The National Institute of Fashion Technology will release the NIFT 2027 fee structure on its official website - nift.ac.in. All the candidates can check the fee structure-related details on the official brochure, which will be available in the official notification. The cost of studying at NIFT remains the same across all campuses. As per the previous year's trends, NIFT 2027 charges around 14,09,400 rupees for its 4-year designing course. Candidates who plan to take admission in the NIFT institute should understand the course fees clearly. Read the complete article by Careers360 to understand the total cost for both UG and PG programmes, along with the NIFT fashion designing course fees and NIFT hostel fees.
As per the previous year's trends, candidates have to pay one-time NIFT fees in semester 1 and semester 7. The semester-wise fees will be announced in the official brochure. Candidates can check the table below for the NIFT one-time fee structure(Based on previous year trends):
Particulars | Semester 1 | Semester 7 |
Security Deposit (One Time) (Refundable) | Rs. 12,600 | - |
Alumni Associations Membership Fee (One Time) (Non-Refundable) | - | Rs. 6200 |
Registration Fee (One Time) | Rs. 9300 | - |
Total | Rs. 21900 | Rs. 6200 |
According to the previous data, candidates have to now pay a total NIFT fees of Rs. 14,09,400 for the Bachelor of Design. Candidates appearing for the Master's courses at NIFT need to calculate the fees for the first four semesters alone. The breakdown has been specified below.
NIFT Fees Components | Sem 1 | Sem 2 |
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 |
Total | 169800 | 150000 |
One-time payments | ||
Security deposit (one-time) (refundable) | 12600 | 0 |
Alumni association membership fee (One-time) (Non-refundable)* | 0 | 0 |
Registration fee (One-time) | 9300 | 0 |
Total | 21900 | 0 |
Total | 191700 | 150000 |
NIFT Fees Components | Sem 3 | Sem 4 |
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 |
Total | 178700 | 158000 |
NIFT Fees Components | Sem 5 | Sem 6 |
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 |
Total | 187800 | 166000 |
NIFT Fees Components | Sem 7 | Sem 8 |
Tuition fee (Non-refundable) | 174000 | 174000 |
Library fee (per year) (non-refundable) | 11600 | 0 |
Mediclaim & student development fee (Per year) (non-refundable) | 5700 | 0 |
Exam fee (per year) | 5700 | 0 |
Total | 197000 | 174000 |
One-time payments | ||
Security deposit (one-time) (refundable) | 0 | 0 |
Alumni association membership fee (One-time) (Non-refundable)* | 6200 | 0 |
Registration fee (One-time) | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6200 | 0 |
Grand total | 203200 | 174000 |
Check the table below to understand the NIFT 2027 fee structure for NRI students:
Academic Fee Annually For NRI (Per Year - Consisting of Two Semesters) (In Rupees) at NIFT Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata & Mumbai | |||||
2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | ||
Tuition fee (non-refundable) | 907000 | 952000 | 1000000 | 1050000 | |
Library fee (per year) (non-refundable) | 52500 | 55100 | 57900 | 60800 | |
Mediclaim & student development fee (per year) (non-refundable) | 33600 | 35300 | 37100 | 39000 | |
Exam fee (per year) | 4900 | 5100 | 5400 | 5700 | |
Total | 998000 | 1047500 | 1100400 | 1155500 | |
One-time payments | |||||
Security deposit (one-time) (refundable) | 12600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alumni association membership fee (one-time) (Non-refundable)* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6200 | |
Registration fee (one-time) | 9300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 21900 | 0 | 0 | 6200 | |
Total | 1019900 | 1047500 | 1100400 | 1161700 | |
At NIFT Daman, Patna, Kangra, Bhopal, Kannur, Shillong, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar, Nava Raipur, Panchkula, Raebareli & Varanasi | |||||
2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | ||
Tuition fee (non-refundable) | 635000 | 667000 | 700000 | 735000 | |
Library fee (per year) (non-refundable) | 36800 | 38600 | 40500 | 42500 | |
Mediclaim & student development fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 23500 | 24700 | 25900 | 27200 | |
Exam fee (per year) | 4900 | 5100 | 5400 | 5700 | |
Total | 700200 | 735400 | 771800 | 810400 | |
One-time payments | |||||
Security deposit (one-time) (refundable) | 12600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alumni association membership fee (one-time) (Non-refundable)* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6200 | |
Registration fee (one-time) | 9300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 21900 | 0 | 0 | 6200 | |
Total | 722100 | 735400 | 771800 | 816600 | |
Note:
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The NIFT lateral admissions are done for admitting candidates directly into the second year of the B.Des programme, which is Rs 10.38 lakhs.
Academic Fee Semester Wise (In Rupees) | |||||||
2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | |||||
Sem 3 | Sem 4 | Sem 5 | Sem 6 | Sem 7 | Sem 8 | ||
Tuition fee (Non-refundable) | 150000 | 150000 | 158000 | 158000 | 166000 | 166000 | |
Library fee (per year) (Non-refundable) | 10000 | 0 | 10500 | 0 | 11000 | 0 | |
Mediclaim & student development Fee (per year) (non-refundable) | 4900 | 0 | 5100 | 0 | 5400 | 0 | |
Exam fee (per year) | 4900 | 0 | 5100 | 0 | 5400 | 0 | |
Total | 169800 | 150000 | 178700 | 158000 | 187800 | 166000 | |
One-time payments | |||||||
Security deposit (one-time) (Refundable) | 12600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alumni association membership fee (One time) (non-refundable) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6200 | 0 | |
Registration fee (One-time) | 9300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 21900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6200 | 0 | |
Total | 191700 | 150000 | 178700 | 158000 | 194000 | 166000 | |
Note: NIFT reserves the right to revise the above-mentioned fees for any academic year. | |||||||
Candidates can check the NIFT fees structure 2027 campus-wise in the tables below. The detailed breakup of the NIFT college fees is given on this page.
NIFT Fees for Delhi & Other Campuses
NIFT Delhi Fees | |
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