ICAT Chennai News & Updates 2026: Notifications, Notice, Result

India's premier design institutions are no longer confined to national boundaries. Institutes such as the National Institute of Design (NID), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), IIT Bombay, and IIT Delhi have entered into strategic alliances with leading universities all over the world to give students international exposure without the huge costs associated with studying abroad. Besides student exchange programs, dual degrees, collaborative research projects, and interactions with global design leaders, the partnerships also allow students to benefit from very reasonable fee structures that make world-class education accessible to deserving students across economic strata.

NIFT GAT has an important Quantitative Ability section that weighs a lot in your overall score and admission chances. Since GAT carries 40% weightage in the final selection, it becomes very important to do well in high-weightage concepts for you to get NIFT 2026. A strategic preparation plan that concentrates on high-scoring topics with less preparation time will boost your scoring chances.

NIFT Entrance Exam 2026 Official Website Launched:  The National Testing Agency (NTA) has activated NIFT 2026 official portal, indicating that the application form is expected to be released very soon, most likely in the last week of November or the first week of December 2025. With the registration window usually lasting only a few weeks, applicants should begin arranging their documents and reviewing eligibility requirements now so they can submit the form well before the early-January deadline. Click on the link here to access the official web portal.

NID DAT Application Form Editing 2026: The National Institute of Design will close NID DAT Application Form Editing Window 2026 today, December 4, by 11:59 PM. Candidates who wish to make changes to their application form are required to visit the official website at admissions.nid.edu and access the application form correction window link, available under the ‘Important Updates’ section. To edit the application form, candidates must log in using their email address, date of birth, and password, make the necessary changes, and save them so that the changes are recorded.

If you compare IIT BDes with NID courses, your decision relies on what type of designer you want to be. In NID, you are exposed to a hands-on approach where creativity and experimentation are utilised for learning. The graduates are hired from companies like TCS, Infosys, and Titan, with average packages going up to around INR 18 lakh for the top students. Conversely, IITs are technology blended with design thinking, readying you for product-based and industrial design careers. Microsoft and Samsung hire from IITs extensively and pay the median salary of INR 5-7 lakh. Go for NID if you enjoy artistic freedom and actual design exposure, or IIT if you enjoy a solid technical grounding and overseas opportunities.