NIFT 2026 e-Counselling (UG/PG): Seat Allotment Regular Rounds, Spot Round Seat Allotment, Document Verification, Fees, Admission

To participate in the NIFT 2026 counselling process, candidates need to register for the same at the NIFT website. 

Step 1: Registration and Choice filling by candidates

Candidates who are shortlisted for the counselling process need to get:

• Register for NIFT counselling at the official website of the institute
• Pay the registration fee of INR 9,300 (non-refundable)
• Fill in the choices of academic programs and campuses 

Note: Choices have to be locked on/before the last date of choice filling, or else the last filled choices will get locked

Step 2: Upload documents

Log in to the NIFT admission portal and upload all the required documents. 

Step 3: Pay the Seat Acceptance Fee 2026

Candidates who have been allocated seats will have to pay the seat-acceptance fees of INR 1,83,200 (approx.). The seat acceptance fees have to be paid online through the Admission Portal only.

Step 4: Take part in Document and Fee Verification

All the documents submitted by the candidate and the fee paid will be verified by the admission cell.

Step 5: Receive Allotment Letter

Once all the above-mentioned steps are completed, allotment letters will be sent to selected candidates via email.

NIFT Counselling Dates and Schedule

The following table shows the tentative dates for NIFT Seat Allotment Round 1:

The following table shows the tentative dates for NIFT Seat Allotment Round 2:

Refer to the following PDFs for NIFT 2026 Counselling guidelines and schedules.

• NIFT 2025 Seat Allocation Guidelines: Click Here 
• User Guide for NIFT UG and PG Counselling 2025: Click Here  

• NIFT 2025 Counselling Schedule: Click Here 

The 19 NIFT campuses collectively offer a total of around 4,837 seats across various programs, including B.Des, M.Des, M.F.Tech, B.F.Tech, and MFM. The following factors will be taken into consideration for NIFT 2026 Seat Allotment:

1. Candidate's merit rank in NIFT 2026
2. Seat intake for the applied programme
3. Options (campus + academic program) selected by the candidate 
4. Admission category - Open, SC, ST, PwD, etc.

At the time of NIFT 2026 counselling, the candidate will be required to present the following documents:

• The counseling documents should be in Hindi/ English. 
• If any of the documents are in any other language, then a certified translation in Hindi/English, duly verified by the issuing institution/ gazetted officer / Self-attested (original and photocopy) should be produced by the candidate at the time of counseling.

To participate in the NIFT counselling process, the candidate needs to meet the following conditions.

NIFT Spot Counselling is counselling which is used to fill the remaining vacant seats across the NIFT institutes after the regular rounds of Seat Allotment. In NIFT Counselling 2026, NIFT SPOT Round will be used to fill the vacancies, which are available in all NIFT Campuses after the last Round of Admission Fee Payment and withdrawal.

The NIFT Spot Counselling tentative vacancy list, course- and campus-wise, will be made available on the official NIFT Admissions Portal: https://nift.admissions.nic.in/tentative-vacancy-position/. The result of the Seat Allotment of SPOT Round Counselling will be made available in the candidate's login ID at https://nift.admissions.nic.in. Candidates who will be allotted a seat can download their Provisional Admission Letter from their portal.

Eligibility Criteria for NIFT Spot Counselling 2026

In the NIFT Spot Round 2026, all the eligible candidates, including absentees of previous rounds of counselling, will be allowed to participate in the Spot Round of counselling, except those who became ineligible during document verification due to NIFT cut-off marks or any other valid reasons, age, etc.

Non-eligibility Criteria for NIFT Spot Counselling

In the NIFT Spot counselling 2026, those candidates who became ineligible during the registration or the document verification process of the main counselling will not be eligible.

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NIFT Spot Counselling: Vacancy Position

The vacancies for the Spot counselling of NIFT 2026 are for those seats in all NIFT Campuses after the last round of Admission Fee Payment and withdrawal.

NIFT Registration Process Rules: Spot Counselling

The online registration process for NIFT Spot Counselling will be similar to the earlier registration. Candidates who desire to participate in the Spot Round should log in to the NIFT Counselling portal and complete the registration process.

Spot Round Participation Fee

• Newly registered candidates will pay the participation/registration fee of around Rs. 5,000/- before choice filling.
• Candidates who have already paid the seat acceptance fee and have not withdrawn in any previous rounds are exempted from the registration fee of Rs 5,000/-.
• Registration fee/Participation Fee of Rs. 5,000/- is non-refundable.

Document Verification Rules

Document verification rules will be the same as NIFT Counselling Round 1. The document verification process will be only for new candidates.

Spot Round Choice Filling & Locking

• Choice Filling can be done by only those candidates who have paid the participation fee and whose documents have been verified.
•  All the choices will be shown to the candidate irrespective of whether a seat is available or not, because during processing few virtual vacancies may arise.
• For all provisionally admitted candidates who have already paid the admission fee, if they desire to participate in the Spot Round, then during choice filling, the provisionally admitted campus & program where he/she has already completed admission will not appear in the list of available choices. After locking, the admitted choice will automatically be added in the last position of the newly filled choices.
• Lock Choice button will be enabled as per the NIFT 2026 counselling schedule.
• If candidates fail to explicitly lock their choices by the last date & time, their last saved choices will be automatically locked by the system after this deadline.
• All the choice filling features will be the same as the main counselling choice-filling process.

NIFT Spot Counselling 2026: Seat Allotment

• Choices of all such candidates who have completed all the steps will be processed as per business rules.
• The last allotted choice of all admitted candidates of previous rounds, who have not participated in the Spot Round of counselling, will also be processed for category upgradation only.
• Conversion of seats will be applicable in the Spot Round of seat allotment as per the conversion rules.

Seat Allotment Result Publishing 2026

The NIFT Spot Counselling Seat Allotment Result 2026 will be published on the official website tentatively in the second week of August 2026. Candidates need to download the “Provisional Allotment Letter”. NIFT Opening and closing ranks will also be published in the public portal.

Online Payment of Admission Fee

Candidates who have been allotted a seat must pay the fees before the deadline to avoid any cancellation of the seat.

NIFT Spot Counselling Schedule 2026

The dates and events for NIFT Spot counselling 2026 are:

Candidates who are allotted seats in the first few rounds of seat allotment will be given the option to withdraw from the admission process. If the candidate withdraws on or before the given deadline, then the candidate will be refunded the full fee minus the registration fee. However, if the candidate withdraws after the due date, only the Security Deposit will be refunded. 

Candidates can go through the options available for seat withdrawal along with a fee refund for NRI/ SAARC/ Foreign National/ OCI Candidates/ Children/wards of NRI below:

NIFT 2026 Seat Withdrawal Option and Important Points

If the candidate has accepted a seat allotted by NIFT:

•  The seat can be withdrawn online starting from the 2nd round.
• Seats can be withdrawn only up to the penultimate round.
• Candidates who have withdrawn their seats will not be considered for seat allotment in subsequent rounds.
• After the seat allotment results have been announced for the last round of counselling, there will be no option to withdraw the allotted seat.

Step-wise process to withdraw NIFT 2026 seat

To exercise the withdrawal option, the candidate needs to follow these two steps:

1. Confirm on the NIFT portal - The candidate will have to log in to the portal and confirm their withdrawal from the seat allocation process. On confirmation, the allotted seat will be cancelled. Further, the candidate will not be considered for seat allotment in subsequent rounds.
2. The seat acceptance fee will be refunded to the candidate; for the refund amount, check the table given above.

Check below the components and weightage of the NIFT 2026 entrance exam, based on which candidates will be shortlisted for seat allotment:

Weightage for NIFT UG Programmes

NIFT UG programmes have the following weightage:

Weightage for NIFT PG Programmes

NIFT PG programmes have the following weightage:

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