National Institute of Fashion Technology Admission 2019

The National Institute of Fashion Technology is a leader in fashion education with the ability to integrate knowledge, traditional arts, contemporary thought, academic freedom, innovations in design & technology and creative thinking to continuously upgrade its curriculum to address the changing needs of the industry. Its history of more than three decades at the pinnacle of fashion education stands as a testimony to its focus on core values where academic excellence has been nurtured. The institute has stood as a beacon of industry-academia engagement and a key enabler in developing competent professionals.

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), set up in 1986 under the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is a Statutory Institute governed by the NIFT Act 2006. Bringing in a wide range of aesthetic & intellectual orientations, the early instructors included leading progressive scholars from Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA.

Academic inclusiveness has been the key thought in the expansion plans of the institute. NIFT, today, has spread its wings across the length and breadth of the country. Through its 16 professionally managed campuses, National Institute of Fashion Technology provides an excellent environment to its students from different parts of the country to achieve their highest potential through the programmes offered. Since the early years of its inception,

the institute has provided a firm foundation in fashion education in the domains of Design, Management and Technology. Since then, NIFT has continued to set and achieve higher academic standards.

The in-house faculty was drawn in from a distinguished group of intellectuals who put forth a sense of dynamism creating a pathway to effective learning. Pupul Jaykar Hall at NIFT headquartered in New Delhi is a reminiscence of many educational thinkers and visionaries who have been instrumental to the institute’s road map to success.

NIFT regularly strengthens its academic strategy. Invigorating thought leadership, research stimulus, industry focus, creative enterprise and peer learning have reinforced the institute’s academic bedrock. Fostering a new generation of creative thinkers, the institute is empowered to award Degrees in undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral studies. In pursuance of its objective of providing comprehensive world-class academic learning environment, the institute has entered into strategic alliances with leading international institutes.

NIFT is committed to academic excellence in fashion education. The vision of the institute embraces challenges and provides the impetus in setting highest academic standards. NIFT continues to strive to be nothing but the best. Over the years, the role and possibilities of design, management and technology have expanded manifold. At NIFT we constantly endeavor to stay ahead of the industry and act as a leader for guiding the fashion scenario of India. The curriculum is reviewed regularly to meet the current and future demands and NIFT announces the Admissions 2019 with a new restructured curriculum with enhanced creative potential and flexibility ahead of the times. The key features are concept of Majors and Minors, specialisations within the programme, and a basket of General Electives
to choose from, leading to individuated pathways.