1. Eligibility for admission deferment:

Only those candidates who have paid the 1st installment of fee can apply for admission deferment before commencement of 1st year of the programme. The candidate has to submit an application for ‘admission deferment’ in admission department before commencement of programme stating the reasons for admission deferment. Admission deferment can be approved only for one year.

Who can apply:

a.) Serious medical illness.
b.) Serious family related reasons.
c.) Candidate not able to organize funds.
d.) Candidate’s work related commitments, overseas assignments (over 6 months).
e.) Concerning to general welfare of the student.

2. The application needs to be submitted to admission department, along with all the supporting documents for ‘Admission Deferment’ consideration.

3. An applicant who fails to obtain confirmation from Admission office of his/her deferment of admission will be deemed to have forfeited his/her position and will be deregistered from the course admitted to.

4. Process for Admission deferment:

a.) Deferred admission may only be granted to first year students who have paid the required 1st installment of fees.
b.) The admission department will scrutinize all the applications and forward it with comments to concerned authorities for approval. The request to defer the offer of admission will be reviewed on case to case basis and will be granted depending on the reason stated alongwith the supporting documents. NICMAR’s decision with respect to this will be final and cannot be challenged.
c.) The letter of deferment of admission will be issued by admission department to the applicant.
d.) If the student does not join the programme in the subsequent academic year (after admission deferment) then his/her admission will be revoked and the fee paid will not be refunded. Further, the applicant, if still wants to apply to NICMAR, has to undergo the admission process again as a fresh applicant.
e.) Students who are found to have applied to other colleges and institutes during their time away from NICMAR will have their admission revoked and fees will not be refunded.
f.) Financial aid i.e. scholarship and award offers cannot be deferred. In case of admission deferment, the offered scholarships and awards will be forfeited.
g.) Once the programme has commenced, then even though the applicant may have not attended the classes, still he/she will not be ‘eligible’ for ‘admission deferment’.

5. Payment of fees for re-admission in case of admission Deferment:

At the time of re-admission into the programme, fees of the current batch (from the 1st semester and onwards) i.e. current ongoing academic year will be applicable to the students seeking admission deferment.