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The National Institute of Fashion Technology offers design admissions into its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. These NIFT admissions are based on the scores of the NIFT entrance exam. To obtain admission into the design programmes for NIFT 2026, candidates wonder “what rank is required for NIFT Hyderabad?”. For this, the NIFT officials will release the rank required for NIFT Hyderabad in the form of CMR online at nift.admissions.nic.in. Aspirants can also know ‘what is CMR in NIFT?’.
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CMR is the Common Merit Rank required for admission into the NIFT campuses in India. The CMR for Hyderabad is the opening and closing rank required by the candidates for getting NIFT admission. Applicants need to know the NIFT Cutoff required for Hyderabad to get admission.
The authorities at NIFT will release the NIFT Cutoff category-wise and round-wise after NIFT counselling at nift.admissions.nic.in. Candidates can check the NIFT cutoff marks with each round of counselling results for UG and PG programmes. NIFT Hyderabad rank requirement will be updated after its release. Meanwhile, aspirants can check the expected rank required for NIFT Hyderabad.
Aspirants need to know the expected rank required for NIFT Hyderabad. Hence, for an idea of how much rank is required, candidates can check the provided previous year’s NIFT 2025 Cutoff with the opening and closing ranks of NIFT programmes for the open category.
UG Programmes | Opening & closing ranks |
BDes Knitwear design | Round 1: 518-1146 Round 2: 1154-1199 Round 3: 607-1220 |
BDes Accessory design | Round 1: 338-452 Round 2: 474-576 Round 3: NA |
BDes Fashion Communication | Round 1: 93-209 Round 2: 235-264 Round 3: NA |
BDes Fashion Design | Round 1: 229-370 Round 2: 372-426 Round 3: NA |
BDes Textile Design | Round 1: 439-945 Round 2: 752-962 Round 3: 940-976 |
BFTech Apparel production | Round 1: 70-202 Round 2: 218-291 Round 3: 293-382 |
PG Programmes | Rank Required |
MFM | Round 1: 17-102 Round 2: 91-108 Round 3: 114-114 |
There exists certain factors on which the NIFT seat allocation depends on. Listed below are the factors which the candidates can note.
Total number of applications received
Total numbers of candidates appeared for the entrance exam
Difficulty levels of the exam
Total number of seats available
Previous year trends
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The NIFT 2026 seat matrix will be released online through the official brochure at nift.ac.in. Meanwhile, to know how many seats are available in each programme at NIFT Hyderabad, candidates can refer to the NIFT seat matrix as per the previous year.
Programme name | Total number of seats |
BDes Accessory design | 38 |
BDes Fashion communication | 38 |
BDes Fashion design | 38 |
BDes Knitwear design | 38 |
BDes Textile design | 38 |
BFTech Apparel Production | 38 |
Master of Fashion Management (MFM) | 38 |
Total | 266 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
NIFT Hyderabad offers only Master of Fashion Management (MFM) under the postgraduate programme.
A total of 38 seats are available for BDes Fashion design programme at NIFT Hyderabad.
The NIFT opening and closing rank is the rank required to obtain admission by the candidate at the NIFT campus for design programme.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Neharika
These are the topics which are most important in the Current affairs section in respect to NIFT Entrance Exam:
1. National and International Awards and Honors
2. Government Schemes and Initiatives
3. Sports
4. Appointments and Newsmakers
5. Science and Technology
6. Indian and World Economy
7. International Relations
8. Fashion Industry Updates
9. Books and Authors
10. Art and Culture
11. Environmental and Social Issues
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Hello,
According to the sources, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) entrance exam for 2026 will be held in February 2026. Also, the registration period may open from November 2025.
I hope it will clear your query!!
Dear Candidate ,
Yes , you are eligible for NIFT - UG 2026 . Based on your birthdate , you will be 19 years old as of August 1 , 2026 , which is well within the age limit .
NIFT requires applicants to be under 24 years of age on August 1 of the admission year , with a 5 year relaxation for SC/ST/PwD candidates .
Hello
The syllabus of NIFT 2026 will be released on October 2025 by Nift officials on their official website nift.ac.in . The syllabus comprises of topics General Ability Test (GAT) and Creative Ability Test (CAT). The syllabus is different for UG and PG programmes. The GAT syllabus consists of :
The CAT syllabus consists important topics like
To download the complete syllabus kindly refer this
https://design.careers360.com/articles/nift-syllabus
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