MBBS in Tamil Nadu now costs up to Rs 1.8 crore in Private Medical Colleges

Chennai: MBBS education is getting costlier in Tamil Nadu as the private medical colleges are charging up to Rs 1.8 crore for the UG course.

Previously, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER), Tamil Nadu, released the revised fee structure at the self-financing medical colleges in the State for the academic year 2024-2025. Medical Dialogues reported that, as per the revised fee structure released by the TN Directorate of Medical Education, the MBBS fees for the management quota seats at the self-financing medical colleges were raised by Rs 1.5 lakh, making it Rs 15 lakh per year. DME had also increased the fees for the NRI quota seats by Rs 2.5 lakh. Therefore, the NRI quota fees for the academic year 2025 have been fixed at Rs 27 lakh per annum.

Therefore, for the MBBS course with a duration of almost 5 years, the total fees for the management quota seats will be Rs 75 lakh and the fee will be Rs 1.4 crore for the NRI quota seats.

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However, apart from the tuition fees, the private medical colleges also charge non-tuition fees amounting to lakhs of rupees per year. Salem-based Annapoorana Medical College and Hospital charges the highest non-tuition fees of nearly Rs 6 lakh per year. Therefore, the non-tuition fee at the institute for the entire MBBS course is approximately Rs 32 lakh.

Similarly, the non-tuition fee is also high at Chennai-based Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute and Madurai-based Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute.

Therefore, under the revised fee structure, taking the non-tuition fee into account, the MBBS fees for the management and NRI quota seats range between Rs 1 to Rs 1.8 crore in some private medical colleges including Annapoorna Medical College and Hospital, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, and Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Madurai.

Non-tuition fee for 2025:

The non-tuition fee structure for the MBBS course includes hostel fees, caution deposit, and miscellaneous charges. For instance, KMCH Institute of Health Sciences and Research, Coimbatore charges Rs 7,000 per month as hostel fee and Rs 8,000 per month as mess fee.

At Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, the hostel fee is Rs 2.5 lakh per year, mess fee is Rs 6,250 per month, transportation fee is Rs 25,000 and Rs 1 lakh is charged under other fees.

Salem-based Annapoorana Medical College and Hospital charges Rs 1,20,000 per year each for hostel and mess fees. It also charges Rs 50,000 per year as fees for transportation and Rs 3 lakh as other fees.

For hostel and mess fees, Tiruvannamalai-based Arunai Medical College and Hospital charges Rs 12,000/month and Rs 18,000/month and it charges Rs 45,000 for student kit.

Swamy Vivekanandha Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Nammakal Dt. charges Rs 2,35,000 per year for hostel and mess fees. Perambalur-based Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital charges Rs 47,500 per month for hostel and mess fees and Rs 3,500 per month as other fees.

Vellore-based Christian Medical College charges Rs 1,250 per month as hostel fees and Rs 8,000 per month as mess fees and Rs 6,762 per month as transportation fees.

The non-tuition fees include Rs 2,20,000 per year as hostel and mess fees as Coimbatore-based Karpagam Faculty of Medical Sciences and Research and Rs 40,000 per year as other fees. Chennai-based Madha Medical College and Hospital charges Rs 14,500 per month as hostel and mess fees.

Meanwhile, Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute charges huge non-tuition fees from the student. It includes Rs 23,333 per month as hostel fees, Rs 1,50,000 per year (for Day Scholar) to Rs 2,00,000 per year (Hosteller) as mess fees, Rs 1,30,000 as transportation fees, along with Rs 60,000 per year as special fees and Rs 60,000 per year as other fees.

Chennai-based Sri Muthukumaran Medical College charges Rs 1,50,000 to Rs 2,50,000 per year as hostel fees and Rs 5,000 per month as mess fees. Trichy-based SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre charges Rs 1,70,000 in total per year as hostel and mess fees and Rs 10,000 as other fees.

The hostel and mess fees at Indira Medical College and Hospital Thiruvallur, include Rs 19,000 per month. Further the institute charges Rs 50,000 as other fees. The non-tuition fees at Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences, Maduranthagam is Rs 1,60,000 per year.

Coimbatore-based PSG Institute of Medical Sciences charges Rs 2,14,000 per year in total as hostel and fees and Rs 36,000 per year as other fees. Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Melmaruvathur charges Rs 1,75,000 for mess and rent, Rs 50,000 per year as transportation fees and Rs 10,000 as caution deposit.

The hostel fees at PSP Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Kanchipuram, depend on the room type. For non-AC accommodation, the students are charged Rs 1,50,000 per year, for AC they are charged Rs 2 lakh per year and for single accommodation the institute charges Rs 3 lakh per year.

The non-tuition fees at St. Peters Medical College Hospital and Research Institutes, Krishnagiri includes Rs 16,666 per month as hostel and mess charges and Rs 1.70 lakh as other fees including Book Fees, Uniform fee, Laundry fee and other amenities.

Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai charges Rs 2.5 lakh per year as hostel and mess fees and Rs 1,75,000 per year as transportation fees. Madurai-based Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute charges Rs 23,200 per month as hostel and mess charges, Rs 50,000 per year as transportation costs and Rs 1,800 per month along with Rs 3 lakh per year as other fees including books, notebooks, record note books, uniform, instrument, stationaries, laundry and other amenities.

Nandha Medical College and Hospital, Erode charges Rs 15,000 per month as hostel and mess fees and Rs 7,500 as other fees. Annaii Medical College and Hospital, Chennai charges Rs 2 lakh per year for sharing room without AC and Rs 3 lakh per year for sharing room with AC.

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