Top colleges of the country for fashion designing: After 12th or graduation, do BDes from 9 branches like textile design; This is how you will get admission

Recently National Testing Agency (NTA) released the results of NIFT entrance exam. Through this exam, one can make a career in fashion and designing after 12th. There are a total of 18 NIFT i.e. National Institute of Fashion Technology institutes in the country. These institutes come under the Ministry of Textiles and have university status.

In these colleges, one can take admission in 4 years BDes (Bachelors of Design) or Bachelors of Fashion Technology (BF Tech) and Masters courses in courses like Fashion Design, Accessory Design, Fashion Communication, Knitwear Design, Leather Design, Textile Design.

Now new courses like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Management and Fashion Thinking are also being included in NIFT.

This time we will learn about the country's best fashion institutes, courses and admission process in top colleges.

1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi
NIFT Delhi is the top fashion institute of the country. There are 8 departments like Accessory Design, Fashion Communication, Leather Design, Textile Design, Apparel Production and Fashion Technology.

Courses: From all these departments, you can do 4 years courses like BDes, BFTech, MDes, Master of Fashion Technology, Master of Fashion Management.

You will get admission like this: After 12th, you can take admission in UG courses through NIFT entrance exam. At the same time, admission can be taken in PG courses through Creative Ability Test (CAT) and General Ability Test (GAT).

NIFT Delhi was established in 1986.

2. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Gandhinagar
NIFT Gandhinagar has 8 departments like Fashion Design, Textile Design, Leather Design, Knitwear Design, Design Space, Fashion and Lifestyle Accessory Design, Fashion Management Studies.

Courses: From all these departments, graduates can take admission in Bachelors (4 years BDes), BFT and Masters programs in Fashion Technology, Management and Design.

You will get admission like this: Here after 12th, you can take admission in UG courses through NIFT entrance exam. At the same time, after graduation, one can take admission in Masters program through NIFT PG entrance exam.

NIFT Gandhinagar was established in 1986. This is the resource center there.

3. National Institute of Technology (NIFT), Chennai
NIFT Chennai has 8 departments like Fashion Design, Accessory Design, Leather Design, Knitwear Design, Textile Design, Fashion Communication, Fashion Technology, Fashion Management.

Courses: Here you can do graduation and post graduation in Fashion Technology, Leather Design, Fashion Communication.

You will get admission like this: Here after 12th, you can take admission in UG courses through NIFT entrance exam. At the same time, after graduation, one can take admission in Masters program through NIFT PG entrance exam.

NIFT Chennai was established in 1995.

4. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Hyderabad
NIFT Hyderabad has total 9 departments like Fashion Design, Textile Design, Leather Design.

Courses: In all these departments, you can do UG courses and PG in Fashion Management and Fashion Technology. Apart from this, one can also take admission in foundation course in graduation.

Here, apart from regular UG and PG courses, one can take admission in PhD and Continuing Education programs. Apart from this, you can also take admission in bridge course.

You will get admission like this: To get admission in all these departments, it is necessary to crack NIFT entrance exam after 12th and NIFT PG after graduation.

NIFT Hyderabad was established in 1995.

5. National Institute of Technology (NIFT), Kolkata
NIFT Kolkata has 7 departments like Fashion Design, Leather Design, Fashion Communication, Knitwear Design.

Courses: You can do 4 years BDes i.e. Bachelor of Design course from all these departments. Apart from this, you can also do BFTech course in Apparel Production. At the same time, one can also do courses like MDes i.e. Masters of Design, MFM (Masters of Fashion Management), MFTech (Masters of Fashion Technology).

You will get admission like this: You can take admission in all these courses through NIFTEE UG and NIFTEE PG entrance exam. Candidates applying for UG are required to give only CAT i.e. Creative Ability Test whereas candidates applying for PG are also required to give GAT i.e. General Ability Test.

NIFT Kolkata was established in 1995.

6. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Mumbai
NIFT Mumbai has 6 departments like Fashion Design, Textile Design and Fashion Communication.

Courses: You can do UG and post graduation courses from all these departments. Apart from this, you can do diploma in Fashion Fit and Style and Fashion Entrepreneurship. Apart from this, one can take admission in continuing education in programs like Fashion Clothing Technology, Luxury Product Design, Contemporary Bridal Truss, Creative Pattern Making, Costume Styling and Photography- Film, Fashion and Retail and UI/UX Design.

You will get admission like this: You can take admission in these programs through NIFTEE UG and NIFTEE PG entrance exam. At the same time, you can apply for admission in Diploma and Continuing Education after 12th or graduation.

NIFT Mumbai was established in 1986. This is the resource center there.

7. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bengaluru
NIFT Bengaluru has 9 departments like Textile Design, Knitwear Design, Fashion Communication, Fashion Management Studies.

Courses: You can do graduation from all these departments. Apart from this, you can do courses like Masters of Design, Master of Fashion Management and Masters of Fashion Technology. At the same time, you can also take admission in PhD program.

You will get admission like this: After 12th, you can take admission in UG courses through NIFTEE exam and after graduation, you can take admission in PG courses through NIFTEE PG.

NIFT Bengaluru was established in 1997.

8. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Rae Bareli
NIFT Rae Bareli has 9 departments like Leather Design, Knitwear Design, Design Space.

Courses: From all these departments, one can take admission in 4 years BDes i.e. Bachelors of Design and MDes i.e. Masters of Design programs. Apart from this, one can also take admission in Continuing Education and PhD programs.

You will get admission like this: After 12th, you can take admission in UG courses through NIFTEE exam and after graduation, you can take admission in PG courses through NIFTEE PG.

NIFT Rae Bareli was established in 2007.

9. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bhopal
NIFT Bhopal has 9 departments like Fashion Design, Fashion Lifestyle & Accessory Design and Fashion Management Studies.

Courses: In all these departments, 4 years BDes i.e. Bachelors in Designing course can be done. Apart from this, one can also take admission in Foundation Programme, MDes i.e. Master in Design, Continuing Education Program and PhD.

You will get admission like this: After 12th, you can take admission in UG courses through NIFTEE exam and after graduation, you can take admission in PG courses through NIFTEE PG.

NIFT Bhopal was established in 2008.

10. National Institute of Fashion Technology, (NIFT) Jodhpur
NIFT Jodhpur has 9 departments like Fashion Technology, Fashion Communication, Design Space, Knitwear Design and Design Space.

Courses: From all these departments, one can take admission in 4 years BDes i.e. Bachelors in Designing, Masters in Designing, Diploma and Foundation programs.

NIFT Jodhpur was established in 2010.

You will get admission like this: After 12th, you can take admission in UG courses through NIFTEE exam and after graduation, you can take admission in PG courses through NIFTEE PG.