The National Institute of Fashion Technology or more commonly known as the NIFT, is an institute leading the Indian education in terms of Fashion. The NIFT courses offered to a candidate are in plenty for them to choose.
The courses offered by NIFT are listed below:
B.Des is an undergraduate programme which is offered to aspirants with different specialities as well. Aspirants can specialise in NIFT Fashion Designing courses, such as–Fashion Design / Leather Design / Accessory Design / Textile Design / Knitwear Design / Fashion Communication. To gain admission in the course of B.Des, students must qualify for the entrance examination, which will be conducted through two tests–GAT, CAT and if the candidate qualifies, then they also have to appear for the situation test for the same. A candidate qualifying all the above rounds will be granted admission.
The Bachelor of Fashion Technology programme is offered in Apparel Production only. The admissions to this programme are also based on merit only. However, a candidate has to appear for the GAT exam only if they seek admission in B.F.Tech, unlike the B.Des.
There are other courses offered at NIFT too at the Master’s level–Masters of design, Masters of fashion management, Masters of fashion technology.
This programme has made innovations in the areas of Mall Management, E-Business and Store Operations. There are new areas of study in the programme are Intellectual Property Rights, Social Media Marketing, Luxury Management, Services Marketing, e-commerce and the study of Special Product Groups have also been included in the curriculum.
This programme would equip the graduates to hold key positions large fashion, design or corporate houses in the areas of Craft, Textiles, Special Needs, Publications, Media, Lifestyle Products, Graphics and User Experience Design. Candidates have to appear for the NIFT entrance exam as it is the mode of admission.
