograph and signature (not greater than 50 KB) in JPG/JPEG format.
• After that click on ‘Next’ button.
• Now, pay the fee by selecting any one of the payment mode.
• Reference number will be sent to the candidates. Note down it and keep securely.
• At the end, take the printout of the filled-in application form.

NIFT 2017 Application Form

• Candidates will get the NIFT 2017 Application Form via online process through the official website of NIFT.
• There is not any other mode is available to fill and submit the application form.
• The application fee will be Rs.1500/- for General/OBC (Non-Creamy) Category and Rs.750/- for SC/ ST/ PHP candidates.
• The fee payment will be done through online payment gateway or demand draft (DD) of any bank.

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Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must comply with the eligibility criteria before applying:

Eligibility for undergraduate courses:

• The maximum age should be 23 years as on 1^st October, 2016 for general candidates.
• 5 years relaxation will be given on maximum age limit for SC, ST or Differently Abled Person (PHP) candidates.
• Candidates must have passed 10+2 examination or equivalent exam from any recognized central/state board.
• Candidates who have cleared 3-4 year diploma recognized by AICTE or State Board of Technical Education are also eligible to apply.
• Appearing candidates are also eligible to apply.

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Eligibility for postgraduate courses:

• There is not any minimum or maximum age limit for master programmes.
• For M.Des and M.F.M programme, candidates must have passed an undergraduate degree from any institution/university recognized by law in India.
• For M.F.Tech course, candidates should have cleared B.F.Tech. from NIFT or B.E/B.Tech from any institution/university recognized by law in India.
• Candidates appearing in qualifying examination are also eligible to apply.

NIFT 2017 Result

The NIFT Result 2017 will be provided to students in the month of May/June, 2017. Candidates can check their results through the official portal of the authority. Candidates are required to visit the official website and enter their registration number/ roll number and click on submit button to generate results. Candidates are suggested to take printout of the result for further use.

Admission Process

After the written exam, candidates will be shortlisted to take Situation test/Group Discussion (GD) / Interview as applicable. The notification regarding counselling & admission will be available in the official website. Tentatively counselling will start from the month of June, 2017. For counselling procedure, candidates are required to bring the necessary documents along with their photocopies for the document verification process. After seat allotment candidates have to report to the allotted NIFT campus within the prescribed time and date for completing admission process.

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has been conducted NIFT 2016 Entrance Exam for admission to all Undergraduate programmes on February 14, 2016. Based on the result of the entrance exam, NIFT provides admission to following Undergraduate programmes:
 

Bachelor of Design (B.Des)

• Fashion Design

• Leather Design

• Accessory Design

• Textile Design

• Knitwear Design

• Fashion Communication

  Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)

• Apparel Production

• Latest: NIFT 2016 Result has been declared.

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  There will be three stages of admission viz. Paper Based Test (PBT), Situation Test, Group Discussion and Interview will be provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility criteria, NIFT said in a statement.

   

  “During verification at any time before or after the Written Test, Situation Test, Group Discussion and Interview (as the case may be), if it is found that candidate does not fulfill the eligibility criteria, his/her candidature for the examination shall stand cancelled without any notice or further reference,” the statement said.

   

  Exam Name: National Institute of Fashion Technology Entrance Exam
   

  Commonly known as: NIFT Entrance Exam

   

  Exam type: National level

   

  Exam Category: Undergraduate level

   

  Conducting Authority: National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

   

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  About NIFT:

  National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) was set up in the year 1986 under the aegis of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. A Statutory Institute governed by the NIFT Act 2006 has branches at Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patna, Rae Bareli and Shillong.

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  NIFT 2016 Eligibility Criteria:

  Age Limit-

• For Bachelor Programmes, maximum age limit is 23 years as on October 1, 2015. The upper age limit may be relaxed by a period of 5 years for the candidates of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribe/ Differently Abled Person (PHP) subject to following qualifications.

• Academic Qualification-

• For Bachelor of Design (B.Des), candidates must have passed the 10+2 level examination.

• For Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech), candidates must have passed the 10+2 level examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

NIFT 2016 Result: Result of NIFT 2016 has declared for the candidates who appeared in the entrance exam. Candidates have been shortlisted for the next stage of admission on the basis of the NIFT result. 

NIFT 2016 Application Form:

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has started NIFT 2016 Application Form from October 20, 2015 for the candidates who wish to apply for NIFT 2016 entrance exam. Last date of submission of application form was January 10, 2016.
 

NIFT 2016 Application Feefor General / OBC (Non-Creamy) Category was Rs.1500/- and for SC / ST / PHP Category was Rs.750/- to be paid via payment gateway or Demand Draft.

• Mode of Exam: This exam will be conducted in offline mode (pen and paper mode).
• Negative Marking: There will be no provision of negative marking.

• Phase 1 – Paper Based Test (PBT) – All UG and PG Programmes (CAT and GAT Exam)
  Phase 2 – Paper Based Test (PBT) – B.Des & M.Des Programmes (CAT and GAT Exam)
  Phase 2 – Computer Based Test (CBT) – B.F.Tech, MFM & M.F.Tech Programmes (GAT Exam)

• Papers: This exam has been divided into two parts GAT (General Ability Test) and CAT (Creative Ability Test).
• No. of Questions: Total 150 questions will be asked in GAT test.
• Language: The GAT question paper will be asked in English language.
• Duration: The test duration will be 2 hours (120 minutes).