Punjab University Fee 2026-27: Rs 14,250 in Dues Every BS Student Pays in Fall
Punjab University BS students pay Rs 14,250 in fixed dues in Fall 2026 and Rs 13,300 in Spring. See MS, MPhil and PhD charges and the Rs 5,000 refundable fee.
At Punjab University (PU), every BS student pays Rs 14,250 in service charges, exam fee and sports and mosque fund in Fall 2026, and Rs 13,300 in Spring 2027, on top of the programme fee. New students also pay Rs 500, Rs 5,000 refundable and Rs 9,000 registration at admission.
A PU fee challan has several lines, and the programme fee is only one of them. We read the university's Dues and Fee Schedule for 2026-27 on 21 October 2026 and added up the fixed charges that every student pays. Those are the same for any BS programme, whether regular or self-supporting. Your own programme fee comes on top, and you must read that from the official file for your department.
Every BS student pays Rs 14,250 in Fall and Rs 13,300 in Spring on top of the programme fee
The schedule lists service charges of Rs 8,500 a semester, an examination fee of Rs 4,800, and a sports and mosque fund of Rs 950 in Fall only. That makes Rs 14,250 in Fall and Rs 13,300 in Spring. The totals are our addition of the listed lines.
| Line | Fall 2026 | Spring 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Service charges | Rs 8,500 | Rs 8,500 |
| Examination fee | Rs 4,800 | Rs 4,800 |
| Sports and Mosque Fund | Rs 950 | none |
| Total | Rs 14,250 | Rs 13,300 |
Some departments pay a higher exam fee every semester instead of Rs 4,800. The schedule lists Rs 5,475 for Accounting, Accounting and Finance, Taxation and E-Commerce, Rs 5,500 for Food Science, Rs 6,000 for the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology and Physics, and Rs 9,487 for the Faculty of Engineering. For the self-supporting BS, Chemistry is Rs 5,900 and Agriculture Rs 7,590.
New students pay Rs 500, Rs 5,000 refundable and Rs 9,000 at admission
At admission the schedule lists a PU Development Fund of Rs 500, a Library Security of Rs 5,000 that is refundable, and a registration fee of Rs 9,000 for students not already registered. LLB students also pay Rs 3,000 to the Pakistan Bar Council.
Other charges apply only where relevant: Rs 2,500 a semester for mandatory field work, Rs 2,000 a semester for accreditation, and Rs 3,500 in the Spring semester for air conditioning where classrooms have it. Foreign students and overseas Pakistani reserved seats pay US$500 a semester in addition to regular fees.
If you are still working out whether you can enter, the PU BS admission eligibility rules come first.
MS and MPhil students pay Rs 16,050 in the first semester on top of the programme fee
For MS and MPhil, regular and self-supporting, the fixed lines come to Rs 16,050 in semester 1, Rs 15,100 in semester 2, Rs 24,450 in semester 3 and Rs 23,500 in semester 4. The jump in semesters 3 and 4 is the Rs 15,000 exam and thesis charge.
| Line | Sem 1 | Sem 2 | Sem 3 | Sem 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service charges | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 |
| Exam or thesis charges | 6,600 | 6,600 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Sports and Mosque Fund | 950 | none | 950 | none |
| Total (Rs) | 16,050 | 15,100 | 24,450 | 23,500 |
Food Science and DCMR pay Rs 7,500 for the semester 1 and 2 exam fee instead of Rs 6,600, and LLM pays Rs 11,055.
Self-supporting PhD students pay a Rs 27,500 thesis charge each semester
The schedule lists self-supporting PhD fixed charges of Rs 43,550 in semester 1 and Rs 42,600 in semester 2. From semester 3 they are Rs 36,950 in odd semesters and Rs 36,000 in even ones. The Rs 27,500 thesis evaluation charge sits in every semester.
Eight times Rs 27,500 is Rs 220,000, which matches the total thesis evaluation charge in the schedule. It says the full amount is payable when you submit the thesis, and that thesis charges you have already paid by semester are deducted from it.
Some programme fees are labelled clearly, others are hard to read in the PDF
The schedule calls the main programme fee the "A" fee. For 2026 admissions, Arabic, Kashmir Studies, Persian, Punjabi and Urdu show Rs 15,750, and LLB and Pharm-D in the regular BS show Rs 55,000. Pharm-D in the self-supporting BS shows Rs 132,500.
Most other rows show two figures for different admission years, and the PDF layout is jumbled. We have not mapped them to departments. Read your own row in the official file or ask your department before you pay.
- Open the 2026-27 schedule on the PU fee page.
- Find your programme and admission year.
- Add the fixed lines for your semester.
- Check the total against your challan.
- Keep the paid challan for the refund of Library Security.
Degree, verification and equivalence charges are in a different schedule. For degrees, see how to apply for a Punjab University degree or duplicate.
Common questions about Punjab University fees 2026-27
How much are PU service charges?
The schedule lists Rs 8,500 a semester for BS, MS, MPhil and PhD students.
Is the Library Security refundable?
Yes. The schedule lists Rs 5,000 as refundable. It gives no refund steps.
What is the PU registration fee?
Rs 9,000, for students who are not already registered.
Do foreign students pay more?
Foreign students and overseas Pakistani reserved seats pay US$500 a semester in addition to the regular fees.
Does the schedule list a late fee?
We did not find late fee rules, refund policy beyond Library Security or payment due dates in it.
Where do I pay?
Use the challan your department or the PU admissions portal issues. We did not test the payment page.
How we verified this
What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.
Last checked 21 October 2026. Every amount comes from the Dues and Fee Schedule for 2026-27 linked on the PU fee page, which we read on 21 October 2026. Semester totals are our addition. The PDF is poorly laid out, so we left out unlabelled programme fee rows. We did not make a payment or see a live challan, and PU can revise the schedule.
About the author
Public Services and Education Journalist
Fajr Riaz is a journalist and content writer at Pakistan Era, based in Lahore. She covers the questions people meet in everyday life in Pakistan: how a public service works, what a change in the rules means, and where to find a reliable answer.
