( 01 / 03 )Free tool

KEAM fee calculator

The tuition fee is rarely the whole bill. Pick a college and a seat type to see the annual fee, the one-time deposits, and what four years actually adds up to — with every figure traced back to the order that set it.

College

Seat type

Hostel + mess, per year (your estimate)

Colleges set this themselves; no order fixes it, so we do not guess.

Concessions you qualify for

SC / ST candidateExempt from payment of fees at Government and Government cost-sharing colleges when allotted against a merit seat or a reserved seat (Clause 12.1.1). At KCECMA colleges the ₹1,00,000 deposit is not collected.OEC candidate on a merit seatOther Eligible Community candidates admitted against merit seats, against unavailed SC/ST seats, or to Government seats through SEBC reservation are exempt from payment of fee (Clause 12.1.1).Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) seatFor annual family income up to ₹8,00,000. The waiver covers tuition fee only — every other fee is still payable by the beneficiary.

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Where these numbers come from

The KEAM prospectus does not publish a fee table — Clause 12.1 says fees are notified separately. So the figures here are read off the orders that set them, and anything we could not trace to an order is marked as such in the result.

G.O.(Ms) No.454/2026/HEDN, 30-06-2026Revision of fee structure for Self Financing Engineering Colleges (KSFECMA)
G.O.(Ms) No.513/2026/HEDNFee structure and allotment of seats in Self Financing Colleges under KCECMA
KEAM 2026 ProspectusClause 12.1 (fees), 12.1.1 (SC/ST/OEC exemption), Tuition Fee Waiver note

Fees are revised year to year. Confirm the current figure with the college before you pay anything.

( 02 / 03 )Fee brackets

Government college

18 colleges in the 2026 allotment

Fees fixed by Government. The cheapest route by a wide margin.

Merit seat₹12,020/yr

Government-controlled college

25 colleges in the 2026 allotment

IHRD, CAPE, LBS and cost-sharing colleges. Two merit rates per course.

Merit — lower fee₹36,750/yr
Merit — full fee₹68,250/yr

Private self-financing (KSFECMA schedule)

84 colleges in the 2026 allotment

The 85 colleges under the Kerala Self Financing Engineering College Management Association. Most private colleges in the allotment sit here.

Government seat — lower income₹70,355/yr
Government seat — other income₹1,05,531/yr
Management seatup to ₹1,74,478/yr
NRI seatup to ₹2,46,241/yr

KCECMA college

14 colleges in the 2026 allotment

The 14 colleges under the Kerala Catholic Engineering College Management Association, on a single all-in annual fee.

Any seat allotted by CEE₹1,05,525/yr
NRI seat₹1,05,525/yr

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