NIFT Counselling 2025 – The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) will close choice filling & locking for Round I on July 6 (extended from July 4); choice filling opened on June 24, 2025. The online registration for NIFT 2025 counseling was open from June 24- July 1, 2025. The document verification was be done between June 14 and July 2, 2025.
The NIFTEE 2025 seat allotment for Round I will be declared on July 7, 2025.
Candidates who are allotted seats need to submit willingness and pay the admission fee by July 10, 2025 (12 midnight).
During choice filling, candidates must enter choices in the order of priority. NIFT 2025 seat allotment will be based on factors like NIFT 2025 merit rank and choices opted. The NIFT counseling 2025 registration fee is INR 9,300. Candidates were shortlisted for counseling based on NIFTEE 2025 results.
NIFT 2025 seat allotment has FOUR regular and one SPOT round.
NIFT 2025 seat acceptance fee is INR 1,83, 200. If the fee is not paid within the given deadline, the allotment will be cancelled and allotted to the candidate next in the order of merit.
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NIFT 2025 Counseling Schedule
The detailed counseling schedule of NIFT 2025, including registration, document verification, seat allotment, and fee payment, is given below.
| Event | Date |
| Round 1 | |
| Registration and Document Uploading | 24/06/2025 to 01/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Document Verification | 24/06/2025 to 02/07/2025 (6:00 PM) |
| Choice Filling and Locking | 24/06/2025 to 04/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Seat Allotment | 07-07-2025 |
| Willingness Submission and Admission Fee Payment | 07/07/2025 to 10/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Round 2 | |
| Correction in Application Form | 12/07/2025 to 12/07/2025 (5:00 PM) |
| Document Verification (who have made thecorrections) | 12/07/2025 to 12/07/2025 (8:00 PM) |
| Choice Filling/Modifications | 14/07/2025 to 16/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Seat Allotment | 18-07-2025 |
| Willingness Submission and Admission Fee Payment | 18/07/2025 to 21/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Withdrawal | 18/07/2025 to 21/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Round 3 | |
| Correction in Application Form | 23/07/2025 to 23/07/2025 (5:00 PM) |
| Document Verification (who have made thecorrections) | 23/07/2025 to 23/07/2025 (8:00 PM) |
| Choice Filling/Modifications | 24/07/2025 to 25/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Seat Allotment | 28-07-2025 |
| Willingness Submission and Admission Fee Payment | 28/07/2025 to 29/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Withdrawal | 28/07/2025 to 29/07/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| PHYSICAL REPORTING OF CANDIDATES: 30th July, 2025 | |
| Spot Round | |
| Registration and Participation Fee Payment | 01/08/2025 to 04/08/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Document Verification of New Registered Candidates | 01/08/2025 to 05/08/2025 (6:00 PM) |
| Choice Filling/Modifications and Locking | 01/08/2025 to 06/08/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Seat Allotment | 08-08-2025 |
| Admission Fee Payment | 08/08/2025 to 10/08/2025 (12:00 Midnight) |
| Physical reporting at allotted institute | 11th August, 2025 |
NIFT Counseling 2025 – Document Required To Participate
The candidate will need the following documents to participate in the NIFT 2025 counseling process.
| Document Type | Description |
| Qualifying examination | 12th class/ degree (marks Sheet and Certificate) Note: PG candidates must upload mark sheets and certificates of the qualifying degree examination. If the candidate has appeared in the final semester/ final year exam, then they must upload mark sheets of all previous semesters/years. |
| The candidate has appeared for the qualifying exam/compartment (of final year/semester) and the result is due. | The date sheet /admit card for the examination has to be brought. |
| Birth Certificate | 10+2 mark sheet/certificate. Original and Photocopies. |
| Category Certificate | Candidates applying under reserved categories must produce documents as per the GOI format and issued by a competent authority In the case of OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS categories, the certificate must be issued on or after April 1, 2021 |
| Basis of funding of the tuition fee | Certificate of the parent’s income e.g. Income Tax Return, Salary Certificate, etc. |
| Medical Fitness certificate | To be signed by a Registered Medical Practitioner in the prescribed format in original. |
| Provisional Admission | Affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper of INR.10/- for seeking provisional admission only in case, the result of qualifying examination is yet to be declared (in the format at Annexure-I) |
| Size and format of documents to be uploaded | Documents should be in jpeg, jpg, or pdf format. Size = 100 kb – 500 KB |
| NIFT 2025 Seat Intake | NIFT 2025 – Seat Matrix |
| Official Admission Guidelines | NIFT 2025 – Admission Guidelines |
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NIFT 2025 Counseling Process
The National Institute of Fashion Technology will conduct centralized counseling for the 19 participating colleges of NIFT 2025.
The counseling and seat allotment process will be conducted online.
Step-wise NIFT counseling process 2025
- Register – The candidate will have to get registered using their NIFT 2025 scorecard details. Also, pay the counseling registration fee of INR 9,300.
- Fill in Choices – The candidate has to next fill in campus choices. The entries must be in the order of priority.
- Upload documents – The candidate will have to next upload documents to complete the registration process.
- SEAT Allotment – Based on choices entered by the candidate, seats available, and NIFT 2025 merit rank, allotment of seats will be made.
- Seat Acceptance and Payment of Fees – To confirm their seats, the candidate will have to pay the NIFT 2025 seat acceptance fee. Note that if the candidate doesn’t make the payment within the given deadline, the allotment will be cancelled. Further, the seat that has been vacated as a result will be allocated to the candidate next in the order of merit. The seat-acceptance fee of INR 1,83,200 has to be paid online through the Admission Portal only.
- Get documents and fee verified – Next, complete the document verification process.
- Issue of Seat Allotment Letter – Once the process is complete, the candidate will be issued NIFT 2025 seat-allotment letter.
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NIFT Counseling 2025 – Spot Round Participation Fee
Newly registered candidates will pay the participation / registration fee of Rs. 5000 before choice filling.
Candidate who have already paid seat acceptance fee and not withdrawn in any previous rounds are exempted from the registration fee of Rs 5000.
Registration fee/Participation Fee of Rs. 5000/- is non-refundable.
NIFT Counseling 2025: Seat Withdrawal and Refund Policy
| S.No | Particulars | Amount Refunded |
| 1 | If Seat /Admission not taken after registration | Full seat acceptance fee |
| 2 | Withdrawal requests after confirmation of seat requests received online on the portal until before the commencement of the last round of counselling. No physical request will be entertained | Full fee except for registration fee of INR. 9,300. |
| 3 | After the commencement of the last round of counselling | Only security deposit |
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- NIFT Eligibility Criteria 2025 – Academic Qualification, No. Of Attempts, Age Limit
- NIFT 2025 Participating Institute & Seat Matrix – Check Program-wise Seats, Reservation
- NIFT Acceptance Rate
NIFT Counseling 2025 – Participating Colleges
The candidate has to SELECT their choice of NIFT 2025 participating colleges at the time of filling out the counseling registration form.
There are currently 19 institutes that will participate in NIFT 2025 counseling.
There are 3281 seats available for the B.Des program, while the B.F.Tech program has 591 seats.
The list of participating colleges for NIFT 2025 is given below.
| S.No | Name of the institute | S.No | Name of the institute |
| 1 | NIFT Bengaluru | 11 | NIFT Raebareli |
| 2 | NIFT Bhopal | 12 | NIFT Patna |
| 3 | NIFT Chennai | 13 | NIFT Panchkula |
| 4 | NIFT Daman | 14 | NIFT Shillong |
| 5 | NIFT Gandhinagar | 15 | NIFT Kangra |
| 6 | NIFT Hyderabad | 16 | NIFT Jodhpur |
| 7 | NIFT Kannur | 17 | NIFT Bhubaneswar |
| 8 | NIFT Kolkata | 18 | NIFT Srinagar |
| 9 | NIFT Mumbai | 19 | NIFT Varanasi (New Addition) |
| 10 | NIFT New Delhi |