Fee and Financial Aid

Financial Aid/ Scholarships

CIIT is a forerunner in the national mission of achieving sustainable development through science and technology. In the struggle we strive to minimize the financial burden of the candidate. This may be visible in our fee structure, normally called the Regular Fee Structure the Indigenous fee structure of CIIT is as follows:

Undergraduate programs

One Time Charges

Head	Amount (Rs)
Admission fee (non-refundable)	10,000
Caution money (refundable)	5,000
Graduation fee (non-refundable)	5,000
Total	15,000

Per Semester Charges

Head	Amount (Rs)
Registration fee	2,500
Tuition Fee	24,000
Examination fee	3,000
Library Fee	1,000
Laboratory Fee (Non-Engineering)	5,000
Laboratory Fee (Engineering/Pharmacy)	10,000
Sports Fee	500
Student Club	500
Total (Engineering)	41,500
Total (non-Engineering)	36,500

Master programs

One Time Charges

Head	Amount (Rs)
Admission fee (non-refundable)	10,000
Caution money (refundable)	5,000
Graduation fee (non-refundable)	5,000
Total	15,000

Per Semester Charges

Head	Amount (Rs)
Registration fee	2,500
Tuition Fee	28,000
Examination fee	3,000
Library Fee	1,000
Laboratory Fee (Non-Engineering)	5,000
Laboratory Fee (Engineering/Pharmacy)	-
Sports Fee	500
Student Club	500
Total	40,500

Fee for International students

Head	Amount (Rs)
Prospectus charges	Rs 500 or US $ 10
Per semester fee (all inclusive)	US $ 1,500
Graduation fee	US $ 100

Note

Graduation fee shall be charged once after successful completion of degree requirements and caution money already depposited may be swapped with graduation fee (if applicable).
Fee structure may be revised by CIIT.

Fee for repeated/improved courses

Fees for each repeated/ improved course during regular semesters will be Rs. 1000/- per credit hour, in addition to regular semester fee.

Summer Semester

When failed/ left over courses are studies beyond the normal study duration, fee charges will be @ Rs. 2000/- per credit hour. However, in case 12 credit hours or more are studied in a semester beyond the normal duration, full semester fee will be charged.

Note:

Certain scholarship schemes are available at different campuses. Candidates may obtain relevant information in this regard from the campus where they are applying.
There may be certain additional charges (eg, transport charge) on some campuses, in addition to the above fees. Details will be available by respective campuses.

Financial Aid

CIIT follows a well spelt-out modus operandi to provide financial assistance to students who are good in studies but are handicapped due to financial constraints. A special fund is allocated to cater to the needs of the deserving students. For this purpose Financial Assistance Committees operate on all campuses to look into such cases. The different arrays of facilities which are provided under the monitory assistance program are briefly discussed below:

a) Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is provided to students on need-cum-merit basis. Those students are eligible who are in good academic standing and have demonstrated financial problems. Financial assistance is provided to the students after the first semester. At least 80% attendance is mandatory in all the registered courses and no disciplinary action or proceedings should be in progress or pending against the student at the time of application for financial assistance.

b) Qarz-i-Hasna
It is a loan facility recoverable within two years without any interest. It is granted to the students of 2nd semester and onwards. Only those students are eligible who are also in good academic standing with at least 80% class attendance and no disciplinary problems, and are in need of proven financial help.

c) Kinship/Siblings Concession

When two siblings are concurrently students of CIIT, 50% tuition fee concession to one sibling is admissible provided both maintain good academic standing and are not in receipt of any other concession/scholarship, etc. This concession will be subject to an application supported by:

Copies of NIC or “B” form of the students
Copy of father’s NIC
Copy of paid challan forms for the recent semester

d) Taleem Fund
All the employees of CIIT contribute 1% of gross salary in addition to the 2 % contributed by CIIT towards Taleem Fund. This fund is distributed in students on need-cum merit basis in every semester as Financial Assistance to meet their tuition fee expenses. The student has to apply through his/her department and after giving interview to the Taleem Fund Committee he/she gets a full or partial waiver in the tuition fee, on need-cum-merit basis.

e) Japanese Need Based Scholarships

The HEC-JICA sponsored scholarships under the ‘Japanese Need Based Scholarship Program’, for the students of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology studying in the disciplines of IT & Telecom and Business Administration at Bachelor and Master level, are also available.

f) Academic Excellence Incentives

To improve the quality of the students, who are admitted at CIIT, the Board of Governors of CIIT have approved the following incentives for the fresh/enrolled students:

A 100% tuition fee waiver for the students admitted in each undergraduate degree program, who are among the top 10 position holders in their respective board examinations. This concession will be admissible in the first semester, and may continue in subsequent semesters if a CGPA of 3.50/4.00 is maintained.
A 75% tuition fee waiver for the top 5% students admitted in each undergraduate degree program, who obtain top positions in the overall merit of all the admitted students, determined on the basis of Board exams and NTS test, which in no case should be below 75%. This concession will be admissible in the first semester, and may continue in subsequent semesters if a CGPA of 3.25/4.00 is maintained.
A 50% tuition fee waiver for the top 5% students admitted in each undergraduate degree program, who obtain top positions in the overall merit of all the admitted students, determined on the basis of Board exams and NTS test, which in no case should be below 60%. This concession will be admissible in the first semester, and may continue in subsequent semesters if a CGPA of 3.00/4.00 is maintained.

g) Campus Level Financial Assistance:

On different campuses certain incentive schemes are also available for specified categories, who are given fee concessions. In certain cases the fee concession is as much as 100%, like the industrial worker’s children who are nominated by the Punjab Workers Welfare Board and who meet the eligibility and admission criteria of the Lahore campus.

Further details of Campus Level Financial Assistance / Various Scholarships are available at each CIIT campus admission office. However, each campus may have scholarship schemes that are unique to it, and may not necessarily be applicable to all CIIT campuses. Prospective Students are therefore encouraged to find out from the Campus of their choice which types of scholarships it has on offer.