Design Entrance Exam

Both institutions offer the BDes course but with completely different admission processes. IIT Indore accepts admission based on the UCEED entrance exam, while BITS Pilani considers the NID Entrance exam/ BITSAT exam result. 

See the table below to compare both insttutions on different factors: 

The NIFTs offers the following specializations for B.Des: 

• Fashion Design 
• Leather Design
• Accessory Design
• Textile Design
• Knitwear Design
• Fashion Communication.

NIFT question paper for GAT M.FTech will be of 180 minutes. Questions will be asked from - Communication Ability and Comprehension, Case Study, Quantitative Ability, Analytical & Logical Ability, and GK and Current Affairs. Also, the GAT paper will be bilingual, meaning the candidate can appear in the GAT paper either in English or Hindi. The choice of language has to be made when filling out the NIFT online application form.

Situation Test will be a hands on test that will check candidate's material handling and innovative ability. They will be asked to make a model or design using a given set of materials. A write is also required for the model.

IIT Bombay declared the results of CEED 2026 online on March 04, 2026. To check results, the candidate needs to log in to the result portals using their login ID. 

About 16475 candidates appeared in NIFT GAT exam, against the 17974 registeread candidates in year 2025. While 14586 candidates appeared in NIFT CAT exam against 15903 registered candidates.

Yes, Pearl Academy, New Friends Colony provides scholarship for BDes on basis of rank obtained in NIFT in the form of fee waiver on the semester component fees for the first year only. Details are mentioned below: