Located in Kharghar, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai (NIFT) was founded in 1995 in ‘Fashion Capital of India’. The institute has attained national repute for its pre-eminent status as an industry oriented state-of-art training centre and has reached the pinnacle of academic excellence and thought leadership on different fashion platforms.
NIFT Mumbai offers 23 UG and PG level courses to aspirants in design stream. The institute has highly trained faculties with strong industry connect. NIFT Mumbai offers employment opportunities to aspirants across all NIFT Centres.
Leading national and international apparel companies vie with each other to recruit NIFT professionals, the star employers being Blackberrys, Globus, Pantaloon, Proline, S.Kumar’s Titan, Carbon, Mundra Garments and many others.
It has been ranked No.2 among top fashion institutes in India by the EducationWorld C-fore survey 2013.
Spread over 10 acres, NIFT Mumbai provides state-of-the-art infrastructure in terms of class room equipment, computer labs and classrooms. Apart from the academic infrastructure, the campus possesses latest sports infrastructure and the students have been provided with a recreation centre, gymnasium and indoor & outdoor sports facility.
NIFT, Mumbai has world class infrastructure, highly equipped labs and machine rooms. The institute also provides state of the art hostel facilities for girls and boys students with well-equipped mess facilities. The design school has nine computer labs, an auditorium with seating capacity of 350 people and highly equipped labs as well as design studio. It has a newly constructed ramp room in the academic block II for in-house fashion shows and competitions. The NIFT campus also hosts The Design Studio which offers ample opportunity to students to experiment and innovate.
Undergraduate:
B.Des. (Fashion Design)
B.Des. (Leather Design)
B.Des. (Accessory Design)
B.Des. (Textile Design)
B.Des. (Knitwear Design)
B.Des. (Fashion Communication)
B.FTech. (Apparel Production)
Postgraduate:
M.Des. (Master of Design)
M.F.M. (Master of Fashion Management)
M.FTech. (Master of Fashion Technology)
Doctoral Programmes in Design, Management and Technology
Continuing Education Programmes:
Creative Pattern Making
Design Development for Indian Ethnic Wear
Contemporary Bridal Trousseu
Creative Fashion Styling
Apparel Costing and Fashion Merchandising Management
Fashion Graphics and Product Modeling
E-commerce for Fashion Business
Fashion and Clothing Technology
Fashion Retail Management
Garment Manufacturing and Fashion Merchandising
Luxury Product Design
UI/UX Design
Visual Merchandising
Placement
The NIFT has a centralised placement process. Companies can employ students from any campus or course of the institute through two routes which are facilitated by the institute:
On Campus Placements: Companies can register for campus placements. Upon being given a confirmed time and date, they may come to the campus for the placement procedure.
Pre-Placement Offers (PPO): Companies can extend a job offer to students before the on-campus placement. Acceptance of the offer is considered as job placement.
NIFT Mumbai placements have top designers as well as companies from FMCG, journalism and media background. Some of the top organisations are Amore Magazine, Artex Apparel, Arvind Lt, Bata India, Blackberries, Decathlon, Monte Carlo.
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SportsThe NIFT entrance exam is three-tiered in its format for BDes and MDes course admissions. As part of the NIFT entrance exam 2021 for BDes and MDes admissions, candidates have to first appear for Creative Ability Test (CAT) and General Ability Test (GAT).
For admission in NIFT BFTech aspirants should have completed their Class 12 from a recognised board wherein they have studied subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Candidates should have secured passing marks in their Class 12 exam.
Undergraduate admission:
Candidates can apply to the college through the NIFT Entrance Exam conducted by the authority. Candidates must pass the 12th level examination from any recognised board. Maximum age limit for general candidates is 23 years as on 1st October, 2021.
Postgraduate admission:
Candidates should have undergraduate degree in any discipline from any recognised institute/university. For admission in NIFT MFTech aspirants should have pursued BFTech course at the undergraduate level to be eligible for MFTech course admissions. There is no age limit for NIFT admission in MFTech course.
Fees
Total fee for undergraduate courses in NIFT Mumbai is Rs.12,84,900. For two-years postgraduate programmes total fee is Rs.5,81,400. For artisans or children of artisans total fee for B Des courses is Rs.10,85,000.
NIFT Mumbai ranked 3rd Best Fashion Technology Institute in India Today 2017.
NIFT Mumbai successfully conducted ‘6th Handloom Day Celebrations’ in 2020 to promote the exquisite skill of weavers and artisan communities among the urban consumers through NIFT Social media campaign.
NIFT provides accommodation to girl students within the campus. The hostels are equipped with modern furniture and fixtures. Each hostel room houses a bed, mattresses, study table, chair and wardrobes. The hostel provides pantry, medical room, 24 hours hot and cold water facilities, lady warden, Doctor on call and 24 hours security.
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