NIFT Hyderabad News & Updates 2025: Notifications, Notice, Result

CEED 2026 registration without late fee will close today, ie, October 31, 2025. The candidates who are yet to register for MDes and PhD courses can do the same till 11:55 PM. Moreover, if the candidates fail to register themselves before October 31, then they can do it before November 7, 2025. However, doing the same will levy them a late fee of Rs. 500. The CEED registration 2026 process will include steps like signing up with either a Gmail ID or through an email with which they want to register. Here are the details.

UCEED 2026 registration window is officially closing today, October 31, 2025, for all students applying under the regular fee category. Those planning to appear for the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) and pursue a B.Des course at IITs or other participating institutes must ensure their forms are filled and submitted through the official UCEED registration portal, i.e., uceed.iitb.ac.in/2026/registration.html, before 11:55 PM tonight. The application process started on October 1, 2025, giving applicants an entire month to complete their registration, upload documents, and pay the required fee. The UCEED 2026 exam date has been set for January 18, 2026, and will be conducted in a single session from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
For those who could not complete their UCEED registration by today, the exam authorities have provided an extended option to apply with a late fee. Students can register between November 1 and November 7, 2025 (5:00 PM) by paying an additional Rs 500/-. Once this late registration window closes, the UCEED 2026 registration portal will automatically deactivate, and no further submissions will be accepted.

AIEED 2026 Application Form: The Arch Academy of Design & Business application form fill-up process will begin on November 1, 2025. To fill out the AIEED application form, the candidates should visit the official website- aieed.com on or before the last date. Candidates who will meet the AIEED eligibility criteria can only participate in the AIEED registration process. Note that the authority is yet to announce the last date of the AIEED application form; soon, the same will be declared on the official website.  

To crack the NIFT Situation Test 2026, it is essential to know all the minute details of this round. The Situation Test for NIFT admission assesses how creatively you can think, design, and bring your ideas to life in 3D form. You will get limited materials and time for this NIFT Situation Test, so your planning, imagination, and execution skills matter the most to ace this part. In this article, we have highlighted the key skills you should focus on to perform your best in the NIFT Situation Test 2026.

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NIFT Entrance Exam 2026: The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is expected to release the notification for NIFT 2026 application in November 2025. As per previous years' trends, the online application process is likely to begin in the 3rd week of November 2025. Last year, the application form for the NIFT exam was released on November 22. The exam, conducted once a year by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of NIFT, is the route to undergraduate and postgraduate design courses at NIFT colleges all over India. The application form for NIFT 2026 will be active at nift.ac.in. Candidates are requested to go through the eligibility criteria thoroughly and keep the requisite documents, such as academic certificates, identity proof, and scanned photograph(s). 

The examination is the gateway to Bachelor of Design (B.Des), Bachelor of Fashion Technology (B.F.Tech), Master of Design (M.Des), Master of Fashion Management (M.F.M), and Master of Fashion Technology (M.F.Tech) courses. At NIFT, numerous candidates compete for a restricted number of seats across 18 NIFT campuses annually, located in major cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. 

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Keeping in line with the previous years’ patterns, the NIFT 2026 exam is expected to be held in the month of February 2026. The exam will have two parts – the Creative Ability Test (CAT) and the General Ability Test (GAT). The CAT is a test that determines how innovative a candidate is and how good their design skills are, while the GAT examines analytical thinking, understanding of English, logical thinking, and current events. Candidates for B.Des. & M.Des are required to appear for both the CAT and GAT, while aspirants for B.F.Tech, M.F.M. & M.F.Tech have to appear only for the GAT paper. 

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