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    NIFT Lateral Entry Fee Structure 2027: Semester Wise NLEA Fee Structure

    NIFT Lateral Entry Fee Structure 2027: Semester Wise NLEA Fee Structure

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 15 Sep 2026, 05:04 PM IST

    The National Institute of Fashion Technology will release the NIFT NLEA fee structure 2027 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 2nd year of the 4-year BDes and BFTech courses based on the scores of the NIFT entrance examination. To know more about this, the aspirants can scroll through the article to know the semester-wise NLEA fee structure at NIFT.

    NIFT Lateral Entry Fee Structure 2027: Semester Wise NLEA Fee Structure
    NIFT Lateral Entry Fee Structure

    Candidates who secure admission through lateral entry will have to pay the fee at the time of admission to confirm their seat allotment.

    NIFT Lateral Entry Fee 2027

    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. The total fee for NLEA is around 10.38 lakhs for 3 years.

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    NIFT NLEA Fee Structure (As per last year)

    Academic Fee Semester-wise (In Rupees)

    2026-272027-282028-29

    Sem 3Sem 4Sem 5Sem 6Sem 7Sem 8
    Tuition fee
    (Non refundable)
    150000150000158000158000166000166000
    Library fee (per year) (Non refundable)100000105000110000
    Mediclaim & student development
    Fee (per year) (non refundable)
    490005100054000
    Exam fee (per year)490005100054000
    Total169800150000178700158000187800166000
    One time payments
    Security deposit (one time) (Refundable)1260000000
    Alumni association membership fee
    (One-time) (non refundable)
    000062000
    Registration fee (One time)930000000
    Total2190000062000
    Grand total191700150000178700158000194000166000
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    Hello,

    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