Following the recent proposal by management of University of Calabar on increment in school fees and other charges and the resistance that ensued, the Management of the University of Calabar after due consultation with students and other relevant stakeholders in the Institution has released her new school fee schedule for fresh and returning students in the 2023/2024 academic session.
A quick break down for easy understanding – Returning Students under the Faculty of Education, Arts and Education will pay 70k, final year students will pay 74k.
All returning science students, engineering, allied medical sciences, mass communication, Medical Laboratory Sciences and Accounting will pay 76k while their final year students will pay 80k as school fees.
Returning Students under MBBS, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing Science will pay 90k while final year students will pay 95k.
Returning Students of the Faculty of Law will pay 85k and final year students will pay 90k
Below is the full summary of the new school charges according to the various Departments and Faculties:
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
•Dept. Of Agric Econs
•Dept. Of Agric Ext. & Rur So
•Dept. Of Crop Sci
•Dept. Of Fisheries
•Dept. Of FST
•Dept. Of Forestry
•Dept. Of Soil Sci
FACULTY OF ARTS
•Dept. Of Eng. & Lit
•Dept. Of Fine Arts
•Dept. Of HIS
•Dept. Of Linguistics
•Dept. Of Modern Lang
•Dept. Of Music
•Dept. Of Philosophy
•Dept. Of RCS
•Dept. Of TMS
EDUCATION FOUNDATION
•Dept. Of Curr. & Dept. Of Teach
•Dept. Of Edu. Foun
•Dept. Of Edu. Mgt.
•Dept. Of G&C
•Dept. Of Spec. Edu
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
•Dept. Of Arts
•Dept. Of Cont. Edu
•Dept. Of Envt. Edu
•Dept. Of LIS
•Dept. Of Soc. Sci Edu
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
•Hum. Kin
•Sci. Edu
•Vocational
*(•FRESHERS 100,000 •RET. STU. 70,000 •FINAL YR 74,000)*
•Dept. Of Mass Communication
•FRESHERS 106,000 •RET. 76,000 •FINAL YR 74,000.
ALLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES
•Nursing – •FRESHERS 120,000 •RET. 90,000 FINAL 95,000
•Physio
•Pub Health
•Radio
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES
•Anatomy
•Biochem
•HND
•Pharmacology
•Physiology
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
•Gen & Biotech
•Micro
•PES
•SLT
•ZEB
ENGINEERING
•Agric & Bio Res
•CPE
•Civil & Envt.
•Computer
•Elect Electronics
•Mech
•Petroleum
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Architecture
FRESHERS 115,000 RET. 76,000 •FINAL 80,000
•ERM
•Est. Mgt. & Val
•GES
•Survey & Geoinformatics
•Urban and regional planning
MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Accounting – •FRESHERS 115,000 •RET.76,000 •FINAL 80,000
•Bank & Fin
•Biz Mgt
•Marketing
•PAD
•PAS
FACULTY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
•Bio
•Chem
•Geological
•Physical
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
•Computer
•Geology
•Maths
•Physics
•Chemistry
•Stat
SOCIAL SCIENCES
•Econs
•Criminology
•Peace & Conflict
•Pol. Sci
•Soc Works
•Socio
•Tour
*(•FRESHERS 106,000 •RET. 76,000 •FINAL YR 80,000)*
FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCES
•FRESHERS 120,000
•RET. 90,000
•FINAL YR. 95,000
DENTISTRY
•FRESHERS – 120,000
•RET. STU. 90,000
•FINAL YR. 95,000
FACULTY OF LAW
•FRESHERS 115,000
•RET. STU. 85,000
•FINAL YR. 90,000
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
•FRESHERS 115, 000
•RET. STU. 76,000
•FINAL YR. 80,000
PHARMACY
•FRESHERS 115,000
•RET. STU. 76,000
•80,000 respectively.
Third-party payment includes:
•SUG Dues – 1,500
•SUG development levy – 1,500
•SUG Welfare – 2,000
•IDID – 3,500
•ICT Infrastructural development -9,500
• NY AIDS – 1,000
•Equipment maintenance – 2,000
•Accreditation – 4,000
•Games – 2,000
•Counselling – 1,500 with a total of N28,500.
Meanwhile, let’s quickly do look at a comparison between the new Unical School fees schedule and the last one before the review below to help you understand the percentage increment
UNICAL School Fees for Freshers and Returning Students 2022/2023
| S/N | NATURE OF STUDENTS | PER SESSION |
| 1. | FRESH STUDENTS | |
| Science Students | 35,750 | |
| Non-Science Students | 34,750 | |
| MB Bch Students | 43,250 | |
| Nursing Students | 43,250 | |
| 2. | RETURNING STUDENTS | |
| Science Students | 32,000 | |
| Non-Science Students | 31,000 | |
| MB Bch Students | 39,500 | |
| Nursing Students | 39,500 | |
| 3. | FINAL YEAR STUDENTS | |
| Science Students | 35,250 | |
| Non-Science Students | 34,250 | |
| MB Bch Students | 42,750 | |
| Nursing Students | 42,750 | |
| ACCEPTANCE FEES-FRESH STUDENTS | 25,000 |
| PROJECT SUPERVISION | 3,000 |
| PORTAL CHARGES | 2,500 |
| LATE REGISTRATION | 3,000 |
| ACADEMIC GOWN | 2,000 |
However, it is important to reiterate that the above figures were deliberated and agreed upon by the students’ union leaders before being presented and approved by the Management of the Institution.