Eligibility criteria for NIFT programs are given below:

• B.Des Programs:

You must have passed one of the following:

• 10+2 exam from a recognized board (CBSE, State Board, etc.)
• National Open School Senior Secondary Exam (minimum 5 subjects)
• 3- or 4-year diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education
• Equivalent exam recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
• General Certificate Education (GCE) Advanced (A) level
• International Baccalaureate (IB)

• B.F. Tech Program:

        You must have passed one of the following exams, with             Mathematics:

• 10+2 exam from a recognized board (CBSE, State Board, etc.)
• National Open School Senior Secondary Exam (minimum 5 subjects)
• 3- or 4-year diploma in any branch of Engineering recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education
• Equivalent exam recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
• General Certificate Education (GCE) Advanced (A) level
• International Baccalaureate (IB)

• M.Des/M.F.M Program:
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.

• OR
• 3-year diploma from NIFT/NID.

• M.F.Tech Program: 

• B.F.Tech. from NIFT.
• OR
• B.E/B.Tech. from a recognized Indian institute/university.
• OR
• B.F.Tech. (4-year program) from a recognized Indian institute/university.

The NIFT Written Exam (CAT / GAT) will be conducted in the following 82 cities in India: Anand, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Amravati, Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bilaspur Hp, Berhampur-Ganjam, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Chahatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Dhanbad Dehradun, Delhi ncr, Ernakulam, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Gwalior, Gangtok, Haldwani, Hyderabad, Hisar, Imphal, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Jammu, Jagdalpur, Jodhpur, Kavaratti, Kurnool, Kangra, Kanpur, Kozhikode, Kollam, Kohima, Kurukshetra, Kannur, Kolkata, Kottayam, Kolhapur, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Leh/Kargil, Mohali, Muzaffarpur, Muzaffarnagar, Mangaluru, Madurai, Mapusa, Mhesana, Mumbai, Meerut, Naharlagun, Nagpur, Nanded, Patna, Pune, Port Blair, Pondicherry, Rajahamundry, Rajkot, Raipur, Ranchi, Satna,  Silvassa, Surat, Shillong, Tiruchirappalli, Tirupathi, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Mumbai / Thane, Udaipur, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Vellore,  Salem, Shillong and Srinagar.

The Situation Tests & GDPI are conducted in the different NIFT campuses

A variety of questions can be asked in Situation Test. The student will be asked to make mementos, models of accessories, models for social causes, abstract installations, etc. On our website, you can find the latest Situation test realted NIFT sample paper and NIFT question paper for 2018 and that of before.

NIFT Situation Test is for the admission to B.Des program. You can find the NIFT entrance exam sample papers for the same on our website. Here is a glimpse at the pattern of the test.

• • Shortlisted candidates who had written the CAT and GAR papers need to take a Situation Test in April 2025.
  • This is a hands-on test that evaluates the candidate’s innovative ability for a given situation with a provided set of material. Thus, the test also analyzes the material handling skill of the candidate.
  • The model is judged on the basis of space visualization, creative use of provided material, colour scheme, composition of elements, and finesse of model, construction skill, and its overall presentation.
  • These parameters will be then checked with the concept explained in a write-up for the constructed model. The language for the write-up must be English.

The admission of applicant to NIFT’s programs is according to passing the different tests in entrance exam and eligibility criteria. CAT and GAT are written tests, whereas GDPI and Situation Test are practical tests. You can find ample support for NIFT entrance exam in Mumbai and other related tests at our institution. Below we have provided weightage assigned to every test:

• • For B.Des test type CAT (Creative Ability Test), the weightage is 50%. Test time is in January and the test duration is for 3 hours.
  • For B.Des test type GAT (General Ability Test), the weightage is 30%. Test time is in January and test duration is for 2 hours.
  • For B.Des Situation Test, weightage is 20%. Test time is in April and test duration is for 2 hours.
  • For B.F.Tech test type GAT, the weightage is 100%. Test time is in January and test duration is 3 hours.
  • For M.Des test type CAT, weightage is 40%. Test time is January and test duration is 3 hours.
  • For M.Des GAT, weightage is 30%. Test time is January and test duration is 2 hours.
  • For M.Des Personal interview/GD, weightage is 30% and test time is in May.
  • For M.F.Tech/M.F.M, test time is January, test duration is 3 hours, and weightage is 70%. Weightage for GD/personal interview is 30% and test time is in May.

In accordance with rules of Government of India, citizens get reservation of seats on the basis of following categories:

• GEN-EWS is 50.5%.
• SC seat reservation is 15%.
• OBC-NC seat reservation is 27%.
• ST seat reservation is 7.5%.
• PWD is 5%

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We at SILICA offer NIFT entrance exam preparations in Mumbai to students from all the above-categories with no room for discrimination.