NIIFT Exam 2025: Registration (OPEN), Exam Date (OUT), Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Admission Process

Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT) offers UG and PG courses offered at Mohali, Ludhiana and Jalandhar. The design courses offered at the three campuses and program-wise seat intake are mentioned below:

Programmes Offered and Centre-Wise Seats for Admission 2025:

NIIFT 2025 Application forms are closed. Candidates who wish to appear for the NIIFT entrance exams have to fill out the NIIFT 2025 application form online. To fill out the form, follow the steps.

Step 1: Registration

Eligible candidates have to fill in the application form before the last date.

Note: Entries in the application form shall be required to be filled out only in English. 

Step 2: Fill out the application form

Before proceeding to fill up the application form, keep the following items ready:
a) Valid Email ID
b) Educational qualification details
c) Scanned photograph in jpg/jpeg format and size should not exceed 50 KB and not less than 5KB
d) Scanned signature in jpg/jpeg format and size should not exceed 50 KB and not less than 5KB

Fill in the details on the online application form and click Save. Since candidates' eligibility will be screened based on the information furnished by them, they are required to exercise sufficient care to correctly furnish the details of their qualifications, etc. After that, upload photographs and signatures.

Note: In case the candidate does not want to upload a photograph & signature (Option: Do you want to upload a photo/signature image(Y/N)? is available. Candidates selecting NO against this option will be required to affix the photograph and signature on the Printout of Application Form and dispatch to AIMA, New Delhi.

Step 3: Pay the application fee

There are two options available for payment of the application fee as given below: 1. Demand Draft, 2. Debit / Credit Card

1. Payment through Demand Draft: Make a demand draft of INR 1,750/- (for General Candidates) and INR 440/- (for SC/ST/PH Candidates) in favour of “NIIFT Mohali”, payable at Mohali for all the offered courses. The details of the Demand Draft are to be filled in the online application form. Candidates applying through Demand Draft are required to send the printout of the Application Form, duly completed in all respects, along with testimonials (copy of 10th marksheet, 12th result/result of qualifying examination), DOB birth certificate, certificate of reserved category or sub category (in the prescribed format duly signed by prescribed authorities), Certificate of Punjab Domicile/Residence certificate, (if applicable) and Demand Draft on the following address so as to reach on or before last date.

Manager (CMS)
All India Management Association
15, Link Road
Lajpat Nagar, Part – III
New Delhi - 110024

2. Payment through Debit/Credit Card: In case the payment option selected is Debit/Credit Card and photographs and signatures are uploaded, candidates are required to send the printout of the Application Form, duly completed in all respects, along with testimonials (copy of 10th marksheet, 12th result/result of qualifying examination), DOB birth certificate, certificate of reserved category or subcategory (in the prescribed format duly signed by prescribed authorities), Certificate of Punjab Domicile/Residence certificate, (if applicable) to above-mentioned address.

Step 4: Download the admit card

Download the admit card. The hall ticket will contain the details of the centre/venue for the examination, etc. The admit card for the written test will NOT be sent by post or email. Candidates are advised to regularly check AIMA website for updates. 

Step 5: Appear for NIIFT Exam

Candidates are required to appear for the NIIFT exam. Candidates need to report at the allotted NIIFT test centre 45 minutes before the commencement of the design entrance exam. The design entrance test will be of three three-hour durations and will carry 100 marks. After appearing for the written entrance test, shortlisted candidates then need to appear for the situation test. “A situation test is a hands-on test to evaluate candidates’ innovative ability and material handling skills on a given situation with a given set of material”, informs the official website.

Note: The situation test is to be given by only those candidates who are applying for UG design courses on offer at NIIFT.

NIIFT Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for UG and PG courses offered by NIIFT are mentioned below:

For UG Courses: Candidates who fulfil any of the following parameters are eligible to appear for NIIFT entrance exam for admission in UG design courses.

• The +2 level examinations in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognised Central/State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School of Certificate Examination, New Delhi or
• General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level or
• Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in Foreign countries recognised by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system or
• A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects or
• 3 or 4-years diploma recognised by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

Note: The official website informs, "85% seats will be reserved for the candidates from within the Punjab State and 15% will be open to candidates on All India basis."

For PG Courses: Candidates who fulfil any of the following parameters are eligible to take admission in PG design courses.

For MSc Garment Manufacturing Technology and MSc Fashion Marketing & Management: BSc/ BTech/ BE or BCom/ BBA/ BCA/BA with any one of the following subjects: Economics/Statistics/ Management/ Marketing / Mathematics /Textiles/Fashion/ Accounts/ Computers /Home Science /any other related Diploma 

For MDes Fashion and Textiles: UG Degree of Fashion Design/Textile Design/ Knitwear Design/ Clothing & Textiles/Apparel and Furnishing/ Home Science or any other allied field course.

Note: The official website informs, "85% seats will be reserved for the candidates from within the Punjab State and 15% will be open to candidates on All India basis."

NIIFT Entrance Exam Admission Process

Candidates seeking admission to the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT) have to follow the process as under:

Step 1: After qualifying written exam appear for an interview

Candidates who qualify the written test will appear for the interview. The interview will either be conducted online or offline. In the interview round, a candidate is evaluated on the following parameters:

• General Awareness
• Design aptitude
• Career orientation
• Communication skills
• Overall personality traits
• Academic achievements
• Co-curricular activities

Step 2: Check the result

Aspirants can check their NIIFT 2024 results on the official website of the design institute. To view their result for NIIFT admissions candidates needs to fill in their registration number on the official website.

Step 3: Appear for counselling

Candidates whose names appear in the final merit list declared by the college then need to attend the NIIFT counselling session conducted at NIIFT Mohali. The schedule of the counselling for final allotment of seats at NIIFT campuses will be displayed on the college website. There will be three round of counselling and the candidates will be given a stipulated time to pay the admission fee. After that Open Admission will be given for leftover seats (if any) on a first come first serve basis.

Test Centres: NIIFT test centres are determined depending on the total number of applications received for admission from a particular region. Check the detailed list of NIIFT test centres.

Although NIIFT has not specified any syllabus for the written test, candidates can go through some selected topics to prepare for the exam. The questions from Quantitative Ability, English, Analytical Ability, Creative Ability, and Communication Ability are generally asked in the NIIFT exam. As the MCQs and subjective questions are asked in the exam based on the mentioned topics, candidates are advised to start their preparation in advance. Get detailed information about the NIIFT syllabus and prepare for the exam accordingly. 

NIIFT admissions in UG courses are done based on a candidate’s NIIFT entrance exam score as well as performance in the situation test and personal interview round. There are a total of 101 questions (100 objective questions and one subjective question (Creative Ability)] in the exam that candidates need to complete in three hours. Check the detailed pattern for NIIFT and the marking scheme.

NIIFT admit card will be released on the official website of the institute. Candidates can download the admit card using their credentials. Candidates must bring NIIFT Admit Card and a photo ID with them to appear for the NIIFT entrance examination. The admit card would be issued to only those candidates who have duly filled out and submitted their application form.

The fee structure for the design programs offered at the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology is given in the table below.