The National Institute of Fashion Technology will release the NIFT NLEA fee structure online at nift.ac.in. Aspirants can check the NIFT fee structure for NLEA admission at the official brochure of NIFT. NLEA is the NIFT lateral entry admission programme that offers admission into the BDes and BFTech courses based on the scores of the NIFT entrance examination. Candidates planning to obtain NIFT admission into these courses often think of “How much is the NIFT lateral entry fee?”. To know more about this, the aspirants can scroll through the article to know the semester-wise NLEA fee structure at NIFT.
Design aspirants can check the semester-wise NLEA fee structure that is provided below with the detailed breakdown of the fee structure. The NIFT NLEA fee structure includes the tuition fee, library fee, medi-claim fee and more. This NLEA NIFT fee structure is provided as per the previous year, as the NIFT 2026 official brochure is yet to be released.
Particulars | Sem-3 | Sem-4 |
Tuition fee (Non-refundable) | 150000 | 150000 |
Library fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 10000 | 0 |
Mediclaim & student development fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 4900 | 0 |
Exam fee (per year) | 4900 | 0 |
One-time payment | ||
Security deposit (one-time) (Refundable) | 12600 | 0 |
Alumni association membership fee one-time) (Non-refundable) | 0 | 0 |
Registration fee (one-time) | 9300 | 0 |
Total | 191700 | 150000 |
Particulars | Sem-5 | Sem-6 |
Tuition fee (Non-refundable) | 158000 | 158000 |
Library fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 10500 | 0 |
Mediclaim & student development fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 5100 | 0 |
Exam fee (per year) | 5100 | 0 |
One-time payment | ||
Security deposit (one-time) (Refundable) | 0 | 0 |
Alumni association membership fee one-time) (Non-refundable) | 0 | 0 |
Registration fee (one-time) | 0 | 0 |
Total | 178700 | 158000 |
Particulars | Sem-7 | Sem-8 |
Tuition fee (Non-refundable) | 166000 | 166000 |
Library fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 11000 | 0 |
Mediclaim & student development fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 5400 | 0 |
Exam fee (per year) | 5400 | 0 |
One-time payment | ||
Security deposit (one-time) (Refundable) | 0 | 0 |
Alumni association membership fee one-time) (Non-refundable) | 6200 | 0 |
Registration fee (one-time) | 0 | 0 |
Total | 194000 | 166000 |
The NLEA NRI fee for the NIFT campuses of Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai is as follows.
Particulars | 2nd Year | 3rd Year | 4th Year |
Tuition fee (Non-refundable) | 907000 | 952000 | 1000000 |
Library fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 52500 | 55100 | 57900 |
Mediclaim & student development fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 33600 | 35300 | 37100 |
Exam fee (per year) | 4900 | 5100 | 5400 |
One-time payment | |||
Security deposit (one-time) (Refundable) | 12600 | 0 | 0 |
Alumni association membership fee one-time) (Non-refundable) | 0 | 0 | 6200 |
Registration fee (one-time) | 9300 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1019900 | 1047500 | 1106600 |
The NLEA NRI fee for the NIFT campuses of Daman, Patna, Kangra, Bhopal, Kannur, Shillong, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar, Panchkula, Raebareli, Srinagar & Varanasi is as follows.
Particulars | 2nd Year | 3rd Year | 4th Year |
Tuition fee (Non-refundable) | 635000 | 667000 | 700000 |
Library fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 36800 | 38600 | 40500 |
Mediclaim & student development fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 23500 | 24700 | 25900 |
Exam fee (per year) | 4900 | 5100 | 5400 |
One-time payment | |||
Security deposit (one-time) (Refundable) | 12600 | 0 | 0 |
Alumni association membership fee one-time) (Non-refundable) | 0 | 0 | 6200 |
Registration fee (one-time) | 9300 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 722100 | 735400 | 778000 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The NLEA fee structure for the NRI students of NIFT is provided according to each year in the article.
No, the tuition fee varies every year. The tuition fee for each year and semester is provided separately in the article above.
No, the NIFT NLEA fee structure differs for the regular candidates and NRI students.
On Question asked by student community
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Hello,
According to the sources, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) entrance exam for 2026 will be held in February 2026. Also, the registration period may open from November 2025.
I hope it will clear your query!!
Dear Candidate ,
Yes , you are eligible for NIFT - UG 2026 . Based on your birthdate , you will be 19 years old as of August 1 , 2026 , which is well within the age limit .
NIFT requires applicants to be under 24 years of age on August 1 of the admission year , with a 5 year relaxation for SC/ST/PwD candidates .
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The syllabus of NIFT 2026 will be released on October 2025 by Nift officials on their official website nift.ac.in . The syllabus comprises of topics General Ability Test (GAT) and Creative Ability Test (CAT). The syllabus is different for UG and PG programmes. The GAT syllabus consists of :
The CAT syllabus consists important topics like
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