B.Des. in Fashion Communication 

at NIFT Patna, Patna

The following is the selection process for B Des at National Institute of fashion technology. 

1.The students need to fill the online application form from the Institute's official website with all necessary details like 12th, 10th marks etc. 

2.After filling the application form student will be called to qualify for the NIFT test which includes aptitude tests, group discussions etc. after that the students need to wait for the cutoff. 

3.If the students qualifies in the cutoff, the NIFT counselling will take place. 

4.After counselling, the students will be given the final admission. 

Talking about the minimum NIFT entrance marks required, it totally depends on the seats available, and the cutoff. The cutoff rank which was required for BDes in fashion Designer in 2023 was 1692. All other specialisations will have different ramks. 

No, you can't take direct admission to B.Des at the National Institute of Fashion Technology Patna.

BDes at NIFT Patna is offered in four different specialisations and they are, Accessories Design, Fashion Communication, Fashion Design and Textile Design. The duration of the course is four years and admission to NIFT Patna BDes is done through the NIFT Entrance exam.NIFT Entrance Exam is divided into three parts i.e. Creative Ability Test (CAT), General Ability Test (GAT) and Situation Test/ Group Discussion, and Personal Interview (GD and PI) round. Candidates planning to pursue BDes are required to appear for CAT and GAT exams followed by the Situation Test.

To be eligible for NIFT Patna BDes, candidates must have passed class 12 or equivalent from a recognised board and his/ her age should be less than 24 years as of 1st Aug of the year of admission.

There are many specialisations in B Des course at National Institute of Fashion Technology. The specialisations include:-

• B Des in fashion designing. 
• B Des in accessory designing. 
• B Des in fashion communication. 
• B Des in textile designing. 

Each of these specialisations have approximately 44 seats intake. The total seat intake for B Des course is 176 seats. The cutoff will be released according to the number of seats only. Seeing the number of seats available students need to have a good rank in the university entrance test, in order to take admission. 

The NIFT BDes application fee depends on the reservation category of applicants. The fee has to be paid through online payment gateway on the NIFT admission portal. Check out the following table for the category-wise application fee:

*The mentioned fee is sourced from the official website/sanctioning body. It is still subject to changes and hence, is indicative.

The following table depicts the NIFT Patna placement packages recorded in recent years:

NOTE: The above salary details are gathered from the Shiksha students' reviews.

NIFT Patna cutoff 2024 was concluded for all the UG and PG courses. NIFT 2024 counselling had four regular rounds and one SPOT round of seat allotment for admission to the B.Des, M.Des, B.F.Tech, M.F.Tech, and M.F.M courses. During the NIFT Patna cutoff 2024, the most in-demand course was B.Des. in Fashion Communication with a last-round cutoff of 1339. For the same course, the closing cutoff was 1812 in 2023, while in 2022, the cutoff closed at 1513 for the candidates belonging to the General AI quota. 

The list of prominent companies that were part of NIFT Patna placements over the past few years is presented below:

According to unofficial online sources, a large share of NIFT Patna alumni are placed in the Arts and Design sector with a 42% share. The pie chart below illustrates the detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni:

NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Sales, Media and Communication, Purchasing, and Engineering.

NIFT Patna has not released the placement report for the year 2023. However as per Shiksha review, 80% (approx) students were placed during placements 2022. For better understanding, students can see the table mentioned below:

Note: The placement stats mentioned in the table above are gathered from Shiksha review. Hence, the stats may vary further.