NIFT

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.

In case there unfilled seats in the OBC (NCL), EWS and domicile (Open) and domicile (OBC NCL) category, these seats will be converted to open category after a minimum of two rounds of seat allocation. 

The candidate has to select their category at the time of filling out the NIFT application form. Also, the candidate must ensure that they have the requisite valid and verificable certificate for the category chosen.

If the candidate fails to submit proper documents, he or she will be considered under open category. Also

Yes, NIFT has the right to cancel any of the examination centres. Also, in such a scenario, the candidate will be allocated an alternate centre. 

Note that any change in NIFT 2024 exam centre will be notified on the NIFT admission portal - niftadmissions.in. The candidate will also be provided with a helpline number, where they can reach out in case of any doubts or issues.

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The NIFT and NID DAT are different entrance exams. Also, while the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) released an official syllabus for the NIFT entrance exam, the National Institute of Design (NID) doesn’t release any official syllabus.

So, the only option for the NID aspirant is to consult previous years’ papers and sample test papers to get an idea regarding the types of questions that may be asked in the NID DAT 2024 exam.

And no, the NIFT 2024 syllabus cannot be relied on to prepare for the NID DAT exam. The candidate may refer to the NIFT syllabus only to further their knowledge.

NIFT Bangalore releases course-wise merit ranks after the conclusion of the NIFT Entrance Exam. The selection procedure is further carried out as per the merit ranks. The opening and closing merit rank 2022 for some of the courses is mentioned below:

Check all the course's merit list rank here.

During the NIFT Bangalore course admission, seat intake for each course plays an important part. The seat allotment or selection is done based on the seat intake along with other important parameters. Tabulated below are the course-wise total seat intake at NIFT Bangalore:

NOTE: The seat intake mentioned above for each course is taken from unofficial sources. Hence, may vary.