List of NIFTs in India 2025: Ranks, Courses, Admission Process, Fees & NIFT Seat Intake

There are 19 participating NIFTs that offer a combined intake of 4,837 seats. Get detailed information about the NIFT admission process, rankings, courses, fees, and institute-wise seats. 

NIFT Institutes

NIFT institutes are considered among the best design colleges in the country. As per most of the educational institutions' rankings, the NIFTs frequently rank among the top 10. For instance, NIFT Delhi has been ranked No. 1 in India Today. The 2nd and 3rd positions were occupied by NIFT Mumbai and NIFT Bangalore, respectively.  The older NIFTs continued to outrank most of the newly established NIFTs and all other design colleges. So, it is no surprise that the NIFTs continued to be the 1st preference of most design aspirants. The participating institutes of NIFT offer undergraduate and postgraduate design courses. Admission to these courses will be through the national-level NIFT 2026 entrance exam.

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NIFT Ranking 2025

The ranking of NIFT in the top fashion Design Colleges in India for the year 2025, given by India Today:

Top Fashion Design Colleges in India 2025 - India Today Rankings

NIFT is one of the oldest design institutes in India. Check the table below for NIFT India Today rankings 2021-2024.

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Top Design Colleges in India 2022 - Outlook and The Week Rankings

The top design colleges in India, according to Outlook and The Week:

NIFT 2025 Admission Process

Note that the NIFT exam comprises the General Ability Test (GAT) and the Creative Ability Test (CAT). The GAT will be administered in a center-based mode, whereas the GAT will be held offline. The GAT is common for all programs, but only B.Des and M.Des candidates need to take the CAT written exam. 

The scores of the written exam will be used to shortlist candidates for the next admission round: NIFT Situation Test/ NIFT Personal Interview (PI). The final merit list of NIFT 2025 will be prepared considering the performance of the candidate in the written tests and the Situation Test/PI. Admission will be strictly based on NIFT 2025 merit rank.

Courses offered by NIFT in India

NIFT is a renowned design college in the country that offers both undergraduate as well as postgraduate programs to aspirants. The most popular design program offered by NIFTs at the UG level is Bachelor of Design (BDes) and at the PG level is Master of Design (MDes). Mentioned below is the list of courses offered at NIFT.

Candidates are informed that the UG courses offered at NIFT are of four years duration, whereas the PG courses are of two years duration. BDes course at NIFT campuses is offered in the following B.Des specialisations:

NIFT Exam Components and Weightage

Admission in all courses offered at NIFT campuses is through a candidate’s performance in NIFT Entrance Exam. NIFT admission process for all the courses as well as the weightage given to each test, is mentioned in the table below:

Seats in Design Courses offered at NIFT

For the current academic session, 5,215 seats are available for the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Of these, 4,324 are All-India seats, 405 are state domicile, and the remaining 470 are NRI seats. 

Below, aspirants can view the total number of seats available for admission in UG and PG courses offered at different NIFT campuses.

Candidates can go through the seats available for admission in different design courses (BDes, BFTech, MDes, MFTech and MFM) available for NIFT admissions below.

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NIFT Fee Structure 2025

Candidates need to pay the NIFT Fee every semester for the course for which they have applied for admission. Aspirants are informed that all NIFT UG courses have eight semesters, whereas PG courses have four semesters. The fee to be paid by non-NRI candidates for all NIFT campuses for UG and PG courses is the same. Mentioned in the table below is the fee to be paid by candidates for the entire course.

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