NIMCET 2026 Counselling: Check Tentative Dates for 2026, Registration, Seat Allotment & Procedure
National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test 2026 ( NIMCET )
During the NIMCET counselling process, registration, fee payment, and selection of choice of colleges will have to be done. The selection of colleges must be done in order of preference. The authorities will conduct four rounds of NIMCET 2026 counselling (including a special round). No fresh registration and choice filling will be allowed for the first three rounds of counselling.
Read to know more about NIMCET Counselling 2026.
- NIMCET 2026 Counselling Process
- NIMCET 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- NIMCET 2026 Seat Allotment
- List of documents required for NIMCET 2026 counselling
- NIMCET 2026 Counselling Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
NIMCET 2026 Counselling Process
The NIMCET counselling will be an online process. Please check the process for NIMCET counselling 2026 for reference.
- Registration: Register yourself for the counselling process by filling out the your personal details, as prompted.
- Choice Filling: Fill in your choice of colleges in the order of preference, as it will be considered for allotment. The candidates are advised to select as many choices as possible for a higher chance of allotment into the preferred colleges.
- Fee Payment: Pay INR 1000 as the NIMCET 2026 counselling fee, online through net banking/credit card/debit card. No other mode of payment will be accepted.
Commonly asked questions
No, as of September 2025, you are not allowed to choose the date and time of the NIMCET counselling. The exam-conducting body finalises the counselling schedule and they themselves announced the NIMCET 2025 counselling dates. You would need to register online and participate in the NIMCET counselling process by paying the fee and filling out your choices. Qualified candidates eligible to participate in the counselling will be declared qualified based on their NIMCET results. The allotment of seats was based on the marks secured in the NIMCET 2025 exam. NIMCET 2025 counselling was conducted in four rounds, and is now OVER.
You must verify all your documents during NIMCET counselling. You must also bring the original documents at the time of joining. The documents required for NIMCET Counselling are listed below:
- NIMCET Admit Card
- NIMCET Rank Card
- Date of Birth Proof (10th marksheet)
- 10th & 12th marksheets and passing certificates
- Caste certificate (if applicable)
- Category certificate
- 4 Recent passport size photographs
NIMCET 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NIMCET 2026 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Jun ' 26 | NIMCET 2026 Answer Key Objections TENTATIVE |
| Jun ' 26 | NIMCET 2026 Result TENTATIVE |
| Jun ' 26 - Jul ' 26 | NIMCET Counselling Registration and Choice Filling TENTATIVE |
| Jul ' 26 | NIMCET 2026 Seat Allotment - Round 1 TENTATIVE |
| Jul ' 26 | NIMCET 2026 Seat Allotment - Round 2 TENTATIVE |
| Jul ' 26 | NIMCET 2026 Seat Allotment - Round 3 TENTATIVE |
| Jul ' 26 | NIMCET 2026 Special Round - Choice Filling TENTATIVE |
NIMCET 2026 Seat Allotment
The NIMCET seat allotment will be announced via online mode. Seat allottment will be done according to the candidate's rank, college preference, and availability of seats. Candidates who will be allotted seats will have to report to their allotted institutes for document verification and admission confirmation. Failure to do so would result uin the cancellation of their admission. All of the required documents have to be submitted in the original and photocopies for verification. Candidates will also have to pay the required fee to confirm their admission. The authorities will conduct three rounds of NIMCET seat allotment results, along with a special round.
Commonly asked questions
The NIMCET 2025 counselling process is now over.
- Round 1 was announced on July 7, 2025
- Round 2 was announced on July 12, 2025
- Round 3 was announced on July 17, 2025
- Counselling registration and choice filling for the special round ended on July 25, 2025, and the seat allotment was announced on July 26, 2025.
List of documents required for NIMCET 2026 counselling
While reporting to their allotted institute for NIMCET 2026 seat allotment confirmation, the candidates will have to submit the following original documents along with their self-attested photocopies.
- NIMCET 2026 admit card
- NIMCET 2026 scorecard
- Date of Birth Proof, i.e., 10th mark sheet
- 10th & 12th mark sheet and passing certificate
- Caste certificate (if applicable)
- Category certificate
- 4 recent passport size photographs
Commonly asked questions
The NIMCET 2025 seat matrix has been published on the website for everyone to view. The candidate can view the seat matrix institute-wise and category-wise. For more details, you can visit this blog as well, which covers the NIMCET seat matrix in detail. Here it goes - https://www.shiksha.com/it-software/articles/nimcet-2025-seat-matrix-blogId-188886
NIMCET 2026 Counselling Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Read for NIMCET 2026 Counselling Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
Commonly asked questions
Candidates can fill in as many choices in the order of preference as they wish to from the list of available choices.
Candidates are permitted, if they so desire, to change or re-order their choices, delete earlier choices and add new choices any number of times until they lock their final choices. Choices should be positively locked before last date & time failing which last saved choices will be considered for allotment. Choices submitted in the first round of counselling will be processed up to third round.
As the candidate will apply for an application form, the instruction page will be shown. This page will have all the important instructions regarding business rules like eligibility rules, fee structures, application form submission
process, payment procedures etc. Also, candidate should read instructions carefully, if agreed then proceed for
registration.
NIMCET Exam
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
Some books that you can refer to for preparing the Computer Awareness paper of the NIMCET exam are -
Objective Question Bank for Computer Awareness for General Competitions by Arihant Experts
Computer Awareness for General Competitive Exams by Saumya Ranjan Behera
Exam Preparation Books For Lucent's Co
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
Here are some of the good books that can help you learn logical reasoning -
Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal
All About Reasoning by Anjali A Gupta
A New Approach to REASONING Verbal & Non-Verbal by B.S. Sijwali, Indu Sijwali
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
Some recommended books to prepare for the numerical ability paper of NIMCET are:
NCERT Mathematics Textbook for class 12
Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal
Numerical Ability and Mathematical Aptitude by A B Rao
Objective Mathematics by RD Sharma
Arihant Study Package
Arihant MCA Entrance Exam Book
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
No. Since you couldn't complete the process, your application will not be accepted. The NIMCET application process will only complete after you have paid the application fee. Make sure that you do not miss any of the required steps of the application process, be it payment of fee or uploading of doc
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
The eligibility criteria for NIMCET are as follows -
Criteria | Details |
Nationality | Must be an Indian citizen |
Educational Qualification | Bachelor's degree in B.Sc. (Computer Science/IT), BCA, B.Tech/B.E., or any equivalent degree with Mathematics/Statistics as a subject at 10+2 or graduation level |
Minimum Marks | At least 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA (55% or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ST/PwD candidates) |
Final Year Students | Eligible to apply, but must provide proof of passing before admission |
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
You will get an email as well as an SMS notification about the release date of their admit cards. You will also receive updates to download it. All the candidates are required to print the NIMCET Admit Card on precision printers, only such as Laser Printers (and not on Inkjet printers). You are also
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the conducting authorities of the NIMCET. Every year, an NIT conducts the exam on a rotational basis. In 2025, the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, conducted the exam.
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
The NIMCET is conducted by an individual NIT on a rotational basis every year. So the NIT that is conducting the NIMCET in that year will release the NIMCET answer key. In 2025, the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli conducted the NIMCET and hence, released the answer key.
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
If you find any discrepancy in the NIMCET answer keys, you can raise objections online at nimcet.admissions.nic.in. You would need to submit your objections with supporting proof. For every objection, INR 500 has to be paid online, i.e., through net banking/credit card/debit card. Authorities will n
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
NIMCET Cut-Off marks are mainly influenced by -
- Difficulty level of the exam
- Number of applicants
- Institute-wise available seats
- Category-wise reservations
- Performance of the candidate in the exam
- Last year's trends
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Contributor-Level 9
65 Institutes accepting NIMCET
Jaipur • Public
5Institute of Information Technology & Management
Janakpuri, Delhi • Private
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Dwarka, Delhi • Public
Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies
Rohini, Delhi • Private
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