NIFTEM Sonipat Admission 2023: Applications (Open), Dates, Form, Eligibility

NIFTEM offers admission in B.Tech programme as per the norms laid down by the Academic Council and Govt. of India in Food Technology and Management. The course duration for B.Tech course is 4 years and has a total intake of 180 candidates.

Selection of the candidates will be based on the All India Rank of JEE Main followed by online counselling held by NIFTEM, Sonepat. Minimum eligibility for B.Tech is candidate must have passed 10+2 examination with Science stream and minimum 50% marks in all subjects.

Key Points:

• Candidates who have passed 10+2 examination in year 2016 or 2017 or those who are appearing are also eligible to apply.
• Candidate who gets a compartment in qualifying examination held in March/April is not eligible to admission.
• 5% of seats are reserved for PwD candidates.

NIFTEM offers M.Tech in five specializations for a duration of two years and an intake of 18 in each specialization.

Admission is done on the basis of GATE score followed by Personal Interview. Merit list will be prepared based on valid GATE score multiplied by 0.07 (70% weightage) and will be added to marks obtained in Interview. For Non-GATE candidates, the institute will conduct an entrance test followed by interview. Candidates who will score more or equal to cutoff marks will be called for Interview. If all the seats are filled by GATE candidates, then no entrance exam will be conducted.

Minimum eligibility for M.Tech is candidate must have passed Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in relevant discipline with minimum 60% marks in aggregate.

Key Points:

• 3 seats in each specializations are reserved for Foreign National Candidates.
• 3 seats would be reserved for PwD candidates with minimum 40% disability.

NIFTEM offers admission in MBA dual specialization. It is compulsory for a student to pursue Food & Agri-Business Management along with any one of the Finance, Marketing or International Business stream.

Those students are eligible to apply who have passed a bachelor degree in any discipline with 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ST candidates). Final selection will be done on the basis of CAT/MAT score, GD/PI, academic performance and work experience. For Non-CAT/MAT candidates, the institute conducts an entrance test.

The seat distribution at NIFTEM is as follows:

​*Here 2 seats are reserved for tuition fee waiver quota to the extent of 5%.

NIFTEM MBA Selection Criteria

Candiates who do not have a valid score in CAT/ MAT/ CMAT need to undergo a 90 minute entrance test conducted by NIFTEM. The question paper will consist of the following sections:

NIFTEM offers five specializations with total intake of 22 candidates. Minimum eligibility for Ph.D. is M.Tech/ Master’s degree in relevant discipline with atleast 60% marks. Preference will be given to NET qualified candidates.

Admission will be done on the basis of Research Entrance Test (RET) followed by Interview/Presentation conducted by NIFTEM.

Note: Candidates who have qualified UGC-NET/UGC-CSIR-NET (including JRF)/ICAR-NET (including JRF)/SLET will be exempted from RET.