Karnataka: No hike in fees for medical courses this year as well

Bengaluru: Undergraduate medical seat aspirants across the state will be delighted to know that the Karnataka Private Medical and Dental Colleges’ Association has decided against seeking a hike in the fees for medical courses this year.

Sources in the association confirmed that the colleges, cognisant of the troubles people are coping with owing to inflation, had decided against increasing the fees.

“Considering the problems people are facing because of inflation, and the pressure that students have been under following the leak of the NEET paper, we have decided not to seek a hike in the fees,” a representative of the association said.

Despite pressure from the association, the government refused to allow the colleges to hike the fees
for the 2025-26 academic year. The association had sought permission to increase the fees by 10%, but outgoing Minister for Medical Education Dr Sharan Prakash Patil had dissuaded them from doing so. The fees had been hiked by 10% in
2024-25.

Demand for medical seats in Karnataka is set to be high given that the state now boasts the highest number of available
seats.

The government had recently agreed to an increase of 7.5% in the fee for engineering courses, although the colleges had pressed for a 15% to 20% hike.