Exam

Requirements in terms of Residential/Domicile Criteria are as follows:
There is no Residential/Domicile requirement to appear in the examination.
However, the State (West Bengal) Residential/Domicile requirement is applicable for admission in any reserved category of seats.
The candidate needs to download the required proforma as per the detail given in section 6.1 below and keep the certificate ready to be produced during counselling, admission etc.
 If the certificate is then found to be invalid, the candidate will lose the opportunity of admission under reserve category.

The fee structure for the design courses offered by the NIFTs is published in the information brochure. The NIFT fee structure includes components like tuition fees, library fees, exam fees, mediclaim, etc. Additional, the fee may also be divided into refundable and non-refundable types.

The GAT or the General Ability Test is mandatory for all candidates. The various components of the GAT written exam is given below.

The candidate may note that the number of questions in each section may vary. Further, the difficulty level of questions may also vary between courses. 

The NIFT 2024 exam will be administered across 37 cities in the country. Note that each of these cities may have one or more exam centres. The candidate has to select their choice of exam city while filling out the NIFT 2024 application form.

List of NIFT 2024 exam cities

The information provided by the candidate when filling out the NIFT application form are verified by NIFT officials before any candidate is considered for admission in the first week of June.

The verification of original documents is conducted online. 

Note that at the time of counseling registration, the candidate is required to upload documents. 

Also, if the certificates are in any other language than Hindi/ English, then a certified translation in Hindi/ English produced duly verified by the issuing institution/ gazetted officer. If the candidate fails to produce the translation, the candidate may be denied admission. 

The application process for NIFT 2024 will be conducted online. After completing the application process, inclduing payment of fees, the candidate must download a printout of the application form.

In fact, the NIFT prospectus prescribes the candidate to “apply on time and keep a printout / photocopy of application form for further reference along with proof of payment.”

The NIFT 2024 application form is for admission to the B.Des, M.Des, B.F.Tech, M.F.Tech, and M.F.M courses. There are 18 participating NIFTs that currently have a combined intake of 5.215 seats.

No, in order to take admission in BTech course at Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute students need to clear AIEEE/CSAB/MGREEE exam. For more clarity, students can check the eligibility table from below: