IIT Gandhinagar students raise concerns over hike in first-semester fees

Students of the 2025-26 academic batch at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar have expressed concern over a sudden increase in first-semester fees, which they describe as “unfair.”

Those enrolled in regular postgraduate programs, including the MTech and MA courses, said the initial fee communicated during admissions in April 2025 was ₹69,338 for the first semester.

Following a Board of Governance meeting on June 21, the institute revised the fee to ₹86,400, resulting in an increase of ₹17,062.

Students have raised dissatisfaction over the hike, saying that the change came after admissions were finalized and imposed a financial burden on the incoming batch.