NIFT - Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor’s Programs

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F Tech.) in

• Fashion Design
• Leather Design
• Textile Design
• Knitwear Design
• Accessory Design
• Communication Design

Eligibility: For all the above Bachelor’s program the minimum educational qualification of the candidate is that he/she should have completed 10+2 from any Public School/ Board/ University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system or should have passed grade in Sr. Secondary Examination conducted by National Open School with minimum of five subjects.

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F Tech.) in Apparel Production 

Eligibility: For this program a candidate should have the same qualification as stated above with Physics, Chemistry & Maths as core subjects at 10+2 level.

Master’s Program

Master of Fashion Technology (M.F Tech.) in Management

Eligibility: Graduate or equivalent in any discipline recognized by the Association of Indian Universities OR Diploma in Accessory / Fashion Design / FIT from NIFT only.

Master of Fashion Technology (M.F Tech.) in Apparel Production 

Eligibility: B.E. / B. Tech (Textiles / Apparel / Mechanical / Industrial / Production/ Electronics / Computer Science / Information Technology)

Master of Fashion Technology (M.F Tech.) in Design Space

Eligibility: Graduate or equivalent in any discipline recognized by the Association of Indian Universities OR Diploma in Accessory / Fashion/Textiles/Communication Design or any Design discipline / FIT from NIFT only.

Note: NIFT has no age bar for any of the programs.

NRI/Foreign Nationals

Fifteen percent (15%) of total seats on supernumerary basis in each discipline is reserved for admission of Foreign Nationals whether residing in India or abroad, applicant from SAARC countries and Non Resident Indian as specified in the Income Tax Act. 1961. The admission to NIFT programs for foreign nationals / NRI candidates will be based only on the written examination. The written examination of the candidates applying under this category is normally conducted in the premises of the Indian Embassy / Mission of the respective country.

Non Resident under Income Tax Act, 1961

The definition of a non-resident for the purpose of Indian Income Tax Act is different than that under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. Residential status is determined on the basis of physical presence for every year separately as per the provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961.

A. Resident

(a) An individual is resident if any of the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)  he stayed in India for 182 days or more during the previous year
(ii) he stayed in India for 365 days or more during the four preceding years and stays in India for at least 60 days (182 days in case of an Indian Citizen or a person of Indian Origin coming on a visit to India or 182 days in case of an Indian citizen going abroad for an employment) during the previous year.

(b) Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) or firm or other Association of persons is resident of India except in cases where the control and the management of its affairs is wholly situated outside India in that previous year.

(c) A Company is resident in India if-

(i)   it is an Indian Company or
(ii)  during the previous year, the control and management is situated wholly in India.

B. Non Resident

A person is non-resident if he is not resident in India.

C. Resident but not Ordinarily Resident

An individual or Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) is treated to be not ordinarily resident in India in any previous year if he or the manager of HUF-

(a) has been resident in India in at least 2 out of 10 previous years immediately preceding the relevant previous year.