Aligarh Muslim University hikes fee up to 54% for international students

The Aligarh Muslim Univeristy has increased the fees for the international students for all its courses.

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has hiked the fees for international students for all its courses ranging from six to 54 per cent for the next academic session. The move will make taking admission in AMU tougher, as most of the foreign students come from war-torn countries like Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

“The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has made things worse for us,” an AMU student who was planning to take admission in PG course after completing his graduation, told a media house.

AMU currently has at least 800 international students on its rolls. “The hike is unreasonable and most of us can’t afford it,” said A Urza, President of International Students Association of AMU.

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us were not able to go back home. And in such a situation, the administration’s step to hike the fee is unreasonable,” he added. Under the new fee regime, the application fee for new International students has been hiked from USD 70 to USD 100.

For BTech courses, the fee has been hiked from USD 2600 to USD 400 per annum. For BA (Hons), it has been revised from USD 925 to USD 1200, besides an additional USD 500, which will be charged for two consecutive years.   

AMU’s examination controller Mujib Ullah Zuberi told a media house that the foreign students’ fee hike was done after more than a decade. “even then, it is still less than what is being charged by the JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia University. He added that the decision was taken to rationalise fee structure as NRI students were paying more fees than foreign nationals since 2013.”

“The representation given by International students regarding fee structure is under consideration and the administration will look into it,” he further added.

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