Clarification on Nominal Fee Revision- Effective for newly admitted students of JMI for the academic session 2025-26; Fees for previous batches remains unchanged

TNN News : Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has taken cognizance of certain media reports that have misrepresented the university’s recent fee revision, suggesting that fees have been increased across all courses. JMI makes it clear that this is not true and a gross exaggeration because the news stories only display percentage increases rather than the actual fees that are used to compute the hike. 

The revision is nominal in nature and applies mostly to self-financed courses and only a very limited number of professional courses. Importantly, the revised fees are applicable only to fresh enrolments for the upcoming academic session 2025-26 and do not apply to students enrolled in previous academic sessions. 

It is further clarified that JMI has not undertaken any major fee revisions in several years, in some cases, for over a decade, making the continuation of old fee structures unsustainable in view of present-day costs and rising inflation.

Even this marginal revision has been introduced only after careful consideration and extensive deliberations by the University’s Prospectus Committee over several meetings spanning three months. The revised fee structure was published in the University Prospectus launched on March 6, 2025, to mark the announcement of admissions for the Academic Session 2025–26.

While determining the revised structure, the university also studied fee structures across other central universities. It is reiterated that JMI continues to charge one of the lowest fees for most of its courses, making it among the most affordable universities in the country, even after this revision. The modest revision is not only aimed at offsetting inflation and rising operational expenses but also at strengthening vital and by today’s requirements, basic academic infrastructure, such as laboratories, digital facilities, cyber security, campus Wi-Fi, and other essential services to enhance the overall student experience.

In a significant step towards internationalization and to promote friendly relations with its neighbouring countries, JMI has reduced fees for foreign nationals from SAARC nations and has drastically lowered the fees for foreign nationals/NRI wards applying to diploma programs under the University Polytechnic. Besides, fees have been reduced for some courses in the Faculty of Management Studies. 

While continuing to provide high-quality education and innovative courses at some of the most affordable cost structures in the nation, JMI reaffirms its unwavering commitment to serving the socially and economically marginalized sections of society. 

So while fees have been increased in some courses, there has also been a reduction in fees in certain other courses being offered in this academic session.