No Fee Hike for Medical Courses in Karnataka This Year

• The Karnataka government has decided not to increase fees for undergraduate medical and dental courses for 2025–26.
• Despite private colleges requesting a 10–15% hike, the government maintained current fees to avoid reducing interest in these courses.
• Fees remain ₹1,40,621 for government quota, ₹11,88,167 for private quota in private colleges, and ₹50,000 in public colleges.

The Karnataka government has decided not to raise the fees for undergraduate medical courses for the academic year 2025-26. However, it recently permitted a 7.5% increase in fees for engineering and architecture programs.

The choice to refrain from increasing the fee was made during a meeting with Sharan Prakash Patil, Minister for Medical Education, and the administrators of private medical and dental colleges.

Managements of private medical and dental colleges requested a fee increase of 10% to 15% for medical programs. The government permitted a 10% increase in the fees for medical courses last year.

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Sources indicate that the managements of private dental colleges have consistently asked the Minister for an increase in fees. Nonetheless, the interest in dental courses has been decreasing annually. The sources indicated that the Minister informed them that an increase in fees for these courses would lead to a further decline in the demand for dental programs.

Speaking to The Hindu, Dr. Patil said, “There was a 10% hike last year, and this year we said there will be no increase and the medical and dental college management representative agreed to it. The consensual agreement will be signed soon.”

As a result, the fees for government quota seats in private medical institutions will stay at ₹1,40,621, while the cost for private quota seats in private colleges will be ₹11,88,167. In public medical colleges, the annual fee will be ₹50,000.

There has been no increase in fees for medical courses since 2021-22 due to COVID-19, however, in 2018-19, the fee rose by 26%, and it was elevated by 15% for both 2019-20 and 2020-21.