The FTII JET 2025 seat acceptance window has now closed. Candidates with their names in the FTII JET revised final merit list, who have paid the seat acceptance fee by November 10 can now participate in FTII counselling process. Check out this page to know the details about FTII JET admission process 2025.
FTII JET 2025
FTII JET 2025: The Film and Television Institute of India is conducting FTII JET counselling 2025 for admission to postgraduate and postgraduate diploma courses through JET scores 2025. The institute released the FTII JET 2025 result (revised) on 24 October 2025. The final merit list PDF is available at ftii.ac.in/announcement. Candidates who appeared for the FTII JET 2025 exam (Stage 1 and Stage 2) and have their names in the FTII JET revised final merit list have to proceed with the admission process and secure their seat by paying the FTII JET 2025 Seat Acceptance Fee of INR 50,000. The last date to pay the fee was 10 November 2025.
The FTII JET 2025 Stage 2 exams were conducted between 26 September 2025 and 11 October 2025. Check out this page to know more about the FTII JET exam, admission process, eligibility criteria, and important dates.
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The Film and Television Institute of India Joint Entrance Test (FTII JET) is a national-level entrance exam that is conducted annually. FTII JET is conducted either by FTII Pune or SRFTI Kolkata to shortlist students for admissions offered by these two institutes. The admission of shortlisted candidates is done into two wings - Film and TV for postgraduate and post-graduate diploma courses.
There are two wings in FTII -
Film Wing: Where candidates are given admission into courses such as direction & screenplay, writing, editing, acting, cinematography, feature film screenplay writing, sound designing and recording, and art direction & production design.
Television wing: Where admission is given to candidates into courses such as directions, electronic cinematography, sound recording & television engineering, and video editing.
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- FTII JET 2025 Exam Highlights
- FTII JET 2025 Schedule
- FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Eligibility
- FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Application Form
- FTII JET 2025 Admit Card
- FTII JET 2025 Exam Pattern
- FTII JET 2025 Syllabus
- FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Result
- FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Counselling
- FTII - Facilities and Infrastructure
FTII JET 2025 Exam Highlights
Some important details about this national-level film school entrance exam are provided in the table below.
| Particulars |
Details |
|---|---|
| Exam Name |
Film and Television Institute of India Joint Entrance Test (FTII JET) |
| Conducting Body |
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune or Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata |
| Exam Level |
National |
| Exam Frequency |
Annually |
| Exam Mode |
Offline |
| Exam Duration |
3 hours |
| Objective of the exam |
Admission into various MFA and One Year PG certificate courses in Television and Filming |
| Exam Pattern |
Objective and Subjective (both) |
| Exam Fees |
Single Course: INR 1500 (General, OBC-NCL, Gen-EWS); INR 500 (SC, ST, PwD, Female) Two Courses: INR 2500 (General, OBC-NCL, Gen-EWS); INR 800 (SC, ST, PwD, Female) |
| No. of test cities |
26 cities across the country |
| Exam helpdesk number |
(020) 25580022 / 24 |
| Official Website |
applyadmission.net/ftii2025 |
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FTII JET 2025 Schedule
Check out the table below to know about the important dates for FTII JET 2025 exam.
| Event |
Tentative Dates |
|---|---|
| FTII JET 2025 Application |
15-Jun-2025 to 13-Jul-2025 |
| FTII JET 2025 Admit Card Release Date |
21-Jul-2025 |
| FTII JET 2025 Stage 1 Exam |
27-Jul-2025 |
| FTII JET Stage 1 Result |
13-Sp-2025 |
| FTII JET Stage 2 Exam |
26-Sep-2025 to 11-Oct-2025 |
| FTII JET 2025 Final Merit List |
17-Oct-2025 |
| FTII JET Revised Final Merit List 2025 |
24-Oct-2025 |
| FTII JET Seat Acceptance Fee Payment Last Date | 10-Nov-2025 |
| FTII JET Seat Allocation 2025 | To be announced |
| FTII JET Document Verification and Medical Test 2025 | To be announced |
| Commencement of Classes | Third Week of November 2025 (Tentative) |
FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Eligibility
The exam body sets the eligibility criteria for the various programmes offered through FTII JET. Aspirants who wish to be admitted into the premier filmmaking institutes in India must meet the minimum eligibility criteria. As per the eligibility criteria of FTII JET, aspirants must be above 21 years of age, and the minimum educational qualification required to be eligible for application for all courses except the 3 Year PG Diploma in Art Direction & Production Design and the 3 Year UG Certificate course in Animation & Visual Effects Design is a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in any discipline. The eligibility criteria for 3 3-year PG Diploma in Art Direction & Production Design and the 3-year UG Certificate courses in Animation & Visual Effects Design are provided in the table below.
| Name of Course |
Minimum Educational Qualification Required |
|---|---|
| 3 Year PG Diploma in Art Direction & Production Design |
Bachelor’s degree in applied arts, architecture, painting, sculpture, interior design, or related fields in fine arts or equivalent. |
| 3 Year UG Certificate course in Animation & Visual Effects Design |
H.S.C or Diploma of minimum 2 years after S.S.C from Government-recognized Board or equivalent |
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FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Application Form
The application form for FTII JET was released online on the institute's official website on 15 June 2025. Aspirants had to fill in the application form before the last date to appear in the exam. Those candidates who filled in the application form successfully were issued the admit card to appear in the exam.
Freeze option means that candidate accepts the offered seat and don't want to participate in further rounds of seat allocation.
Float option means that candidate accepts the offered seat but if they are offered admission to a course of higher preference in same or other Institute, they will accept it. Else, the candidate will continue with currently accepted FTII course.
No, the Film and Television Institute of India will conduct the JET counseling session in person. Candidates will have to appear in person for the counseling round. During the counselling process, candidates will have to carry all their original documents as per their educational qualification and identity proofs.
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FTII JET 2025 Admit Card
The FTII JET admit card is issued by the exam conducting authority to all the aspirants who have successfully submitted the application form. For 2025 admission, candidates could download their FTII JET admit card 2025 for the Stage 1 exam between 21 July 2025 and 26 July 2025. For the Stage 2 exam, candidates who qualified the first stage were able to take the exam between 26 September 2025 and 11 October 2025.
FTII JET 2025 Exam Pattern
To qualify for any entrance exam, and not just the FTII JET, candidates need to refer to the exam pattern to understand the sections, time duration, and marking scheme of the exam. The FTII JET exam is conducted in offline (pen-paper) mode. The FTII JET question paper for Stage 1 has two parts: Paper I and Paper II.
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Paper I: (Multiple Choice Questions)
- Number of questions: 30
- Total Marks: 60
- Marking Scheme:
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+2 for every correct answer
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-0.5 for every incorrect answer
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0 for unattempted questions
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Paper II: (Subjective/Descriptive)
- Total Marks: 40 marks
FTII JET 2025 Syllabus
Along with the exam pattern of FTII JET candidates are also advised to check the FTII JET syllabus. It consists of topics like Art & craft of Film & TV, Allied Arts, Literature, General Awareness, Environmental Awareness, General Knowledge related to Art and culture and Media, etc for Part A of Paper I and in Part B of Paper I specific questions are asked. Paper II is subjective and it includes long descriptive questions, questions (including sketches, photographs, etc.), and short note questions based on the subject.
FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Result
The exam conducting authority has declared the FTII JET 2025 results on its official website. The Film and Television Institute of India has released a merit list, including roll number, name, category, and final score of the selected candidates. Those who appeared for the FTII JET Stage 1 exam on 27 July 2025 and Stage 2 exam between 26 September 2025 and 11 October 2025 can check their result by visiting ftii.ac.in/announcement. The merit list has been released as a PDF.
The FTII JET counselling will start after the results are declared. FTII will release the counselling schedule on its official website for all courses and students will have to appear in the counselling process. During the counselling process, they will have to bring all their original documents as per their educational qualifications.
During the counselling session of the Film and Television Institute of India, candidates will have to carry all their original certificates and semester-wise mark sheets. Candidates must also ensure that they don't submit any of their original documents to anyone, these documents are just for verification purpose.
At first, FTII released the merit list on 17 October 2025. However, after receiving complaints from the Students' Association over discrepancies in the result related to the reservation policy, the institute released the FTII JET revised final merit list on 24 October 2025.
Eligible candidates with their names in the FTII 2025 merit list can confirm their seat by paying the Seat Acceptance Fee of INR 50,000 by 10 November 2025. The payment can be made through the SB-Collect Portal/Link. The institute will inform the last date to pay the balance course fee along with charges on the official website.
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FTII Entrance Exam 2025 Counselling
As the FTII JET 2025 result has been released, the institute has started the admission process. The FTII JET Counselling process schedule will be released on the official website. Selected candidates must reach the allotted venue at the given time for the FTII JET counselling 2025 and the further admission process. The process will be further followed by a Medical Test and Document Verification of the candidate, which leads to the final selection of them into the courses.
FTII - Facilities and Infrastructure
The FTII, Pune campus is extremely equipped for the students of the various filmmaking courses. The campus has an elaborate book and video library called Gajanan Jagirdar Library. It is extremely helpful for filmmaking students to have such an elaborate bank of films, videos, CDs, DVDs, tapes, cassettes, etc. at their disposal. The institute also provided screening facilities for students. The campus has a main theatre, a classroom theatre and a preview theatre. Their IT infrastructure caters to the hardware, internet, and other multimedia needs. They have a 200 TB institute cloud to store the works of their students and other media. In addition to these, FTII also provides accommodation and sports facilities.
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Yes. It will be required as one of the documents for the counselling session and It is advisable to keep the JET admit card for future purposes.