IIMC Entrance Exam Counselling 2025: Spot Round 3 Seat Allotment (OUT), Spot Counselling, Document Verification, Fee

Indian Institute of Mass Communication Entrance Exam 2025 ( IIMC Entrance Exam )

Nupur Jain
Updated on Oct 7, 2025 16:20 IST

By Nupur Jain, Senior Executive - Editorial

IIMC Entrance Exam Counselling 2025 - The Indian Institute of Mass Communication released the Seat Allotment Result for IIMC Entrance Exam Spot Counselling Round 3 on the official website. The IIMC Entrance Exam Spot Counselling Round 3 was concluded on August 10, 2025, and the vacancy position was announced on August 13, 2025. The counselling schedule is released by the exam conducting authority, Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), on their official website - iimc.admissions.nic.in. The Round 3 IIMC Spot Counselling registration was open until August 06, 2025.

IIMC 2025 e-counselling began on May 28, 2025. The first round of choice filling was conducted from May 28 to June 8, 2025. The complete IIMC Entrance Exam 2025 counselling schedule is provided on the page below. 

Learn more about the IIMC Entrance Exam 2025 counselling process in the article below.

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Table of content
  • IIMC 2025 Admissions - e-Counselling Schedule
  • IIMC Entrance Exam 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
  • Steps For Admission and eCounselling for IIMC Entrance Exam 2025
  • Seat allotment in IIMC
  • IIMC Entrance Exam Counselling FAQs
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IIMC 2025 Admissions - e-Counselling Schedule

The e-counselling schedule for IIMC 2025 admissions is mentioned in the table below. 

Particulars Dates
1st Round Registration, One-time Payment of Registration Fee 28-May-2025 to 08-Jun-2025
Revised SPOT Round Counselling Online Registration 10-Jul-2025 to 15-Jul-2025
SPOT Round Seat Allocation Result 17-Jul-2025
Online Willingness (Freeze) Option submission, document Upload, Response by candidate to query seat Withdrawal 17-Jul-2025 to 18-Jul-2025
Document Verification by IIMC 17-Jul-2025 to 18-Jul-2025
Submission of First Semester Fee 19-Jul-2025 to 20-Jul-2025
IIMC SPOT Round 2 Counselling Online Registration 24-Jul-2025 to 25-Jul-2025
SPOT Round Seat Allocation Result 26-Jul-2025
Online Willingness (Freeze) Option submission, document Upload, Response by candidate to query seat Withdrawal 27-Jul-2025
Document Verification by IIMC 27-Jul-2025 to 28-Jul-2025
Submission of First Semester Fee 29-Jul-2025 to 30-Jul-2025
IIMC SPOT Round 3 Counselling Online Registration 05-Aug-2025 to 06-Aug-2025
SPOT Round Seat Allocation Result 07-Aug-2025
Online Willingness (Freeze) Option submission, document Upload, Response by candidate to query seat Withdrawal 08-Aug-2025 to 09-Aug-2025
Document Verification by IIMC 08-Aug-2025 to 09-Aug-2025
Submission of First Semester Fee 08-Aug-2025 to 10-Aug-2025

Check Out: Vacancy Position for Third Spot Round of admission to PGD programs and MA-NMC

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   How to manage time effectively for the IIMC Entrance Exam preparation?
A: 

To manage the time effectively during the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) Entrance Exam preparation, candidates need to first create a study plan covering all important topics and they must give special focus to the weak subjects, and allocate sufficient time for practice and revision excercises as well.

Q:   How can I download the IIMC exam result?
A: 

To download the IIMC exam result, candidates will have to follow the steps mentioned below:

Visit the official page of IIMC or NTA.
On the website of IIMC, click on ‘Exam Result’ link which will be present in the "News and Announcements" section of the home page.
Click on the ‘Exam Result’ link.
Enter either the Date of Birth and Mobile number (OR) Unique registration number
Check the IIMC entrance exam results, which will contain the roll numbers of shortlisted candidates for different courses.

IIMC Entrance Exam 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IIMC Entrance Exam 2025 exam

DatesPast Exam Dates
09 Aug ' 25 - 10 Aug ' 25

Submission of Fee for First Semester

08 Aug ' 25 - 09 Aug ' 25

Document Verification by IIMC

08 Aug ' 25 - 09 Aug ' 25

IIMC Entrance Exam Seat Freeze & Document Upload

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Steps For Admission and eCounselling for IIMC Entrance Exam 2025

Follow the steps provided below to complete your IIMC Entrance Exam counselling process - 

1. Online Registration: All the CUET PG qualified and eligible candidates must register online on the IIMC portal - https://iimc.admissions.nic.in. Online Registration by all the eligible candidates will be allowed only in round 1 and spot rounds of counselling. Candidates are required to enter CUET PG Roll Number, CUET PG Application Number, Candidate Name, Father’s Name, Date of Birth and Gender in the Registration Form. These parameters will be authenticated with the CUET PG Result Data. After successful authentication, candidates need to choose a password to complete the remaining steps for registration. After successful registration, candidates will use the CUET PG Roll Number and chosen password for subsequent logins.

2. Application Form Submission: After the successful submission of the registration form, candidates will have to log in to complete the remaining activities by filling the multiple fields of a form like qualification details, contact details, etc. In the application form, candidates can only modify their date of birth.

3. Registration Fee Payment: All successful registered candidates are required to pay the registration fee. Registration Fee amount will be as follows. 

Category Fee Amount (INR)
General 1,500/-
Gen-EWS/OBC-NCL/SC/ST 1,000/-

4, Choice Filling Process: Candidates who have successfully registered and paid the registration fee are required to submit their choices of institute/ campus and programs/ courses in order of their preference. Candidates can fill in as many choices in the order of their preference as they wish. They can also change, re-order, or delete choices and add new choices any number of times until they lock their final choices. 

5. Choice Locking: IIMC will enable the 'Lock choice' button according to the counselling schedule. Candidates are advised to lock their choices only after they are sure of the seat and course.

Note: After the choices are locked, candidates will not be able to change their choices. If a candidate fails to lock his/ her choices before a pre-announced deadline, his/ her choices will be locked automatically by the system after the deadline. 

6. Allotment of Seats & Download Provisional Allottment Letter: Candidates will be allotted seats based on their selected preferences and rank order. For this, a Seat Allottment Algorithm will be used. Also, merit as per AIR and reservation criteria will also be considered. Download the provisional alotment letter, if selected.

7. Willingness Submission: Candidates with allotted seats have to submit their willingness via Float or Freeze.

  • Float: It means Yes Upgradation: Yes I want to upgrade my choices in subsequent rounds of counselling.
  • Freeze: It means No Upgradation: No, I am satisfied with the allotted seat and I don't want upgradation in subsequent rounds of counselling.

8. Upload Required Document: Candidates will have to upload these essential documents after getting allocation. 

  • Age Proof - Class 10 certificate or any other valid certificate will be Mandatory
  • Graduate or equivalent mark sheet or Undertaking: Mandatory
  • CUET (PG) Admit Card: Mandatory
  • CUET (PG) Score Card: Mandatory
  • Category Certificate: Mandatory for SC/ST/GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL. 
  • PwD Certificate: Mandatory of PwD Candidates. 

9. Online Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee: Candidates must pay an amount of INR 20,000/- as a Seat Acceptance Fee to confirm their allotted seat. In case, a candidate doesn’t pay the required fee within the decided time frame then his/ her allotted seat will be cancelled.

10. Admission Fee: After document verification, if the allotted seat gets confirmed and the candidate has given the willingness as FREEZE, then the candidate will pay the required Admission Fee otherwise the allotted seat will be cancelled. The admission fees will be calculated based on the chosen programme. A mapping for the same is as follows. 

Program/Course Admission Fee Amount (INR)
PG Diploma Course in Journalism (English) 95,000/-
PG Diploma Course in Journalism (Hindi) 95,000/-
PG Diploma Course in Advertising and Public Relations 1,31,500/-
PG Diploma Course in Radio & TV Journalism 1,68,500/-
PG Diploma Course in Digital Media 2,08,500/-

12. Withdrawal Process: The withdrawal process will be carried out as per schedule. The fee shall be refunded online by IIMC, New Delhi within a specified period as per the refund policy.

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Q:   What after IIMC Entrance Exam Result is declared?
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Once the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) results are declared a merit list will be prepared for each course and shortlisted candidates as per the merit list will be called in for the second round of the admission process at IIMC which is the counselling process. As per the counselling, candidates will be alloted the institute and the courses.

Q:   Does the Indian Institute of Mass Communication offers admission through CUET PG?
A: 

Yes, Indian Institute of Mass Communication offers admission through CUET PG in some of the postgraduate Diploma programmes. Candidates seeking admission in such programmes are required to fill CUET PG application form and appear in CUET PG exam. Shortlisted candidates are called for counseling as per the marks obtained in CUET PG. A cut off for such courses is released and the candidates are given admission accordingly.

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Seat allotment in IIMC

The programme-wise seats offered at IIMC, New Delhi and its regional campuses are - 

Course

Number of Seats

Campus

PG Diploma in Journalism (English)

68

IIMC New Delhi

68

IIMC Dhenkanal

30

IIMC Aizawl

30

IIMC Amravati

30

IIMC Kottayam

30

IIMC Jammu

PG Diploma in Journalism (Hindi)

68

IIMC New Delhi

30

IIMC Jammu

 

30

IIMC Amravati

PG Diploma in Radio&TV Journalism (English and Hindi)

51

IIMC New Delhi

PG Diploma in Advertising & Public Relations (English and Hindi)

77

IIMC New Delhi

PG Diploma in Digital Media

30

IIMC New Delhi

30

IIMC Aizawl

30

IIMC Jammu

30

IIMC Kottayam

 

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the selection process for IIMC Entrance Exam?
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The selection of candidates if the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is solely based on the performance of the candidate in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) which is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). There will be no interview or group discussion for admissions. The final merit list will be prepared based on the candidates' overall score out of 100 marks.

Q:   Can I get admission to IIMC if my rank is below the cutoff?
A: 

The cutoff is the minimum qualifying mark that candidates must secure to be eligible for admissioN and to ensure a seat in the coveted Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), aspirants are supposed to score equal to or more than the prescribed cut off marks. If they fail to do so, they will not be able to get admission into the IIMC.

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IIMC Entrance Exam Counselling FAQs

Check out the frequently asked questions on IIMC entrance exam counselling:

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Q:   How does the IIMC Entrance Exam cutoff vary for different categories?
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The India Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) Entrance Exam cutoff varies for different categories such as General, Other Backward Caste, Schedule Caste, and Schedule Tribe. The cutoff for Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe categories is generally lower than that of the General category in the IIMC entrance examination.

Q:   What factors are considered while determining the IIMC Entrance Exam cutoff?
A: 

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) Entrance Exam cutoff is determined based on various factors such as the number of applicants, the difficulty level of the IIMC entrance exam, and the availability of seats. Generally, the difficulty level of the IIMC entrance examination is moderate level and the cut off is high at times.

Q:   What is the duration of the IIMC entrance exam?
A: 

IIMC entrance exam pattern is such that there will be two separate Entrance Exams in two separate sittings on the same day. One entrance examination will be for 4 courses i.e., PG Diploma in Hindi Journalism, PG Diploma in English Journalism, PG Diploma in Public Relations & Advertising and PG Diploma in Radio & Television. While the another exam will be for Regional Language Journalism courses (Odia, Marathi, Malayalam and Urdu). Each Test will be of Two Hours (120 minutes) time duration and comprise of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) based on General Knowledge & General Aptitude including a few general questions from the field of Media & Communication carrying 100 marks.

Q:   Is IIMC a good institute for post graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication?
A: 

Yes, at IIMC they exclusively offer postgraduate courses. It is one of the most popular and sought-after institutes for mass media higher education. It's an autonomous society under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Students from across the country and abroad apply for their entrance in great numbers. They also have 5 regional centres across the country in addition to the IIMC Delhi campus. Their motive is to provide quality higher education in the field of mass communication and contribute educated individuals that further the Indian society.

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