NIFT Hyderabad reserves seats for SC/ ST/ OBC-NCL, Gen-EWS and PwD category candidates. Check below category-wise reservation criteria:

NIFT Hyderabad offers 'SARTHAK' NIFT Financial Assistance Scheme to UG and PG students. Below is the scholarship offered to UG students under this scholarship:

Candidates applying for UG courses at NIFT Hyderabad have to meet the age criteria. The maximum age should be 24 years as or on August 1 of the admission year. There is a relaxation of 5 years for SC/ ST/ PwD category candidates.

NIFT Hyderabad offers scholarships to meritorious and economically-weak students. The institute offers 'SARTHAK'-a financial scheme for UG students. NIFT also offers 'UDAAN' merit-cum-means scholarship scheme to foreign students.

Aspirants must pass a bachelor's degree in any discipline to apply for MFM programme at NIFT Hyderabad. Candidates who have completed UG Diploma of a minimum of three-years from NIFT/ NID can also apply for MFM programme.

NIFT Hyderabad gives maximum weightage to NIFT Entrance Exam in the selection process. Below are the selection parameters and their weightage for BDes admission:

NIFT Hyderabad has 190 seats in BDes programme. There are 38 seats in each BDes specialisation. The institute offers seats to candidates in BDes based on their scores in NIFT Entrance Exam followed by a Situation Test.

NIFT MFM Cutoff 2025 was announced for all rounds and categories belonging to the All India category. For the General AI category, the overall cutoff ranged from 102 to 119. On the other hand, for the OBC AI category students, the overall cutoff varied between 496 and 560. Refer to the pointers belo

 NIFT Hyderabad cutoff 2025 was released for the OBC AI category for admission to BDes, BFTech and MFM courses. The cutoff was published in the form of opening and closing ranks. According to the overall closing cutoff, the ranks varied between 496 and 4091. Among all the courses, the most competiti

NIFT Bangalore typically has higher national rankings and stricter cutoffs. However, NIFT Hyderabad is a top-tier "mid-level" campus known for superior architectural infrastructure, a lower cost of living, and deep ties to both the Hitech City IT hub and traditional craft sectors.