NIFT Counselling Process 2025: Check Seat Allotment & Eligibility Criteria

Summary: NIFT Counselling is the last step in admission into the National Institutes of Fashion Technology's UG, PG, and Doctoral Programs. Continue reading to understand the steps involved in the NIFT 2025 Counselling Process.

What is NIFT counselling? NIFT 2025 Counselling is the last step towards admission into undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs of the National Institutes of Fashion Technology.

The NIFT PG counselling process will be conducted in a centralized mode for admission to 17 campuses. NIFT 2025 counselling registration will be open once the NTA declares the NIFT results for 2025. To secure a place at participating institutes, you must participate in the counselling process of the NIFT Exam.

Continue reading to gain complete insight into the NIFT 2025 Counselling Process, seat matrix, and more.

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Important NIFT Counselling Process 2025 Dates

Only those who score above the NIFT Cut Off 2025 in the entrance exam will be shortlisted for NIFT PG counselling.

Check out the table below to learn all the important NIFT counselling dates for 2025 events. The NIFT 2025 counselling schedule is provided below: 

Events	Dates
Starting of NIFT Online Registration	November 2025
Last date of Online Registration of NIFT	January 6, 2025
The last date of NIFT registration with the late fee of Rs. 5000	January 9, 2025
NIFT Application form correction window	January 10 to 12, 2025
Availability of Admit card of NIFT	February 4, 2025
NIFT 2026 Exam	February 5, 2026
Announcement of NIFT Result for Written Exam	March 2025
NIFT Situation Test/GD/Personal Interview	April 2025
Last date for Online registration for NRI/Foreign Nationals	Mid to late June
Declaration of Final NIFT 2025 Counselling Result	May 2025

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NIFT Counselling Eligibility Criteria 2025

To be eligible for the counselling procedure of the NIFT B.Des program of the participating institutes, an applicant must fulfil the following NIFT Eligibility Criteria.

Age limit

For UG Candidates

• Maximum age should be less than 24 years as of 1st August of the year of admission.
• The upper age limit may be relaxed by a period of 5 (five) years for candidates of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Person with Disability (PWD) categories.

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For PG Candidates

• There is no age limit for PG candidates.

NIFT Qualification

• You must obtain a rank in the NIFT 2026 entrance exam. 

Qualifying Examination

For UG Candidates

• You should have passed all subjects in the 10+2 qualifying examination in 2022 or 2025. Those who took their qualifying test for the first time in 2020 or before are ineligible.
• If you are from the Science Stream with Physics, Chemistry, and Maths as subjects, you are eligible to apply for a Bachelor of Fashion Technology and Bachelor of Design. 
• You can apply for a Bachelor of Design course from any other field (Science without Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Commerce, or Arts & Humanities).
• You should ensure that you are taking the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent) in 2025. 
  • All sections of your final examination are completed before the date of application for admission and
  • Proof of having passed the qualifying examination with the required eligibility is submitted to the admitting institute.
  • If a qualifying examination board only awards letter grades and does not include information on the passing grade on the grade sheet, you should get a certificate indicating the passing grade and upload it with the grade sheet.

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For PG Candidates

• Undergraduate Degree in any discipline from any Institute/University recognized by law in India. Or an Undergraduate Diploma of a minimum of three years from NIFT/NID.
• For M.F.Tech - B.F.Tech. from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) or B.E/B.Tech. from any Institute / University recognized by law in India.

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NIFT Counselling Process 2025

After the declaration of the NIFT 2025 Result, you can register to participate in the counselling process of NIFT for the BDes program admissions.

Admission will be based on your rank in the NIFT 2025 Merit List. You can follow the procedure mentioned below to register for NIFT 2025 Counselling.

Step 1 - NIFT registration for counselling

How to register for NIFT counselling? 

• You need to register on the official website of NIFT, i.e., nift.ac.in.
• To register, you must provide the application number and date of birth.
• You must fill in all the necessary credentials, the Domicile state, and contact details.
• Once the registration is completed, a confirmation mail will be sent to the registered email. 
• The DOB, email ID, and password filled in at the time of registration will be used to log in and complete the registration.

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Step 2 - Uploading Supporting Documents

After registration, you need to log in to your account and upload the required documents.

• For processing the application form, you must upload scanned copies of your signature, NIFT mark sheet, photograph, other educational documents, caste certificate (SC/ST/OBC-NCL Certificate, PwD Certificate, and OCI/PIO Card), etc.
• After uploading all documents, click on the 'Submit' tab.

Step 3 - Pay the NIFT Admission Fee

• You need to pay the admission fees after successfully registering and uploading documents.
• The admission fee for NIFT can be paid online, i.e., by net banking, debit card, credit card, wallet, or UPI.

Step 4 - Verification 

• After successful payment, your application will be sent for verification to NIFT.
• Once the application is processed and verified, you will receive a counselling slot for the NIFT exam with a respected date and further instructions.
• Zoom meeting links will be sent to your registered mail ID.

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Step 5 - Seat Allotment Request

You must attend the Zoom meeting per the NIFT authorities' schedule.

• NIFT counselling officials will show the seating chart as per your choice using the Screen Sharing feature of Zoom Meeting.
• Once you confirm your final choice, the official will allot that seat for you (per their CMR/request) and send it further to NIFT HO for approval.
• After approval, seats will be finally allotted to the candidate
• Candidates can download allotment letters from the registration portal.

Step 6 - Receive Allotment Letter

Once all the steps mentioned above are completed, authorities will issue an allotment letter or admission receipt duly signed by the Nodal Officer of the NIFT Campus.

You cannot alter the course/campus selected for admission once you receive an allotment letter.

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NIFT Seat Matrix 2025

Qualified aspirants will be asked to fill out their preferred institutes among 3547 for UG and PG programs, tabulated below according to different NIFT Campuses.

Programs	Open, SC, ST, OBC(NCL), GEN-EWS, PwD (Open, SC, ST, OBC (NCL)	State Domicile	NRI/Foreign National	G. Total
Fashion Design (FD)	610	68	64	742
Leather Design (LD)	152	0	20	172
Accessory Design (AD)	542	54	58	654
Textile Design (TD)	606	75	62	743
Knitwear Design (KD)	296	14	36	346
Fashion Communication (FC)	610	68	64	742
Apparel Production (AP)	542	49	61	652
Master of Design (M.Des.)	254	21	29	304
Master of Fashion Management (MFM)	644	75	67	786
Master of Fashion Technology (M.F.Tech.)	136	0	12	148
Total	4392	424	473	5289

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NIFT Reservation 2025

The reservation of seats for NIFT falling under various categories is as follows:

Category	Seat Reservation
GEN-EWS	10%
Scheduled Caste (SC)	15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5%
Other Backward Caste (OBC) Non-Creamy	27%
Differently Abled Person (PwD)	5% (Horizontal Reservation for Differently Abled Person (having 40% or more disability)
Foreign Nationals/SAARC/NRI	5 (supernumerary) seats at each campus

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NIFT Seat Allotment Process 2025

How many rounds of counselling are there in NIFT?

Seats will be provisionally allotted based on your NIFT rank, Category, and choice of institutes. You will receive provisional allocation letters via email and will be routed to an online payment mechanism to pay the Seat Acceptance Fee.

• Your application will be cancelled if you do not remit the seat acceptance fee before the deadline or decline admission. These vacant seats will be filled during the subsequent rounds of seat allotment. 
• If you are allotted your FIRST choice of institute, you can either accept ('freeze') it or decline the offer.
• If you choose to DECLINE the offer, you will NOT be considered for subsequent rounds. 
• If you choose the 'freeze' option, you have ACCEPTED the offer and do not wish to participate in further rounds of seat allocation. You will NOT be considered for subsequent rounds of admission. 
• If you choose the 'float' option, it means you have ACCEPTED the offer and have indicated that you will accept admission to an institute of your higher preference. Otherwise, you will continue with the currently accepted institute. You will be considered in subsequent rounds of admission. 
• For those who choose the 'float' option, allocating a seat in an institute of your higher preference would automatically result in the forfeiture of the seat you accepted in the earlier round. 
• You only have to remit the seat acceptance fee once. Thus, aspirants allotted another seat (because they chose the 'float' option) do not have to pay the seat acceptance fee again. 
• For those who accept offered seats, the seat acceptance fee will be adjusted against the admitting institute's fees at the time of joining.

NIFT Counselling Second Round 2025

The conducting body will schedule two rounds of seat allocation. However, the seat allocation process will be closed once the seats are filled. 

• Those admitted in the first counselling round and wishing to upgrade the allotted course and campus can sit for the second round.
• Those who applied for the first round but did not attend the counselling for NIFT 2025.
• Those who participated in the first round were not interested in the college or course allotted during that round.
• Those who registered for 1st round but counselling was cancelled due to the non-availability of documents on a date.
• Those who qualified for the 1st round but couldn't register themselves.
• Those who got admission in the 1st round and have withdrawn admission before the display of vacant seats for round 2.
• To participate in the second round of counselling, you need to reregister and pay a non-refundable online payment of Rs 5000.

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List of Documents Required for NIFT Counselling 2025

You must carry the following self-attested documents without fail during the NIFT UG counselling process.

• Latest Photograph
• 10th class mark sheet (only for Date of Birth) Self-attested copy of the 12th class mark sheet or Affidavit if result not declared by board Mandatory (provisional admission given in case of Affidavit)
• SC certificate 
• ST certificate 
• PWD certificate
• OBC (NC) certificate in the prescribed format (Certificate Issued not earlier than April 1, 2020)
• EWS Certificate in the prescribed format (Valid for the year 2025) 
• 12th class School Leaving Certificate OR XIth class mark sheet OR a provisional certificate from the Principal of the school OR School ID Card of class XII with details of Academic year mentioned, Mandatory (if the candidate is taking domicile seat)

Details mentioned in NIFT Counselling and Seat Allotment Result 2025

The following details will be mentioned on the NIFT Seat Allotment result:

• Opening and Closing Rank Institute-wise
• Candide's Category, roll number, and rank
• NIFT Seat Allotment Summary

Reporting at the allotted College after NIFT Counselling Process 2025

After completing the NIFT 2025 counselling and seat allotment process, you must visit your allotted college to complete all the admission formalities.

Officials in the respective college will verify your original documents. If any discrepancy is found at the time of admission, then the admitting institute will reserve the right to cancel your admission.

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Conclusion

The NIFT Counselling Process 2025 pdf is a comprehensive and detailed process designed to ensure that students receive the admission process. 

With its specialized selection process, NIFT provides students an incredible opportunity to pursue their dreams and build successful careers.

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