The candidates who are willing to appear for the NIFT Entrance Exam 2021 and are looking forward to the admissions in one of the NIFT campuses can check out the detailed Category and State-Wise NIFT Seat Matrix 2021 along with NIFT 2021 Seat Reservation.
NIFT Seat Matrix 2021 represents the total number of seats offered by all the National Institutes of Fashion Technology (NIFTs) for courses including Bachelor of Design (B.Des), Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech), Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M), Master of Design (M.Des), and Master of Fashion Technology (M.F.Tech). Checking the NIFT Seat Matrix 2021 provides an idea of the total number of available seats in the chosen course and the chances of getting admission in the desired college.
This article shall give you an idea of the seat matrix of NIFT 2021 along with the number of seats available in each of the NIFTs in India, and so on. Scroll through the page to get the detailed seat matrix of NIFT 2021.
NIFT Entrance Exam: Quick Overview
Have a look at the specifications of NIFT Entrance Exam 2021:
Event Details | Specifications |
Conducting Body | National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) |
Exam Name | National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Entrance Exam |
Exam Frequency | Once a Year |
Exam Level | National |
Exam Mode | Offline |
CAT for B.Des Duration | 3 Hours |
GAT for B.Des & M.Des | 2 Hours |
GAT for B.F.Tech, M.F.M, M.F.Tech | 3 Hours |
Exam Purpose | Admission into NIFTs |
Course Offered | B.Des, B.F.Tech, M.F.Tech, M.Des, M.F.M |
Language | English |
No. of Test Cities | 32 cities in India |
No. of Colleges Accepting NIFT score | 16 |
NIFT 2021 College-Wise Seat Availability
Check out the seat availability in all the National Institutes of Fashion Technology spread across the country:
States | Bengaluru | Bhopal | |||
Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | |||||
Accessory Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Fashion Design | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knitwear Design | 37 | 5 | |||
Textile Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Fashion Communication | 37 | 5 | |||
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)- Technology | |||||
Apparel Production | 37 | 5 | |||
Master Programmes | |||||
Master of Design (M.Des) | 37 | 5 | |||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 37 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 3 |
Master of Fashion Technology (M.F.Tech) | 31 | 4 | |||
Total | 327 | 44 | 103 | 21 | 9 |
States | Chennai | Gandhinagar | ||
Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | ||||
Accessory Design | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Leather Design | 37 | 5 | ||
Fashion Design | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Textile Design | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Fashion Communication | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Knitwear Design | 37 | 5 | ||
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)- Technology | ||||
Apparel Production | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Master Programmes | ||||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Master of Fashion Technology (M.F.Tech) | 31 | 4 | 31 | 4 |
Total | 327 | 44 | 253 | 34 |
States | |||||
Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | |||||
Fashion Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Accessory Design | 37 | 5 | |||
Textile Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Knitwear Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Fashion Communication | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)- Technology | |||||
Apparel Production | 37 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 3 |
Master Programmes | |||||
Master of Design (M.Des) | 35 | 7 | 3 | ||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 37 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 3 |
Total | 259 | 35 | 241 | 49 | 21 |
States | ||||
Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | ||||
Fashion Design | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Leather Design | 37 | 5 | ||
Accessory Design | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Textile Design | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Knitwear Design | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Fashion Communication | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)- Technology | ||||
Apparel Production | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Master Programmes | ||||
Master of Design (M.Des) | 37 | 5 | ||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
Total | 296 | 40 | 296 | 40 |
States | |||||
Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | |||||
Fashion Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Leather Design | 37 | 5 | |||
Accessory Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Textile Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Knitwear Design | 37 | 5 | |||
Fashion Communication | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)- Technology | |||||
Apparel Production | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Master Programmes | |||||
Master of Design (M.Des) | 37 | 5 | |||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 37 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 3 |
Master of Fashion Technology (M.F.Tech) | 31 | 4 | |||
Total | 364 | 49 | 205 | 42 | 18 |
States | Raebareli | ||||
Reserved | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | |||||
Fashion Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Leather Design | 37 | 5 | |||
Accessory Design | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Fashion Communication | 37 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Master Programmes | |||||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 37 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 3 |
Total | 185 | 25 | 103 | 21 | 9 |
States | ||||||
Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | ||||||
Fashion Design | 34 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Accessory Design | 34 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Textile Design | 34 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Fashion Communication | 34 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)- Technology | ||||||
Apparel Production | 35 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 7 | 3 |
Master Programmes | ||||||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 35 | 7 | 3 | |||
Total | 171 | 35 | 15 | 206 | 42 | 18 |
States | Bhubaneswar | Srinagar | ||||
Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Reserved | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | |
Bachelor of Design (B.Des) - Design | ||||||
Fashion Design | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 5 |
Accessory Design | 34 | 7 | 3 | |||
Textile Design | 34 | 7 | 3 | |||
Fashion Communication | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 5 |
Bachelor Programmes - Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech)- Technology | ||||||
Apparel Production | 35 | 7 | 3 | |||
Master Programmes | ||||||
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M) | 37 | 7 | 3 | |||
Total | 206 | 42 | 18 | 48 | 26 | 10 |
NIFT 2021 Category-Wise Seat Availability
Given below are the number of seats available for categories like Open, SC, ST, OBC (NCL), Gen-EWS, PwD (Open, SC, ST, OBC (NCL)/ State Domicile/ NRI/ OCI/ Foreign Nationals/ SAARC:
Courses | Open, SC, ST, OBC (NCL), Gen-EWS, PwD (Open, SC, ST, OBC (NCL) | State Domicile | NRI/OCI/Foreign Nationals/SAARC | Grand Total |
Bachelor of Design | 524 | 55 | 63 | 642 |
Fashion Design (FD) | 148 | 0 | 20 | 168 |
Leather Design (LD) | 500 | 42 | 58 | 600 |
Accessory Design (AD) | 463 | 42 | 53 | 558 |
Textile Design (TD) | 256 | 7 | 33 | 296 |
Knitwear Design (KD) | 490 | 48 | 60 | 598 |
Fashion Communication (FC) | 433 | 35 | 50 | 518 |
Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech) Apparel Production (AP) | 146 | 7 | 18 | 171 |
Master of Design (M.Des) | 506 | 42 | 58 | 606 |
Master of Fashion Management (M.F.Tech) | 124 | 0 | 16 | 140 |
Master of Fashion Technology (M.F.Tech) | 3590 | 278 | 4429 | 497 |
NIFT Seat Matrix 2021: Reservation Policy
Candidates appearing for NIFT entrance exam 2021 can go through the table mentioned below and get an idea of the reservation percentage for all the categories:
OBC (NON-CREAMY) | 27% |
SC | 15% |
GEN-EWS | 10% |
ST | 7.50% |
Person with Disability (PWD) | 5% |
Foreign Nationals/SAARC/NRI | 3 (supernumerary) seats each at Jodhpur, Kangra, Kannur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Patna and Shillong. |
5 (supernumerary) seats each at NIFT Campuses Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar, Raebareli & Srinagar (J&K). | |
State Domicile | 13 seats shall be offered at NIFT Srinagar |
7 seats will be available in each NIFT campus, out of which 3 campuses shall be supernumerary. These 7 NIFT campuses shall include Kangra, Patna, Kannur, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Shillong, and Jodhpur. |
This was all about NIFT 2021 Seat Matrix: Seat Availability and Seat Reservation. In case of further queries, contact us and stay tuned to CollegeDekho.
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