Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Chennai

What is the fee structure at Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Chennai?

The fee structure at Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Chennai for 2026 ranges from Rs 2,27,000 for the 2-year M.Sc in Hospitality Administration to Rs 4,42,000 for the flagship 3-year degree in Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHM / B.Sc in Hospitality and Hotel Administration). As a Government of India institute under the Ministry of Tourism, affiliated to NCHMCT, Noida and IGNOU, New Delhi, and operating from the C.I.T Campus in Taramani, Chennai since 1963, its fees are deliberately kept far below the Rs 8-12 lakh charged by private hospitality colleges in Tamil Nadu.

Both programmes admit students strictly through the NCHM JEE (NCHMCT JEE) entrance test, and the figures above cover academic charges for the full course. Hostel and mess are billed separately at roughly Rs 70,000 per year, and a refundable security deposit plus ancillary charges (IGNOU enrolment, examination and medical insurance fees) are collected at admission. Below, every programme, the year-on-year movement in fees, and the scholarships that lower the effective cost at IHM Chennai are laid out in detail.

Course-Wise Fee Structure (2026)

This table answers the single most common question an applicant has: how much does each programme at IHM Chennai actually cost in 2026? It lists the two NCHM JEE programmes the institute runs, their official duration, the academic (tuition) fee for the entire course, the other charges payable, and the total. Read the Tuition Fee column as the full-course academic outlay, while the Other Charges column shows what sits on top of it (notably the optional hostel and a refundable deposit).

The takeaway for 2026: the 3-year BHM at IHM Chennai works out to roughly Rs 1.47 lakh per year, while the 2-year M.Sc is about Rs 1.13 lakh per year, both excluding accommodation. A day-scholar therefore plans for the academic fee alone, but a hosteller should budget an extra Rs 70,000 per year, pushing the true all-in cost of the BHM towards Rs 6.5 lakh and the M.Sc towards Rs 3.6 lakh across the full course. Even with hostel added, IHM Chennai remains one of the most affordable NCHMCT-affiliated routes into hospitality in South India.

Year-Wise Fee Changes

Applicants planning ahead want to know whether IHM Chennai fees have climbed and by how much, so this section tracks the movement across the 2024, 2025 and 2026 admission cycles. Because the institute is government-run and follows NCHMCT and IGNOU fee norms, increases have been modest rather than the steep annual hikes seen at private colleges. The table below shows the indicative first-year outlay for the BHM / B.Sc degree, which is the most subscribed programme, alongside the published full-course fee used for 2026.

The pattern is reassuringly stable: across 2024 to 2026, IHM Chennai's first-year fee for its hospitality degree moved up only marginally, from around Rs 1.18 lakh to about Rs 1.26 lakh, with the published 2026 full-course academic fee standing at Rs 4,42,000 for the BHM and Rs 2,27,000 for the M.Sc. For an applicant, this means tuition is predictable and that the bigger year-on-year variable is usually the hostel and mess charge (around Rs 70,000 annually), not the academic fee itself.

Scholarships and Fee Waivers at Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Chennai

IHM Chennai lowers the effective fee for eligible students through government-backed scholarships rather than internal tuition discounts, and these can substantially offset the Rs 4,42,000 BHM or Rs 2,27,000 M.Sc cost. Because the institute is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Tourism with seats reserved for SC, ST, OBC and PwD candidates as per Government of India norms, reserved-category and economically weaker students are the primary beneficiaries. The main routes are listed below.

The practical takeaway is that an SC/ST or low-income student admitted to IHM Chennai in 2026 can apply through the National Scholarship Portal and the Tamil Nadu welfare schemes to recover a significant share of the annual fee, in some cases reducing the net tuition outlay to a fraction of the sticker price. Applicants should note these are need- and category-based government awards processed after admission; the institute does not advertise blanket merit waivers, so eligible candidates must file applications on the relevant portals each year to claim them.