The same seat costs three different amounts depending on the quota you enter through. Here is the government, management and NRI quota fee for every TN self-financing medical college.
Last updated 2026-08-26 · figures are from the published counselling documents named on this page.
The same MBBS seat, in the same college, costs three completely different amounts depending on which quota you enter through. Below is the annual tuition fee for Tamil Nadu's self-financing medical colleges and private medical universities for 2026-27, set out quota by quota.
Government quota seats in a self-financing college are allotted through the state counselling on merit at a state-fixed fee — the cheapest route into a private college by a wide margin. Management quota seats are filled by the college from the state merit list at the higher fee fixed by the Fee Committee. NRI quota seats carry the highest fee and require documented NRI sponsorship.
| Medical college | Government quota | Management quota | NRI quota |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annapoorna Medical College and Hospital, Salem | ₹4,35,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Arunai Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvannamalai | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Christian Medical College, Vellore | ₹56,330 | ₹56,330 | — |
| Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College, Perambalur | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Indira Medical College and Hospital, Pondur, Thiruvallur | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Karpagam Faculty of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore | ₹4,40,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| KMC Institute of Health Sciences and Research, Coimbatore | ₹4,35,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Madha Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai | ₹4,35,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Science and Research | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kanyakumari | ₹4,40,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Sri Muthukumaran Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai | ₹4,35,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Swamy Vivekananda Medical College and Hospital, Namakkal | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Tagore Medical College & Hospital, Chennai | ₹4,35,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Trichy | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Madurai | ₹4,40,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Rajalakshmi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| PSP Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Kancheepuram | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Nandha Medical College and Hospital, Erode | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
| Sri Venkateshwara Medical College and Hospital and Research Institute, Redhills | ₹5,40,000 | ₹16,20,000 | ₹30,00,000 |
| Kanyakumari Medical Mission Research Institute College, Kanyakumari | ₹5,40,000 | ₹16,20,000 | ₹30,00,000 |
| Takshasila University's - Medical College, Tindivanam | ₹5,40,000 | ₹16,20,000 | ₹30,00,000 |
| APS Medical College and Hospital, Tiruvallur | ₹4,50,000 | ₹15,00,000 | ₹27,00,000 |
A government-quota seat at roughly ₹4.5 lakh a year and a management-quota seat at ₹15 lakh a year in the same college are separated by about ₹52 lakh across the course. That gap is almost always larger than the difference in quality between the government-quota seat you were offered at a college you liked less and the management seat at the one you liked more. Rank the money honestly before you rank the campus.
Close, but not identical. Most colleges sit at 4.35 to 4.50 lakh a year, with the newer private universities at 5.40 lakh. Christian Medical College, Vellore is the outlier at a fraction of the rest.
Fees are fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee and are revised periodically, so the figure for a later academic year can differ. Fees are subject to change as per Government and University notification.
The NRI fee shown is the annual tuition. Some colleges collect the NRI rate for the first year and a lower rate for subsequent years — confirm the year-by-year schedule in writing with the college before paying.
No. Deemed universities are outside the state fee structure and are counselled centrally by MCC. Their fees are published separately and are generally much higher.
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