NIFT 2026 Counselling: Seat Allotment & Document Verification

NIFT 2026 Stage 2 Interview dates & details has been released for PG. Counselling dates and schedule will be announced soon. National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai is the conducting authority of NIFT entrance exam.

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NIFT Counselling 2026 – Interview Dates Out (PG)

NIFT 2026 Interview dates & details has been released for PG. Click here to view interview details PDF. 

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It offers various UG & PG professional courses in the field of Fashion Designing & Technology. On qualifying the exam, candidates will get admission in the university and its associated campuses. The 16 affiliated campuses of the NIFT participated every year in the counselling session. 

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In this article, we have mentioned the complete information about NIFT 2026 counselling including dates, mode, counselling procedure, etc.

NIFT Counselling 2026

The counselling is conducted in multiple rounds in 16 campuses of NIFT. NIFT Counselling 2026 will start through online mode. Candidates can download their counselling call letter through login.

To participate in the counselling, it is necessary for the eligible candidates to register themselves online on the website. There is no registration fee for the first counselling. For further rounds, candidates have to pay the Rs. 5000/- as a counselling fee.

The seats are allotted on the basis of merit rank of the candidate. Candidates can participate in the counselling by downloading the counselling call letter from the website. Candidates must have to register using their credentials i.e. Form Number, Date of Birth and Password.

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NIFT 2026 Counselling Schedule

After declaration of the result, the exam conducting authority organises the counselling for providing admissions. The counselling schedule for all courses is provided below:

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NIFT Counselling Procedure 2026

Candidates have to follow the procedure given below to participate in the counselling:

Registration:

• First of all, candidates have to register themselves on the website.
• Without doing registration, no candidates will be allowed to appear in the counselling rounds.
• Candidates will be able to register for the counselling by using their credentials, such as form number, date of birth and password.
• They are advised to remember and safely store their password for future references.

Campus Choice:

• At the time of registration, candidates will have to fill the campus choice in which they want to appear in the counselling.
• Candidates are able to select any one of the 16 campuses of NIFT.

Download Call Letter:

• After successful registration, a “system generated letter”, will be received by the candidate through SMS and e-mail on their registered mobile and email id.
• The letter will contain the details of the Nodal Officer and the documents required for Counselling and Admission.

Counselling:

• The counselling takes place on the campus, which is selected by the candidate through offline mode.
• Candidates will have to report to the counselling centre in a given reporting time for the document verification and allocation of seats.
• On the day of Counselling, the candidates will be required to report at the chosen NIFT Campus at 9.30 a.m. for verification of documents and allotment of seats.
• The original documents will be returned after due verification.
• Please note that the presence of the candidate at any of the NIFT Campuses along with the requisite documents in original will be mandatory.

Allocation of Seats:

• After verification of the documents, allocation of seats takes place before the Nodal Officer of the Counselling Campus.
• The candidate may select a seat by clicking on the monitor in the presence of the Nodal Officer. Seat allotted, accordingly, to a candidate would then be deleted from the pool of vacant seats displayed on the Campus screen.
• Candidates are advised to be present in the Counselling hall and wait for their call in order of their common merit rank.

Fee Payment:

• A candidate who gets allotted seat will be required to pay the notified fee immediately at the counselling campus.
• If a candidate fails to pay the fee, after the seat will be offered, the offer will be withdrawn and the seat will be allotted to the next candidate on the merit list.
• After allotment of seat, candidate will be issued an allotment letter /receipt duly signed by the Nodal Officer of the Campus.
• The choice of Course / Campus made by a candidate is final and will not be altered later.
• Nodal Officer will give a duly signed Admission Receipt after the complete fee will be deposited by the candidate.
• No candidate should leave the venue of counselling without the Admission Fee Receipt.
• The candidate are advised to check the details as printed/written in the Admission Fee Receipt.

Reservation of Seats:

There will be some seats which will be reserved for the categories such as SC/ST/Differently Abled Candidates (PHP)/Foreign Nationals/SAARC/NRI in each programme which is given below:

NIFT Admission 2026

The admission is strictly offered on the basis of Common Merit Rank. Candidates get admission to the campus in which they have allotted the seat.

Just after allotting seats, candidates have to pay the admission fee if he/ she wants to get admission immediately. The nodal officer provides the duly signed Admission Receipt after the complete fee will be deposited by the candidate.

Documents Required for Counselling/ Admission:

Candidates have to bring the original certificates along with the photocopies which are given below:

• System generated letter/e-mail received by the candidate.
• Photograph (2 Passport & 4 Stamp Size).
• Certificate of having passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination.
• Certificate of having passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination, showing the subjects offered by him/her in the examination. Physics, Chemistry and Math for B.F. Tech.
• Certificate from the Board from which he/she passed the High School/Higher Secondary Examination.
• Category Certificate.
• Semester Fee – Demand Draft of Rs. 1,26,900/- (Non-NRI) drawn in favour of the NIFT HO payable at the city of the Counselling.
• Copy of 12th class School Leaving Certificate(for domicile seats only.
• Valid PWD Certificate.
• Copy of 1st, 2nd & 3rd year graduation mark sheet/ self attested copy of final year appearing certificate (For Master Programmes).
• Undertaking for the candidate seeking provisional admission.
• Undertaking from the students, as per provisions of anti ragging.
• Undertaking about Eligibility, Fee and Refund.
• Medical Fitness Certificate in prescribed format Form for withdrawal of Admission.
• Authorization letter from the candidate who are not in position to attend in person (Not applicable for PwD candidates).

NIFT 2026 Situation Test Details

• On the basis of result of written test GAT and CAT, shortlisted B.Des candidates are called for second test called Situation Test.
• Shortlisted candidates for B.Des from the written entrance examination will be required to take a Situation Test which is a hands-on test to evaluate the candidate’s skills for material handling and innovative ability on a given situation with a given set of materials.
• No additional material will be provided / allowed.
• The model will be evaluated on space visualisation, innovative and creative use of given material, composition of elements, colour scheme, construction skill, finesse of the model and overall presentation etc.
• These parameters will be checked with the write up explaining the concept behind the model constructed.
• Since the medium of instruction in NIFT is English, the write-up will be in English.
• No marks will be given for write-up in any other language.

Candidates are advised to keep visiting the website to get latest updates related to NIFT counselling, as we have updated the complete schedule above in the page.

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