NIFT PG Entrance Exam 2025: Registration, Dates, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus, Preparation

Updated on 15th Sep, 2024 by rashidul.haque

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About NIFT PG 2025

The National Testing Agency is expected to conduct the NIFT PG entrance exam 2025 in February. NTA is yet to announce the schedule of NIFT PG 2025 entrance exam. NIFT offers admission into the postgraduate programmes for the eligible candidates. The authorities will release the NIFT PG notification 2025 online in November at nift.ac.in.

The National Institute of Fashion Technology offers PG courses as M.Design, M.F.M and M.F.Tech. Candidates willing to obtain admission to the PG programmes at National Institute of Fashion technology need to appear for the NIFT PG entrance exam 2025 . The applicants have to fill and submit the NIFT PG application form 2025 before the deadline.

Before applying, the candidates should check the NIFT PG eligibility criteria 2025. To apply for these postgraduate programmes, the aspirants need to have a bachelor's degree from a recognised university in the relevant field. During the NIFT PG 2025 application process, the applicants are required to make online payment of application fee.

Latest News and Updates of NIFT PG Exam 2025

NTA will release the NIFT PG notification 2025 on its official website - exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT. The NIFT PG application form 2025 will be released in November, 2024, tentatively. Candidates have to check the NIFT PG 2025 application form last date and submit before the deadline. NTA will conduct the NIFT PG entrance exam in February 2025.

The authorities will release the NIFT PG admit card schedule online. Candidates will be to download the NIFT PG 2025 admit card using the allotted login credentials. The aspirants need to carry the NIFT PG admit card 2025 along with a photo identity proof to the exam centre.

NIFT PG results will be declared by the authorities at the official website. The candidates appearing for M.Des need to appear for the Situation test after CAT and GAT tests. The students appearing for M.F.Tech and M.F.M need to appear for the personal interview round after the GAT test result declaration.

The authorities will declare the NIFT2025 final result in May tentatively for all the NIFT PG courses. The shortlisted candidates need to participate in the NIFT counselling 2025 and seat allotment process. The candidates will be notified about the NIFT 2025 counselling registration details according to the schedule. The NIFT 2025 seat allotment results will be released for each round as per the seat availability.

About NIFT PG Entrance Exam

National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts entrance exams for the applicants to provide admission into NIFT PG courses. NIFT offers various PG design programmes such as Masters of Design (MDes), Masters of Fashion Management (MFM) and Masters of Fashion Technology (MFTech) for a 2 year duration. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts NIFT entrance exam 2025 in a pen and paper mode. The shortlisted candidates will be offered admission into their campuses all over India, based on their scores in the NIFT PG entrance examination.

Full Exam Name	National Institute of Fashion Technology Entrance Examination PG
Short Exam Name	NIFT PG
Conducting Body	National Testing Agency
Frequency of Conduct	Once a year
Exam Level	National Level Exam
Languages	English
Mode of Application	Offline
Application Fee (General)	3000 Rs [Online]
Mode of Exam	Online
Mode of Counselling	Online
Exam Duration	2 Hours

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NIFT PG 2025 Eligibility Criteria

It is mandatory for the design aspirants to meet the NIFT PG eligibility criteria before proceeding to fill the NIFT PG application form 2025. Candidates can check the NIFT PG eligibility criteria 2025 specified as below.

For MDes & MFM Programmes :

Age Limit : There is no age limit to apply for MDes and MFM programmes.
Academic Qualification : Candidates who completed their undergraduate degree in any discipline from any recognized Institute/University. Also, the students who passed their undergraduate 3 years diploma from NIFT/NID.

For MFTech programme:

Age Limit : There is no age limit to apply for the MFTech programme.
Academic Qualification : Candidates who completed their BFTech. from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

(or)

B.E/B.Tech. from any recognized institute or university.

NOTE : The applicants appearing for the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply.

NIFT PG 2025 Application Process

Mode of Application : Offline

NTA is expected to release the NIFT PG 2025 application form on its official website - exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT. The NIFT PG registration form will be released tentatively in November 2024. The authorities will release the NIFT PG 2025 official brochure along with the NIFT notification 2025. Aspirants need to keep an eye on the official website for the release of NIFT PG application dates 2025.

How to apply for NIFT PG exam 2025?

The aspirants willing to seek admission to the PG courses are required to meet the eligibility criteria and apply for the NIFT PG 2025 exam. Here are the steps to fill the NIFT PG 2025 application form.

Visit the official website - exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT or nift.ac.in
Login using the ID and password allotted during NIFT PG registration.
Fill in the required details in the NIFT PG application form 2025.
Upload all the required documents.
Pay the NIFT PG application fee.
Submit and take the printout for further admission process.

Application Fees

Category	Quota	Mode	Gender	Amount
OBC, General		Online	Female, Transgender, Male	₹ 3000
SC, ST	PWD	Online	Female, Transgender, Male	₹ 1500

NIFT PG 2025 Exam Pattern

NIFT authorities will release the NIFT PG exam pattern 2025 through the official brochure online. The NIFT PG 2025 exam pattern consists of the types of questions, total number of questions, mode and duration of the exam. NIFT PG entrance exam consists of two test sections - GAT (General Ability Test) and CAT (Creative Ability Test). The shortlisted candidates need to appear for a personal interview round (PI). These tests differ for each programme which are as follows.

Programme	Test to appear	Test to appear	Test
MDes	GAT	CAT	PI
MFM	GAT	-	PI
MFTech	GAT	-	PI

Nift 2025 Weightage of All PG Programmes

Programmes	Test	Weightage
MDes	GAT	30%
	CAT	40%
	Personal Interview	30%
MFM	GAT	70%
MFM	Personal Interview	30%
MFTech	GAT	70%
MFTech	Personal Interview	30%

NIFT PG Exam Pattern 2025 - MDes Programme

Particulars	Details
Exam name	GAT (CBT)
Medium of the exam	English/Hindi
Exam duration	120 Minutes (2 hours)
Mode of the exam	Computer-Based Test
Sections	No. of Questions
Communication Ability	30
English Comprehension	30
Quantitative Ability	20
Analytical and Logical Ability	25
General Knowledge and Current Affairs	15
Total	120

NIFT PG Exam Pattern 2025 -MFTech & MFM Programmes

Particulars	MFTech	MFM
Exam name	GAT (CBT)	GAT (CBT)
Medium of the exam	English/Hindi	English/Hindi
Exam duration	180 Minutes (3 hours)	180 Minutes (3 hours)
Mode of the exam	Computer-Based Test	Computer-Based Test
Sections	No. of Questions
Communication Ability & English Comprehension	45	50
Case Study	25	40
Quantitative Ability	30	10
Analytical and Logical Ability	25	25
General Knowledge and Current Affairs	25	25
Total	150	150

The candidates shortlisted for the Masters programmes after the written entrance exam are required to undergo a Personal Interview (PI) round.

Note : The number of questions in each section and each course may vary from year to year. Also, the difficulty levels in the questions for all courses may vary.

NIFT PG 2025 Admit Card

The National Testing Agency will issue the NIFT PG 2025 exam admit card online. The schedule to download the NIFT PG exam admit card 2025 will be made available at exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT in January, tentatively. Candidates need to enter their login credentials to download the NIFT PG 2025 admit card. NIFT PG admit card contains details such as the candidate’s name, date of birth, application number, category, exam centre code, name and address, course name, reporting time and candidate’s signature.

Candidates have to take a printout of the NIFT PG exam admit card 2025 and carry it to the exam centre on the examination day. Also, along with the NIFT PG 2025 admit card the candidates have to carry a valid photo identity proof to the examination centre on the day of exam.

Steps to download the NIFT PG 2025 admit card

Visit the official website - nift.ac.in or exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT.
Click on the link ‘NIFT admit card’.
Enter the login credentials (application number and date of birth).
Click submit.
The NIFT PG admit card will be displayed on the screen.
Check for all the details mentioned on the NIFT PG exam admit card 2025.
Download the NIFT PG exam admit card 2025 and take a printout of the same for further use.

Along with the NIFT PG exam 2025 admit card, the candidate must carry any one of the following identity proofs to the examination centre.

Aadhaar Card
Passport
PAN Card
Driving License
Voter ID
Latest institute’s identity card

NIFT Admit Card
ID Proof

NIFT PG 2025 Answer Key

The NTA is expected to release the provisional NIFT answer key 2025 in February. The aspirants need to download the NIFT 2025 provisional answer key from the official website. Candidates use the NIFT answer key 2025 provisional to check their responses and estimate their probable scores before the release of NIFT PG final results. The authorities provide a certain duration for an objection window, for the candidates to raise an objection if any, by paying the fee specified per objection. The authorities will release the NIFT PG final answer key 2025 after closing the objection window.

How to download the NIFT PG 2025 answer key?

Candidates need to download the NIFT PG answer key 2025 using the below steps.

Visit the official NIFT website - nift.ac.in
Check for the “NIFT answer key 2025” link and click on it.
Log in using your login credentials.
The screen will display the NIFT PG 2025 answer key.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the download button for the NIFT PG 2025 answer key.
Compare the answers using the NIFT PG answer key 2025.
Mark the doubtful answers.
Calculate the score.

NIFT PG 2025 Result

The NTA will declare the NIFT PG 2025 exam result of the written test in February tentatively. The NIFT PG exam result 2025 will be declared on the official website - exams.nta.ac.in/NIFT or nift.ac.in. Candidates need to login using their login credentials such as the application number and date of birth to view and download the NIFT 2025 PG exam results. The NIFT PG results 2025 will be released in the form of a scorecard.

How to download the NIFT PG exam result 2025?

Candidates must follow the below steps to check and download the NIFT PG 2025 exam results.

Visit the NIFT’s official website - nift.ac.in.
Check and click on the 'NIFT Final Result 2025'.
Login using the application number and password/date of birth.
Click 'Submit'.
The NIFT PG 2025 results will appear on the screen.
Click on the ‘download’ button.
Take a printout of the downloaded NIFT PG results 2025 for further admission process.

NIFT PG 2025 Cutoff

The NIFT PG 2025 exam cutoff will be released at the official website - nift.ac.in by the authorities. The NIFT PG cutoff 2025 is the minimum score required for candidates to qualify to obtain admission into the NIFT PG programmes. The NIFT PG 2025 exam cutoff will be based on different factors such as the difficulty levels of the exam, total number of applications, the number of candidates appeared for the exam, and the number of available seats. The NIFT PG cutoff 2025 varies every year.

The authorities will release the NIFT PG exam 2025 cutoff in the form of opening and closing ranks for each category, that includes Open, OBC-NC, SC, ST, PwD, EWS, NRI, Domicile-Open, Dom-UR, Dom-SC, SC-PwD, and ST-PwD. NIFT PG cutoff indicates the last rank at which the candidate is offered the admission.

NIFT PG 2025 Counselling

Mode of Counselling: Online

The NIFT officials will release the NIFT PG exam counselling dates 2025 through the official website - nift.ac.in. The students shortlisted need to register for the NIFT PG 2025 counselling online using the login credentials. The NIFT PG counselling 2025 will be conducted in multiple rounds. During the NIFT PG counselling process, the selected candidates will be allocated seats as per preference in various NIFT campuses based on the ranks.

The steps of NIFT PG exam counselling 2025 include the following.

Registration : Candidates have to register online for the NIFT PG counselling process.
Choice Filling : During the NIFT PG counselling registration process, the candidates need to select their preferred campuses.
Document Verification : The candidates need to upload the required documents as the NIFT authorities will verify them to confirm the seat eligibility.
Seat Allotment: NIFT PG seats to the candidates will be allotted based on rank obtained, preference, and the seat availability.
Payment of Fees : After NIFT PG seat allotment, the selected candidates need to pay the admission fee within the specified time limit to confirm their seat allotment.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Question: What is the age limit to apply for the NIFT PG programmes?

Answer:

There is no age limit for the candidates to apply for the NIFT PG courses.

Question: Will the NIFT PG exam results 2025 be declared online or through email communication or any hard copy?

Answer:

The NIFT PG 2025 results will be declared online at the official website of NIFT - nift.ac.in. The NIFT PG results 2025 will not be sent either through email or post (hard copy).