NIFT

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.

Candidates seeking admission to the Master's courses at NIFT participating need to appear in a Personal Interview after qualifying in NIFT written exam. Personal Interview is conducted in an offline mode. The interview will evaluate the candidate on the parameters like Career orientation, Aptness for the course, Overall personal achievements in academics and co-curricular activities, Communication, General awareness and aptitude, creative and lateral thinking.

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.

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:

Students often lose marks in the NIFT Situation Test because of poor time management, weak creativity, untidy model presentation and lack of concept explanation. Many aspirants focus only on decoration instead of originality, functionality and clean finishing.

To reward meritorious applicants Pearl Academy, announces NIFT Rank Based Scholarship for eligible applicants seeking admission to its bachelor's degree. The eligibility to avail the scholarship is given below:

• Complete Class 12 by July 2026.
• Appear for and qualify the Creative Arts Education Society Entrance Examination, where applicable.
• Qualify in the NIFT Entrance Examination for Academic Year 2026.
• Rank between 1 and 1000 in the NIFT Entrance Examination. Applicants are required to submit the valid and verifiable NIFT Entrance Examination scorecard.

NIFT is a government-run institution, so its BDes fees are lower, around INR 6 - 9 lakh, compared to Arch College of Design and Business. Arch offers a more business-focused curriculum with its own incubation hub for start-ups. Arch also uses the AIEED exam, which focuses heavily on a student's overall creative mindset rather than just a written test.