UP govt revises tuition fees for Engg courses at private institutions

The UP technical education department has issued a revised fee structure for engineering and technical courses for the academic session 2022-23.

The tuition fees for the engineering and technical courses in Uttar Pradesh are going to change from for academic session 2022-23 as the technical education department has issued a revised fee structure for these courses.

Officials revealed that the fees are revised considering that no fee was hiked for the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. "Both institutions and parents are facing difficulties. We have seen a crisis time, and are trying to mitigate the loss," said an official, as reported by TOI.

AFRC Secretary Rajesh Chandra said the institutes that disagree with the revised fee slab need to submit a justifiable proposal along with their expenditure details latest by July 23. 

"Fee of such institutions will be decided post assessment by the committee," he added. 

Moreover, the institutes which agree to the new fee slab need to submit the consent letter to the department and if any institute does not provide a consent letter, it will be assumed that they adhere to the standard fee fixation.

More details on tuition fees

At present, the fee for engineering courses in a private college in UP is in the range of INR 45,000 to INR 1.65 lakh. There are over 750 private colleges offering technical education in the state.

As per the prescribed tuition fee, for undergraduate engineering courses, the fee will be INR 55,000 and for diploma courses, it will be around INR 30, 150. However, the prescribed fee is not a cap on the tuition fees charged by the colleges, said the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC) of the Department of Technical Education, as reported by Bharat Times.

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