NIFT Gandhinagar B.Des Textile Design: Fees 2026, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

I had not applied to many colleges as the college entrance exams were overlapping with the schedule for my pre boards and practicals. So for the NIft entrance exam i had joined a coaching online to guide me through the whole process. The entrance consists of three tests which you have to give. The first one is the Creative ability test (CAT) which consists of the drawing part of it. The second one is the General Ability Test (GAT) which consists of the logical reasoning and english as well as the english comprehensions and the general knowledge test. If you are able to clear the first two exams you are qualified to give the third exam which is the Situation test in which you are provided with a question and ypu have to design as well as prototype and make a model for it. Then as for the other exams i gave which was UCEED i think i did not make it as i was not able to give enough time to it for preparation which was needed as i had other things going on not to mention how tough the exam

The fees is quite a lot considering that it is a government college. The total fees is around 12 to 15 lakhs and if you include the living expenses the figure easily crosses 20 lakh. There are schemes available for which you need to have an annual parental income of less than 8lpa

The placements at my college to be very honest with you are not as great especially if you consider the fact that you're spending so much money in the college fees. So NIFT has a centralized placement system where it is only held in the top 5 colleges and the students from the other nifts have to go there for theirs. From what I've heard and read the placement are always pretty disappointing and bad. Many students end up not getting placed or taking up offers thag are not fair for the amount of time and energy you've put into into it. The biggest con of joining my college is infact the placement as many people don't consider it a good investment for it's bad returns.

To be honest i think my course is pretty relevant and will remain relevant for the years to come as man will never stop wearing clothes. Textile design plays a huge role in the fashion industry and will continue to do so in the future. As for the curriculum at my college it does teach me the traditional as well as the modern methods and approaches to design. Design education in india is not yet a very maintstream or well known thing but i think institutions like NIFT and NID are doing justice to it. My faculty is very strict and expect a certain level of work which if not delivered you will face the repercussions for. As for the final marking which is the jury assignment it is like doomsday for every student in my college. It is quite difficult and challenging as well as pretty time taking. All I'd say is that it's not for the weak hearted