Colleges in Chennai

Admission to BDes at NIFT Chennai is solely entrance-based. Candidate have to fill the online application form of The National Institute of Technology (NIFT). The NIFT 2024 application fee for the OPEN category is INR 3,000. However, SC, ST, and PwD candidates need to pay only INR 1,500. Once the application form is filled, candidates have to submit the form along with the application fee.

Candidates who have twelve years of school education with minimum of five subjects by the National Open School or from a recognised board are eligible for the BDes at NIFT Chennai. Additionally, as per the Institution's guidelines, candidate's maximum age should be less than 24 years (5 years relaxation in upper age for people from reserved categories). Now candidates are only required to appear for the NIFT entrance exam for BDes admission. 

Admission to BDes at NIFT Chennai is solely entrance-based i.e. - The National Institute of Technology (NIFT), which will be  conducting the written exams for NIFT 2024 tentatively in the 1st week of February 2024. For aspiring candidates, it’s mandatory to qualify for the written exam along with the situation test comprising different rounds. NIFT Chennai selects students based on the weightage of different parameters in each selection round. Additionally, the seat allocation is respectively common for all the reserved categories and the total seat intake is equally divided into each specialisation. 

The fees for BDes at NIFT Chennai is around INR 6.1lakh - INR 12.3 lakh. The mentioned fee is only the tuition fee. The BDes fee aslo includes other one time fees, which candidates have to pay during admission. Also there is the NIFT entrance exam fee i.e. NIFT 2024 application fee is INR 3000. The fee is sourced from various source. Hence, its indicative. 

 NIFT Chennai offers a total of 305 seat intake for BDes and BDes lateral entry course. The seat breakup for the BDes coursre is 43 as per the specialisations offered in BDes and for the BDes lateral entry its 47 altogether.  The seat allocation has respectively common for all the reserved categories and division is equal for each specialisation. Additionally, 5 seats are given as per each specialisation for NRI and foreign candidates.

Yes, the NIFT Chennai offers a four-year full time degree course in BDes. This course is taught across six specialisations, namely Fashion Design, Leather Design, Knitwear Design, Accessory Design, Textile Design and Fashion Communication.  Admission to the programme, entirely based on the NIFT entrance exam.

The alumni of Sathyabama Chennai are working with top companies such as Cognizant, TCS, Accenture and many others. To know the function–wise alumni placements, check the pie chart below:

NOTE: The ‘Others’ category illustrates the combined data of diverse domains such as Consulting, Research, Quality Assurance, Arts and Design, Program and Project Management, Customer Success and Support, Marketing, and Product Management sectors.

DISCLAIMER: The statistics on alumni placements presented above were compiled from various online sources and hence are indicative.

As per the official record, a total of 406 recruiters participated so far during Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology placements 2023. Earlier, a total of 361 and 511 companies visited the campus during the 2021 and 2022 placement drives, respectively. The total number of recruiters participated during Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology placements between 2021 and 2023 are tabulated below:

As per the latest report 2023, a total of 406 recruiters participated during Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology placements 2023. The top recruiters of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology in 2023 included Amazon, Hitachi, Ernst & Young, Publicis Sapient, Hyundai, Kaar Technologies, HCL, Comcast India, IBM, Oracle, Federal Bank, etc. These recruiters placed students of BTech and M.Tech in various domains with handsome packages.

As per the latest report, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology recorded 92.57% placements for the overall batch passing out in 2023 so far. The following table represents the Sathyabama placement percentage recorded between 2021 and 2023: placement drives:

Note: The placements are going on for the academic year 2022-2023. The above-mentioned data for 2023 may vary once the final placement report 2023 is out.