How To Prepare For FTII JET 2025 exam? Preparation Tips And Guidelines, Best Books

Film and Television Institute of India Joint Entrance Test 2025 ( FTII JET )

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Nupur Jain
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Updated on Oct 7, 2025 10:56 IST

FTII JET aspirants! The entrance test is on July 27, 2025. Check out these preparation tips for FTII JET 2025.

How to Prepare for FTII JET?

How to Prepare for FTII JET? - FTII JET is a national-level film school entrance exam. It is conducted annually for students who want to get admission into postgraduate and post-graduate diploma courses at FTII Pune and SRFTI, Kolkata. It is a Joint Entrance Test (JET) conducted by the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata. In 2024, the entrance exam was conducted by SRFTI, Kolkata. FTII JET 2025 Stage 1 exam was conducted on July 27, 2025, at 26 exam cities in offline mode. The FTII JET Stage 2 exam 2025 is being conducted between September 26, 2025, and October 11, 2025. Students who pass the test will be admitted to the following two wings of FTII - 

The entrance exam is considered one of the toughest to crack compared to other Film and TV entrance exams. To crack the FTII JET exam, students need plenty of preparation as they will be judged based on their intellectual skills, general studies, English, and General Knowledge. To qualify, students will have to prepare well in advance, cover all the topics based on which questions can be framed in the test, and gather enough preparation material that is sufficient and not too overwhelming. They must also be familiar with the syllabus and the test pattern. In this article, we will deal with all of these. Read further to learn more.

Table of content
  • FTII JET 2025: Highlights
  • Preparation Steps for FTII JET 2025
  • How To Prepare For FTII JET 2025?
  • Books for FTII JET Preparation

FTII JET 2025: Highlights 

Before getting into the preparation tips, let us check out some key information about this exam. 

Particulars

Details

Exam Name

Film and Television Institute of India Joint Entrance Test (FTII JET)

Conducting Body

Film and Television Institute of India and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute

Exam Level

National Level Entrance Exam

Exam Frequency

Once a year

Exam Mode

Offline

Exam Pattern

Objective and Subjective (both)

Exam Duration

2 hours

Official Website

https://www.ftii.ac.in/

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Preparation Steps for FTII JET 2025

Candidates can follow the steps below to prepare for FTII JET 2025 exam:

Step 1: Understand the Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme.

Step 2: Get the prescribed syllabus for the applied course.

Step 3: Get all the study material you can to prepare better for the FTII JET Exam. 

Step 4: Create a day-to-day and weekly timetable on how much material you can study daily.

Step 5: Try and solve as many question papers as you can, including sample papers, and give mock tests to know your strengths and weaknesses.

How To Prepare For FTII JET 2025?

The first step for FTII JET exam preparation is planning and time management. So, first of all, decide how you will utilize your time and how many topics you will cover in a day. Studying according to a jotted-out plan is always successful. Candidates can go through the following tips and steps on how to prepare for the entrance test.

Get to Know the FTII JET Pattern

First and foremost, the candidate needs to be well-versed in the exam pattern. One should know the duration of the exam, the mode and medium of the entrance exam, how many questions will be asked, and the weightage of marks. How many sections will be there, and which section will carry the most amount of marks? Will the question pattern be in MCQ format or have long answer questions? Once you understand the pattern, you have a blueprint in your mind and will know exactly how to manage your time while sitting for the entrance exam.

 Learn the FTII JET Marking Scheme

Along with the FTII JET exam pattern, students should know the marking scheme as well. If you are not thorough with the exam pattern and marking scheme, it will be quite tough to prepare your plan before you get down to writing as soon as you get the question paper. You should know if there will be negative markings, or how many questions will carry a larger sum of marks. You have to know the minute details, as it can help you prepare better. You will not have much trouble once you have the pattern in mind and know what to expect in terms of the marking scheme.

Get Familiar with the FTII JET Syllabus

Once you have the FTII JET syllabus of the course you have applied for, be it courses from Film Wing or TV Wing, get all the topics covered. To score well in FTII JET Exam, candidates have to thoroughly go through the prescribed syllabus. Even if there are general topics, go through them once again. Don’t leave out anything. Strategize your plans on an hourly, daily, and weekly basis. There is no success without hard work, and to get admission to FTII or SRFTI, you can prepare better by knowing which topics to cover in-depth and which sections will require superficial knowledge, such as general studies. You can do so by following the below-mentioned pointers:

  • Cover the subjects thoroughly and know the important topics that have to be covered.
  • Segregate the subjects and topics into easy and difficult categories. Cover topics that you find challenging.
  • Note down the topics that carry maximum weightage (based on previous years’ question papers).

Go through Prep Books

Along with the syllabus, candidates must also buy the required books for the FTII JET exam. Anyone can test themselves through prep books. You can identify where you are lagging and what are your strong points. It is advised that you must buy at least two to three preparation books to help you understand the exam better. Books related to preparation will give you an idea about the syllabus, the type of questions asked in the entrance exam, and much more.

Prepare a Time Table

One of the most important elements while preparing for an entrance exam is time management. Make a schedule, as to how much material to cover on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. On creating a plan, the candidate can cover all the topics that are to come in the entrance exam. Revise the syllabus and content, attempt as many question papers, mock papers, and previous years’ question papers to better help prepare.

Refer to Past Years’ Question Papers, Sample Papers and Mock Tests

Through the FTII JET previous years' exam papers, you can understand what type of questions are asked, the importance given to each section, the subjects that carry more weightage, the marking scheme, and much more, which you can understand altogether. You can also evaluate your performance and work more on the areas that you find difficult to score in. In addition to that, you can time yourself while solving these papers to work on your speed. 

Books for FTII JET Preparation

Candidates can go through the books to prepare for FTII JET exam:

Preparation Books Author
A Guidebook to Crack JET for Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI) Rakesh Biswas
FTII JET Entrance Mock Test Fawo Books
Being FTII: Perspectives on the Film and Television Institute of India (Celebrating Sixty Years)  Roma Chatterjee and Amit Tyagi

For more details on the FTII JET, you can go through the following links:

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Answered 2 months ago

The Film and Television Institute of India has released the FTII JET 2025 Paper 1 result for Stage 1 Objective Test on the official website, on August 09, 2025. The institute is expected to release the FTII JET Paper 2 & overall Stage 1 result soon.

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Answered 2 months ago

The Film and Television Institute of India has declared the FTII JET 2025 Stage 1 Paper 1 Objective result on 09 August 2025. The FTII JET Stage 1 Paper 2 result will be declared soon.

Once the Stage 1 is complete and FTII JET Stage 2 is conducted successfully, the FTII JET Final Result 2025 will be

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Answered 2 months ago

Yes, the FTII JET Admit Card 2025 has been released on JUly 21, 2025 at the official website of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Candidates can download the hall ticket by entering any of the two fields from: online application number, date of birth, and email ID.

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