National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is an Institute of Design, Management and Technology, under Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. This premium institute started admission for the academic year 2025 in the four year Bachelors program and two year masters program. The Bachelor of Design offered in Accessory Design, Fashion Communication, Fashion Design, Knitwear Design, Leather Design, Textile Design, for the students of 10 2 in any stream & Apparel Production (B.F.Tech.) for students from non-medical stream.

NIFT also offers Master of Design & Master of Fashion Management (MFM) for the students having Graduation in any discipline and M.F.Tech for B.E/ B.Tech/ B.F.Tech. students. There are also different Continuing Education Programmes (CEP) with duration varied from one month to one year for 10th and 12th standard candidates.
Since 1986, NIFT has played a pioneering role in envisioning and evolving fashion and industrial business education in the country. Through its network of nineteen professionally managed Campuses, it played a leadership role in catalysing the Indian fashion industry in adopting new design methodologies, manufacturing technologies and merchandising practices.
The degrees awarded by the Institute are recognized by the academia worldwide. NIFT prepares students to produce solutions nearly to any challenge within the industry of fashion, technology and management. Over the years, the institute has emerged as a hub of innovation in the realm of design, management and technology.
The Design Department has been instrumental in bringing about a paradigm shift in design perception in India. This four year program has been designed in such a way that it works closely with fashion professionals so as to evolve a distinctive and exceptional fashion identity. The students are trained to anticipate and address relevant concerns and issues. A logical, sequential, hands-on experience enables students to conceptualize designs, make patterns, drape and construct garments of impeccable quality.
The course of content includes Basic Design Skills and processes leading to conceptual skills and ideation for creative mobilisation for processes and strategies for innovation. The students are exposed to international trends and forecasting to remain updated with the international fashion and taught to remain rooted through craft cluster projects within the society. They are exposed to the business, merchandising and marketing side of the fashion business, to become entrepreneurs.
The design department maintains a garment construction and pattern making & draping labs stoked with modern electric direct driven machines, steam iron, double needed lock stitch, four thread lock stitch and specialized pattern making tables. These labs are the breeding ground for heightened creativity, unique approach and innovative prospective’ in relation to garment making.
There is a good scope for such courses as market demands the same . About eighty percent students placed by different recruiting companies with 3.8 Lakhs as an average annual salary. The program prepares students to pursue careers as Designers, Stylists, Freelance Design Consultants, Design Managers, Pattern Engineers, Illustrators, Fashion Trend Forum Organizers, Assistant Professors and Entrepreneurs. The star alumni of NIFT in Design are; Manish Arora, Ritu Beri, Gaurav Gupta, Nida Mahmood, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Ashish Soni, etc.
Similarly Fashion Communication is a four year popular course that enables students to acquire communication skills pertinent to the Fashion and Lifestyle industry. With a multitude of prey and luxury brands, mushrooming in the Indian retail scenario, fashion communication has become essential for each one of them to develop a unique brand identity for maximum impact in the domain of Fashion and Lifestyle.
The FC department maintains a photography and Computer labs that includes the most advanced hard wares. Thus ‘Fashion Communication’ forms the core of the whole business of Fashion industry.
There is a bright Scope of such programs. About ninety percent of students placed by different recruiting companies with 4.8 Lakhs as an average salary. The program prepares students to pursue careers as Graphic Designers, Photography, Visual Merchandisers, Fashion Journalists, Cartoonist, Design Managers, Publication Managers, Assistant Professors, etc. The star alumni of NIFT in Fashion Communication are; Divya Narang (Tanshq), Alpi Boylla (FDCI), Amandeep Kaur (Marie Claire), Mahelaqua Alam (Samsung), Pooja Saxena (Apple, USA), Priyanka Misra (Harper’s Bazaar).
The School of Design Space is a two year multidisciplinary program. The”main aim of this program is to encourage design thinking and impart a wider perspective and a broader perception to the thoughts and ideas of tomorrow. Through this program, the skills and ideas of students are brought together in a new exciting ways. This program enable students to learn the
Tools for identifying and capturing new trends and articulate them within the socio-cultural context, eventually applying it with market demand. And makes them as Media analysts,
Visual Semanticists, Fashion Merchandisers, Trends spotters & Visual Researchers.
Similarly School of Fashion Management and Technology offers two year master’s course in MFM and M.F.Tech respectively. These two year Master’s courses are meant with the key areas as Fashion Management Studies and Fashion Technology. The subjects focus on Retailing, Marketing, Merchandising, Consumer
Insights and the Basics of Entrepreneurship. This makes them fashion consultants and entrepreneurs. And in M.F.Tech, it develops an understanding of the product and its technical requirements as well as database modelling techniques. This makes them front & back end designers for a dynamic website to promote fashion e-business.
In short NIFT is not only a platform by earning livelihood through its professional, industrial & practical based different programs, but it is also an earning hand to the artisans by reviving our age old dying crafts. NIFT is a centre of excellence in fashion business education, a nodal agency for benchmarking fashion education in India and apex body for training of trainees in fashion business education.
Admissions 2025: The admission to all Bachelor and Master Programs being offered by NIFT through National Testing Agency (NTA). There is also a special quota available for J&K domicile aspirants with 12 seats each in Accessory Design, Fashion Design, Textile Design, Fashion Communication and MFM programs offered by NIFT Campus Ompora, Budgam. The online registration is open upto 6th January, 2025. (https://exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT/)
The admission is based on a Written Entrance Examination to be held on 9th February, 2017 at different Centres throughout India including Jammu and Srinagar. For detailed information refer to NIFT official website (www.nift.ac.in).

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