NCHMCT JEE Counselling 2025: 4th Seat Allotment, Document Verification, Choice Filling

National Council of Hotel Management and Catering Technology Joint Entrance Examination 2025 ( NCHMCT JEE )

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NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling: The NTA will release the NCHMCT JEE Counselling Schedule once the result is announced. NCHMCT JEE Seat Allotment 2025 PDF will be released online. Candidates can check the NCHMCT JEE Counselling Dates in the official notification. The NCHM JEE Counselling will be conducted in four rounds. 

The NCHMCT JEE Counselling Process includes steps like registration, choice filling, and paying the counselling fee. Candidates will then called for document verification, where their eligibility and documents are verified. Based on their ranks, candidates are allotted seats in their preferred colleges and courses. Candidates need to be well-prepared with their important documents, fees, and preferences to make the most of this process and secure admission to their desired programs.

Candidates who will qualify for NCHM JEE will be allowed to participate in the counselling process on the official website. Candidates can check the details about NCHM JEE 2025 counselling process, schedule, seat allotment lists and other information on this page below. 

Q:   In how many rounds NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling will be conducted?

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The NCHMCT JEE counselling will be held in multiple rounds to grant admission to qualified students in various hotel management and catering technology programmes. This counselling includes various steps such as registration, choice filling, locking of choices and seat allotment. NCHMCT JEE counselling 2025 process is structured to allocate seats in various hotel management and catering technology programs to qualified candidates.

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Q:   How do I register for NCHM JEE Counselling 2025?

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Candidates can go through the steps mentioned below to get an idea of how they can register for counselling process for NCHMCT JEE 2025 admissions:

  • Visit the official website of NCHMCT JEE Counselling
  • Click on ‘NCHM 2025: Registration and Choice Filling’
  • Click on ‘New Candidate Registration
  • Select ‘I Agree
  • Enter roll number, application number, candidate name, father name, date of birth, security pin
  • Click on the ‘Submit’ button
  • Complete NCHMCT JEE choice filling
  • Click on the ‘Submit’ button
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How to Check NCHMCT JEE 2025 Seat Allotment Result?

Through centralised online counselling of NCHMCT JEE 2025, seats in 21 Central Institutes of Hotel Management, 27 State Government Institutes of Hotel Management, 01 Public Sector Undertaking and 29 Private Institutes of Hotel Management will be allotted to shortlisted candidates.

Candidates are informed that admission to the BSc Hospitality and Hotel Administration course will be done strictly based on a candidate’s All India Rank (AIR) in NCHMCT JEE. There is no separate group discussion or interview round conducted for admissions. On the basis of the candidate's rank and minimum qualifying marks, NCHMCT JEE cut-offs are prepared.

Candidates can check below the steps to check the NCHMCt JEE 2025 seat allotment result:

Step 1: Visit the official website of NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling 

Step 2: Click on ‘Seat allotment result for BSc (HHA)’ tab

Step 3: Enter NCHMCT JEE 2025 roll number, password and security pin

Step 4: Click on the ‘Sign In’ button

Step 5: View NCHMCT JEE 2025 final seat allotment result

Download the merit list from the links below:

NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling Round 1 List (To be updated here) NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling Round 2 List (To be updated here)
NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling Round 3 List (To be updated here) NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling Round 4 List (To be updated here)

Q:   What are the reservation criteria for NCHMCT JEE 2025 exam?

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During the NCHM JEE counselling, reservation criteria are followed by the authorities. The seat allotment is done as per these criteria. Given below in the table is reservation categories for NCHMCT JEE:

Category

Reservation Criteria

Other Backward Classes- Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL)

27%

Scheduled Caste (SC)

15%

Economically Weaker Section (EWS)

10%

Scheduled Tribe (ST)

7.5%

Physically Handicapped/ Disabled (Pwd)

5% in each category

Kashmiri Migrant (KM)

One seat in each state and central government affiliated IHM

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Q:   What are the factors that affect NCHMCT JEE 2025 cutoff?

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Factors that help determine NCHMCT JEE cutoff 2025 are as follows:

  • Total number of seats
  • Difficulty level of exam
  • Number of candidates who took the exam
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NCHMCT JEE 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NCHMCT JEE 2025 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
To Be Notified

NCHMCT JEE 2025 answer key (Provisional)

TENTATIVE
To Be Notified

NCHMCT JEE 2025 answer key (Final)

TENTATIVE
To Be Notified

NCHMCT JEE 2025 result

TENTATIVE

How to Register for NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling?

Candidates can go through the steps mentioned below to get an idea of how they can register for counselling process for NCHMCT JEE 2025 admissions:

  • Visit the official website of NCHMCT JEE Counselling - https://nchmcounselling.nic.in/ 
  • Click on ‘NCHM 2025: Registration and Choice Filling’
  • Click on ‘New Candidate Registration
  • Select ‘I Agree
  • Enter roll number, application number, candidate name, father name, date of birth, security pin
  • Click on the ‘Submit’ button
  • Complete NCHMCT JEE choice filling
  • Click on the ‘Submit’ button
What After NCHMCT JEE Results 2025?

After the NCHMCT JEE 2025 results, candidates were allotted a rank. On the basis of the rank candidates will be called for NCHMCT JEE counselling. NCHMCT JEE counselling process will have four rounds. The first three rounds of counselling are web-based whereas the fourth round is called Spot Round wherein aspirants need to physically appear at the counselling centre allotted to them.

Aspirants have to register for NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling on the official counselling website of the exam. The categories under which aspirants can apply for NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling are mentioned below:

Types of Seats

Eligible Candidates

Open

All candidates

Open (PwD)

All PwD candidates

EWS

GEN-EWS candidates

EWS (PwD)

EWS-PwD candidates

SC

All SC candidates

SC (PwD)

All SC-PwD candidates

ST

All ST candidates

ST (PwD)

All ST-PwD candidates

OBC (NCL)

All OBC (NCL) candidates

OBC (PwD)

All OBC-PwD candidates

KM

All KM candidates

Q:   When will NCHMCT JEE 2025 cutoff released?

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NCHMCT Cutoff means the opening and closing ranks after the NCHM JEE Counselling. NCHMCT JEE 2025 cutoffs are prepared on the basis of minimum qualifying marks and rank obtained by an aspirant in JEE. The opening and closing ranks for NCHMCT JEE are released for each college that accepts scores of the hotel management entrance exam. 

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Q:   What are the documents required for NCHMCT JEE seat allotment?

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Candidates have to submit the important documents at the time of counselling. These documents are required for verification purposes. Given below are the list of documents that candidates need to carry for NCHMCT JEE seat allotment:

  • Class 12 exam certificate
  • Reservation certificate (Category certificate/ PwD certificate/ KM certificate)
  • Class 10/ Date of Birth certificate
  • NCHMCT JEE 2025 admit card
  • NCHMCT JEE 2025 result/scorecard
  • NCHMCT JEE 2025 application form
  • Medical Certificate
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NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling: Important Documents

Some of the documents that aspirants should positively carry at the time of counselling for NCHMCT JEE 2025 exam are as mentioned below:

  1. Certificate informing that the aspirant has cleared Class 12 level examination such as:
  • Plus two level examination in the 10+2 pattern of Senior Secondary education of any recognized Central/State Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination or State Boards of Secondary Education.
  • Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognised Board/ University.
  • General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
  • High School Certificate Examination of Cambridge University.
  • Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in a foreign country recognised by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 pattern of Senior Secondary education.
  • HSC Vocational Examination approved by NCVT and SCVT of the concerned state.
  • Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects including English as one of the Subjects, result of which should be available.
  1. Document supporting reservation claim (Category certificate/ PwD certificate/ KM certificate)
  2. Class 10/ date of birth certificate
  3. NCHMCT JEE 2025 admit card
  4. NCHMCT JEE 2025 result/scorecard
  5. NCHMCT JEE 2025 application form
  6. Medical Certificate

Q:   What is a good score for NCHMCT JEE 2025?

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To secure admission in top IHMs one needs to score at least 180 marks in NCHMCT JEE exam. If an aspirant is not aiming for admission in top IHMs then securing 110-150 marks would also be considered a decent score. Apart from this, the selection of candidates depends on various other factors such as their reservation category, difficulty level of the exam, total number of seats and number of students who took the exam.  

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Q:   When NCHMCT JEE Counselling Process 2025 will start?

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The NTA will share the full schedule of NCHMCT JEE Counselling 2025. The NCHMCT JEE Counselling registration 2025 will be conducted first. NCHMCT JEE counselling will be conducted in four rounds, and the process is structured to allocate seats in various hotel management and catering technology programs to qualified candidates. As per the NCHMCT JEE Counselling Schedule 2025, the allotment lists will be published.

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Steps to Follow in NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling Process

The categories under which aspirants can apply for NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling are mentioned below:

In the counselling round for NCHMCT JEE, candidates need to select their college preference after going through the information provided by the respective college on their official websites. However, aspirants need to note that the college for admission will be allotted to them on the basis of their AIR, that is, merit and the college selected by them at the time of counselling.

There are two rounds of counselling for admissions on the basis of NCHMCT JEE ranks. These are:

  • First Round of Counselling
  • Second Round of Counselling

The first two rounds of NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling process are web-based/online. If the need arises the third round of counselling may also be conducted which will be called Spot round or third round of counselling. For this, students need to physically appear at the admission centre to take part and complete the counselling process.

The tasks performed at the time of NCHMCT JEE counselling 2025 include:

  1. Checking the eligibility of candidates
  2. Verification of documents
  3. Depositing counselling fee and first-semester fee
  4. Selecting colleges as per preference

Note: Elaborating on how to select preferred college at the time of counselling, the official information brochure states: “Candidates should give as many choices after careful evaluation of Institutes based on information available on their respective websites”.

After aspirants have selected their college preference, they have to fill the names of colleges as per their preference and also keep in mind the colleges that are available to them for admission on the basis of their rank in NCHMCT JEE 2025 and lock the same. This college preference list/choice list will be valid for two rounds of counselling. Also, after students are allotted admission (or a seat) in a specific college on the basis of online counselling then they have to appear (physically) at a designated admission centre in order to complete the admission process. The tasks to be completed at the admission centre include:

  • Verification of documents
  • Submission of initial fee
  • Upgradation of choices
  • Collection of provisional admission/seat allotment letters

The official website informs that:

  • The number of colleges, as well as seats, may decrease or increase for admissions. However, the same shall be mentioned on the official counselling website of NCHMCT JEE 2025.
  • Extra 5% to 15% seats may be offered over and above intake as per the requirement to take into consideration ‘no shows’ as well as ‘drop-outs’.

Also, no hard copy of the allotment letter would be sent to any aspirant. All aspirants need to take a print of the online allotment letter itself. While taking part in the first two rounds of NCHMCT JEE counselling, aspirants are provided with two options which are- Float and Freeze. If an aspirant selects the "float" option then this means that he/she is applying for upgradation. On the other hand, the "freeze" option implies no upgradation. Informing about the same the official website of NCHMCT JEE counselling informs: "Those candidates who have opted for “Float” option, are also required to sign a declaration that in the event of allotment of a new seat in the 2nd round, their earlier allotted seat would be automatically cancelled and the cancelled seat would be offered to the candidate next in the merit who might have sought that seat through his/her earlier submitted choices". Elaborating further, "In case the candidates have exercised option “Freeze” (for no-upgradation), then he/she would not be considered for seat allotment in the 2nd round of Counselling. However, such candidates will be considered for category upgradation against the same allotted seat".

NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling Process: Fee to be paid

When appearing for the counselling round, candidates need to pay a registration fee of INR 2,000. This fees is non refundable. Other then that, candidates will also have to pay INR 40,000 as the participation fess. The amount of INR 40,000 is adjusted as the academic fee for the first semester of the hotel management course. This amount includes INR 2,000 which is the counselling fee

NCHMCT JEE 2025 Counselling: Direct admissions to 10+2 rank holders

There is another option available to students to secure admission in any of the Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs) and here they do not even need to take part in the NCHMCT JEE counselling process.

In each IHM, three seats are reserved for rank holders of 10+2 exams. Further, it has been shared that among these, one seat (each) is reserved for Arts, Commerce and Science stream toppers of 10+2 exams.

However, the condition to avail direct admissions in IHMs is that the student should be among the top "200 rank holders from respective streams from recognised Boards of school examination wherein up to 2 lakh candidates appear or 1 to 500 rank holders from Board of Examination where 2 lakh to 5 lakh candidates take the examination. The inter-se-merit from recognised School Boards of the examination shall be at par”, informs the official website.

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NCHMCT JEE Exam: Withdrawal of Seat and Fee Refund

Aspirants can withdraw admissions even after they have been allotted seats for admission in round 1 and round 2 of NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling. The fee refund policy is as follows:

NCHMCT JEE 2025: Withdrawal of seat and fee refund

Condition: 100% refunds of the fee (INR 38,000) is permitted except the Counselling fee of INR 2,000

This refund is offered to candidates:

  • Who has not been allotted a seat during the First and Second Round of Counselling
  • Who have been allotted seat during First and Second rounds of Counselling but withdraw through the system at the respective Admission Center as per given schedule
  • Who have been allotted seat during First round of Counselling and deposited fees online but not found eligible due to one or other reason

Condition: 50% refunds of fee and full Caution Money is permitted except the Counselling fee of INR 2,000

Refund of INR 8,900 is offered to candidates:

  • Who have been allotted seat during First or Second Rounds of Counselling and could not withdraw through the system (online only) as per schedule 
  • Who have been allotted seat through First and Second Rounds of Counselling and reported to the allotted Institute but did not attend any class. & Spot Rounds of Counselling and reported to the allotted Institute but did not attend any class.

Condition: Where no refund is applicable

This refund is offered to candidates who have been allotted seat during First or Second Rounds of Counselling and reported to the allotted Institute and attended Classes. Here, only Caution Money (INR 6,500) will be refunded.

Aspirants can seek a refund for the first-semester fee paid by them. However, the counselling fee paid by them (INR 2,000) will not be refunded. The refund of fee will be done by means of a Demand Draft (DD) that is drawn in favour of the candidate’s name within 45 days of the commencement of the academic session. This DD will be sent by Speed Post to the registered address of the candidate (that is, the address mentioned in the NCHMCT JEE application form).

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Yes, you can apply for NCHMCT JEE. There is no particular stream required for this exam, but you must have English as a subject in class 12th. This entrance exam is for undergraduate programs in Hotel Management and Catering Technology. If you are interested in this field, you can apply and start yo

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No, you cannot appear for the NCHMCT JEE (National Council for Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination) if you have not cleared your Class 12th examination. The eligibility criteria for the NCHMCT JEE require candidates to have passed the Class 12 exam or an equivalent examination from a recogni

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The NCHMCT JEE (National Council for Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination) is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The NCHMCT JEE is conducted in single slots on the same day, allowing a larger number of candidates to participate. NTA is responsible for holding the exam fair and co

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The difficulty level of the NCHMCT JEE exam can vary depending on a student's preparation and background. For an average student, the exam might be challenging but not insurmountable. Here are some factors to consider:

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The NCHMCT JEE score is accepted by various colleges and institutes across India for admission to hospitality and hotel management programs. Some of the prominent institutions include:

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The difficulty of the NCHMCT JEE Exam compared to the MAH HM CET Exam can vary based on individual strengths and preparation. However, here are some general comparisons:

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In the NCHMCT JEE, the perceived difficulty of subjects can vary from student to student based on their strengths and weaknesses. However, some commonly challenging subjects include:

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Yes, three months can be sufficient to prepare for the NCHMCT JEE, provided you have a well-structured study plan and dedicate consistent time to your preparation. Here are some tips to maximize your preparation in that time:

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Yes, you can typically visit the NTA (National Testing Agency) office in person for assistance with your queries related to the NCHMCT JEE. However, it's advisable to check the following:

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