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The National Institute of Fashion Technology offers admission into the BDes and BFTech programmes under the NIFT lateral entry admission (NLEA) scheme. The NIFT NLEA seat matrix has been released online at nift.ac.in. There are 401 seats in NIFT 2026 lateral entry admission. Candidates shortlisted for NIFT NLEA admission will be allotted seats under this scheme. Hence, candidates want to know ‘How many seats are available in NIFT lateral entry 2026?’. The details for the same are provided below in the article for the seat availability under the NIFT lateral entry 2026.
The NIFT lateral entry 2026 is an opportunity for the candidates who have completed their Diploma in the relevant field of Design & Technology. NIFT NLEA 2026 is the scheme of offering direct admission to the third semester of the UG programmes, namely BDes and BFTech.
NIFT authorities have released the programme-wise NLEA seat matrix. The total number of seats available for NIFT NLEA 2026 for various programmes across all the NIFT campuses is as follows.
| Programmes | Total UG seats | 10% of Seats |
| Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design) | 637 | 64 |
| Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication) | 719 | 72 |
| Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | 801 | 80 |
| Bachelor of Design (Fashion Interiors) | 82 | 8 |
| Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design) | 351 | 35 |
| Bachelor of Design (Leather Design) | 152 | 15 |
| Bachelor of Design (Textile Design) | 681 | 68 |
| Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production) | 591 | 59 |
| Total | 4014 | 401 |
Aspirants interested to get admitted into the 3rd semester of the NIFT UG programmes need to appear for the NIFT entrance examination. The NIFT 2026 will be held in January as per the trend of previous year. The NIFT admission is based on the scores obtained by the candidates in the entrance exam of NIFT (GAT and CAT) and also on the NIFT Situation test for BDes. For BFTech admission, only the scores in GAT will be considered as there is no CAT exam for this programme.
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Yes, a diploma holder in Computer Engineering can apply for the NIFT entrance exam , but only through the lateral entry route.
NIFT allows candidates with a 3-year or 4-year engineering diploma from a recognized board to apply for B.F.Tech (Fashion Technology) through lateral entry. The diploma must be
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