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National Institute of Fashion Technology is the pioneer and most prestigious instituiton for fashion studies in India. There are in total 16 campuses of NIFT in all over India. A variety of UG and PG courses are offered. One of them is Bachelors of Design in Fashion Designing. In order to take admission into this course, candidates have to go throug an examination process. It consists of a written examination, followed by a situation test to be undertaken by shortlisted candidates of the written examination.

1.) WRITTEN EXAMINATION

• The written entrance examination is designed to test the knowledge, skill and aptitude of the candidates.
• It is a Paper Based Test (PBT).
• It consists of 2 sections: GAT & CAT
• GAT is General Ability Test. It can be given in both English and Hindi. It is a 2 hour paper consisting of 100 questions in total. The questions are divided across 5 sections: a.) Quantitative Ability- 20 questions                                                                                                                                                          b.) Communication Ability- 25 questions                                                                                                                                                    c.) English Comprehension- 25 questions                                                                                                                                                  d.) Analytical Ability- 15 questions                                                                                                                                                            e.) General Knowledge and Current Affairs- 15 questions                                                                       GAT carries a weightage of 30% in the final merit list of the examination.   
• CAT is  Creative Ability Test. This test is administered to judge the intuitive ability, power of observation in concept development and design ability of the candidate. An important aspect of the test is the creative and innovative use of colour and illustration skills.                                  CAT carries a weightage of 50% in the final merit list of the examination.                                                                                     

2.) SITUATION TEST

• Shortlisted candidates for B.Des from the written entrance examination are required to take a Situation Test which is a hands-on test to evaluate the candidate’s skills for material handling and innovative ability on a given situation with a given set of materials.
• No additional material will be provided / allowed. The model will be evaluated on space visualization, innovative and creative use of given material, composition of elements, colour scheme,construction skill, finesse of the model and overall presentation etc.
• These parameters will be checked with the write up explaining the concept behind the model constructed. Since the medium of instruction in NIFT is English, the write-up will be in English. No marks will be given for write-up in any other language.
• The evaluation of the test will be done by the Jury on the spot. 

PREPARATION FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

• Aspirants can do their preparation by refering to a variety of books like McGraw Hill Education, NIFT Exam Guide by Verma, Arihant NIFT Entrance Exam Self Study Guide, NIFT Entrance Examination (Guide) by D Mittal etc.
• Aspirants can also take coaching classes from private instituitions.

HOPE THIS INFORMATION IS HELPFUL TO YOU!