The NIFT written exam comprises the CAT and GAT. GAT will be administered in online mode, whereas CAT will be an offline exam. Candidates who meet the prescribed eligibility can apply with regular fee by January 3, 2024.
The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) released the application form for NIFT 2024 on December 5, 2023. The application can be filled out online at nift.ac.in/admission. Without late fees, the application form can be filled latest by January 3, 2024. However, with a late fee of INR 5000, applications can be submitted up to January 8, 2024.
The application fee for the exam is INR 3000.
The candidate will also be given the option to edit the application form from January 8-10, 2024.
Meanwhile, the NIFT 2024 written exam will be conducted on February 5, 2024.
Candidates may note that the exam pattern has been revised for the B.Des and B.F.Tech courses.
NIFT GAT 2024 Exam Pattern (Revised) – B.Des
| Program | B.Des |
| Paper | GAT |
| Mode of exam | Computer-based exam |
| Language | English/ Hindi |
| Test Duration | 120 minutes |
| Sections | Number of Questions |
| Communication Ability | 40 |
| English Comprehension | |
| Quantitative Ability | 20 |
| Analytical Ability | 15 |
| General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 25 |
| TOTAL | 100 |
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NIFT GAT 2024 Exam Pattern (Revised) – B.F.Tech
| Program | B.F.Tech | |
| Paper Name | GAT – Section A (CBT) | GAT – Section B (CBT) |
| Language of written test | English/Hindi | English/Hindi |
| Test Duration | 180 minutes | |
| Sections | Number of questions | Number of questions |
| Communication Ability and English Comprehension | 40 | NIL |
| Quantitative Ability | 20 | 15 |
| Analytical & Logical Ability | 15 | 15 |
| General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 25 | NIL |
| Case Study | NIL | 20 |
| Total | 100 | 50 |
NIFT GAT 2024 Exam Pattern – M.F.M & M.F.Tech
NIFT Exam Centers 2024
The written exams of NIFT 2024 will be conducted across 60 cities in India. Note that in the previous edition, the exam was conducted in 37 cities.
So, 23 new exam cities have been added.
| S.No | State | City | S.No | State | City |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool | 31 | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | 32 | Maharashtra | Nagpur |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | 33 | Maharashtra | Pune |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun | 34 | Maharashtra | Thane |
| 5 | Assam | Guwahati | 35 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 6 | Bihar | Muzzaffarpur | 36 | Nagaland | Dimapur |
| 7 | Bihar | Patna | 37 | Odisha | Berhampur-Ganjam |
| 8 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh/Mohali | 38 | Odidha | Bhubaneswar |
| 9 | Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur CG | 39 | Punjab | Bathinda |
| 10 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | 40 | Punjab | Jalandhar |
| 11 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | 41 | Punjab | Patiala |
| 12 | Delhi | Delhi NCR | 42 | Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| 13 | Goa | Panaji/Madgaon | 43 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur |
| 14 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad | 44 | Rajasthan | Udaipur |
| 15 | Gujarat | Rajkot | 45 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 16 | Gujarat | Surat | 46 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| 17 | Gujarat | Vadodra | 47 | Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore |
| 18 | Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur | 48 | Tamil Nadu | Madurai |
| 19 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu | 49 | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 20 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar | 50 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 21 | Jharkhand | Dhanbad | 51 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur |
| 22 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | 52 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| 23 | Karnataka | Bengaluru | 53 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut |
| 24 | Karnataka | Mysuru (Mysore) | 54 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi |
| 25 | Kerala | Ernakulam | 55 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| 26 | Kerala | Kannur | 56 | Uttarakhand | Haldwani |
| 27 | Kerala | Kozhikode | 57 | West Bengal | Kolkota |
| 28 | Leh Ladakh | Leh | 58 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 29 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | 59 | Mizoram | Aizwal |
| 30 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur | 60 | Haryana | Ambala |
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