Telangana Fixes 2025–28 B.Tech Fee Block — ₹45,000 Floor, ₹1.83 Lakh Cap (CBIT)

The Telangana Higher Education (Technical Education) Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 06 on March 4, 2026 finalising the tuition fee structure for B.E./B.Tech programmes in private unaided engineering colleges for the three-year block 2025–26 to 2027–28. The order follows recommendations of the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC). Fee range: • Minimum annual tuition fee: ₹45,000 • Maximum annual tuition fee: ₹1,83,000 (Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology — CBIT, Hyderabad) • 160 private unaided engineering colleges covered • 63 colleges saw a fee hike relative to the 2022–25 block; some institutions saw reductions Scope: • The fee fixed is the annual tuition fee only — it does NOT include special fee or admission fee • Institutions must collect fees for the applicable academic year (lump sum or in instalments) • Applies to both convenor quota (TGCHE counselling) and management quota seats, subject to category-wise rules What this means for students: • Convenor quota fees payable during TGCHE counselling (expected July–August 2026) are now locked for the three-year block • The government fee-reimbursement scheme will cover the convenor-quota tuition fee for eligible candidates as per current policy • Management-quota and NRI fees remain college-specific but are capped by the block ceiling TeluguColleges will update the per-college fee pages (/colleges/[slug]/fees) to reflect the 2025–28 block figures over the coming weeks as the TAFRC list is tabulated.