Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

What is the fee structure at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research?

Fees at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh range from roughly ₹10,500 for the full 4-year B.Sc Nursing programme to ₹12,410 for the 3-year MD and MS courses, making it one of the most affordable government medical institutes in India for 2026. As a centrally-funded Institute of National Importance, PGIMER charges only nominal tuition: its flagship postgraduate medical degrees (MD/MS) cost ₹12,410 for the entire duration, the dental MDS costs ₹11,910, and undergraduate nursing costs about ₹10,500. These are total-course figures, not annual ones, which is why a PGIMER medical seat is a fraction of the cost of a comparable private college. Below we break down the 2026 fee for every programme PGIMER offers, the year-on-year movement in those fees, and the scholarships and stipends that lower the effective cost further.

Course-Wise Fee Structure (2026)

The table below lists the 2026 fee for each programme at PGIMER Chandigarh, separating the institute tuition/course charge from the typical additional charges (hostel, mess, registration and examination fees) so you can plan your real outlay. PGIMER publishes consolidated course fees rather than year-by-year tuition, so the "Tuition Fee" column reflects the verified total course charge, while "Other Charges" covers the recurring hostel and mess costs that most resident students pay. Read each row as the cost of completing that programme, then add the hostel/mess figure if you will stay on campus. Programmes marked "Contact institute" have a nominal fee that PGIMER notifies at counselling and that has not been published as a single consolidated figure.

The clear takeaway for 2026 is that PGIMER's headline degrees stay under ₹13,000 for the full course - the MD and MS at ₹12,410 and the MDS at ₹11,910 are within a few hundred rupees of each other, and B.Sc Nursing at ₹10,500 is the cheapest verified programme. For most aspirants the larger recurring cost is not tuition but hostel and mess, which add roughly ₹1,200-₹2,400 per year in hostel rent plus about ₹1,080 a month in mess charges. Even with those added, a PGIMER course remains dramatically cheaper than equivalent private medical or dental education.

Year-Wise Fee Changes

This section answers whether PGIMER Chandigarh has raised fees recently. The direct answer: PGIMER's core course fees have stayed essentially flat from 2024 through 2026, with the MD/MS holding at around ₹12,410, the MDS at ₹11,910 and B.Sc Nursing near ₹10,500 across all three admission cycles. The table tracks these flagship figures year by year so you can see the stability for yourself.

The pattern across 2024-2026 is reassuring for applicants: PGIMER has not imposed any meaningful fee hike on its main medical, dental or nursing programmes, so a candidate budgeting today can rely on broadly the same figures that earlier batches paid. Any small variation between sources usually reflects whether one-time registration, library and security deposits are bundled in. Because PGIMER is government-funded, future revisions tend to be modest and are notified in the official prospectus, so always cross-check the latest prospectus before counselling.

Scholarships & Fee Waivers at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

PGIMER Chandigarh keeps the effective cost of study low not through large institutional scholarships but through stipends and reserved-category support. The most significant financial benefit is the resident stipend: MD, MS, MDS, DM and MCh residents on stipendiary seats receive a monthly government stipend, and B.Sc Nursing students receive a stipend of about ₹500 per month, with roughly ₹13,500 paid over the six-month internship period. Because the tuition itself is only a few thousand rupees, this stipend often exceeds the fee, effectively making the programme self-supporting for many residents.

For reserved categories, PGIMER follows central reservation norms - SC 15%, ST 7.5%, OBC 27%, EWS as notified and PwD 5% - and offers fee concessions at the application stage rather than a separate tuition waiver. The INI-CET application fee for MD/MS/MDS/DM/MCh admission is around ₹4,000 for General/OBC/EWS candidates and a reduced ₹3,200 for SC/ST/PwBD candidates, while PGIMER's own paramedical/nursing entrance application is about ₹1,500 for General/OBC and ₹1,200 for SC/ST. SC, ST and OBC students are also eligible to claim central and state government post-matric and merit-cum-means scholarships. PGIMER does not advertise a separate institutional merit scholarship for paramedical courses, so eligible students should apply through national and state government scholarship portals to further reduce their out-of-pocket cost.