MIT Manipal B.Tech Admission 2026: Fee by Branch

1. Key facts at a glance

• Institution: Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal — a constituent institute of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka 576104.
• Programme: B.Tech, 4 years, 12 branches across 3 fee tiers, billed across 4 yearly instalments.
• Fee range (AY2026-27, general): ₹18,02,000 – ₹24,42,000, per MAHE's official fee circular.
• Fee range (AY2026-27, NRI): $28,400 – $60,800, per MAHE's official NRI fee circular.
• Admission route: MAHE's own Manipal Entrance Test (MET), with JEE Main also accepted for some seats — no state quota.

2. Fee by branch

In one line: MAHE prices its 12 B.Tech branches in three tiers — CSE-adjacent branches at ₹24,42,000, Aeronautical/Mechatronics at ₹19,66,000, and the remaining core branches at ₹18,02,000 (general category, AY2026-27).

2+2 dual-degree variants (with Australian National University, Monash, Macquarie or Deakin University, available for Aeronautical, Chemical, Civil, CSE, Electrical & Electronics and Mechanical Engineering) are priced at roughly half the standard total for the Manipal-side 2 years — e.g. ₹9,88,000 for the dual-degree Aeronautical Engineering variant. MIT Bengaluru, MAHE's other engineering campus, uses the same three-tier structure (CSE-family branches at ₹24,42,000, Robotics & AI at ₹19,66,000, Electronics Engineering at ₹18,02,000).

3. Hostel charges

In one line: first-year B.Tech hostel at the MIT Campus, Manipal ranges ₹1,27,500-₹2,54,000/year (general category) across more than 7 named blocks and room types.

4. Total 4-year cost by branch

In one line: the branch fee (section 2) is MAHE's own published 4-year total — add hostel separately based on how many years you expect to stay.

5. Who gets in — eligibility and admission route

In one line: admission is primarily through MAHE's own Manipal Entrance Test (MET), with JEE Main also accepted for some seats — there is no state-domicile quota.

MIT Manipal, as a constituent institute of a deemed-to-be university, sets its own entrance and counselling process rather than following a state CAP or JoSAA-style central process. The exact current-cycle split between MET-based and JEE Main-based seats, and branch-wise cutoff ranks, are not yet sourced on this page — confirm directly on MAHE's official MET admission portal before assuming your eligibility for a specific branch.

6. Admission process and payment

MAHE's fee and payment communications direct admitted candidates to its Finance Section (sfin.fee@manipal.edu) for instalment schedules; hostel applications route through hms.manipal.edu, where a selected room must be paid for within a 15-minute booking window.

7. Common mistakes

8. Is it worth it, branch by branch?

This cannot be answered the same way across branches given the fee tiers and very different placement dynamics between, say, CSE and core mechanical branches nationally. A ₹18,02,000 Mechanical Engineering commitment and a ₹24,42,000 CSE commitment carry different loan-servicing math, and this page does not have branch-wise seat counts, cutoff ranks or placement data (section 10) to tell you your realistic admission chances or expected outcome in a specific branch. Weigh the confirmed fee for your target branch against your family's actual funding plan, and use the EMI calculator to model that specific branch's fee.

9. How it compares

Against MIT Bengaluru, MAHE's other engineering campus: the branch-tier fee structure is identical for shared branches, so the real decision is campus location, available branch list (MIT Bengaluru's list is narrower) and admission-cycle intake rather than fee. Against other national deemed-university engineering brands (BITS Pilani, VIT Vellore), MIT Manipal's CSE-tier fee (₹24,42,000) sits in a broadly comparable range, though a direct comparison requires confirming each institute's own current-cycle figure rather than relying on a single headline number.

10. What we could not verify

• Branch-wise seat count. The MAHE fee documents used to source this page give fees only, not the seat matrix.
• Branch-wise MET/JEE Main cutoff rank. We have not found an official MAHE cutoff document for a recent admission cycle.
• Placement data by branch. No primary MAHE document with genuine branch-wise placement data was found.
• Exact MET-vs-JEE Main seat split. Not itemised in the fee documents used to source this page.
• Partner-university fee for dual-degree programmes' final 2 years. This page only has MAHE's own Manipal-side fee, not the partner institution's separate charge.

11. Who should NOT choose this college

Choose MIT Manipal for your target branch if the confirmed fee for that specific branch's tier fits your family's funding plan and you have no accessible state-quota or lower-cost engineering seat in that branch available to you. Do not choose it if any of the following apply:

• You are budgeting from a single "MIT Manipal fee" figure rather than your specific branch's confirmed tier — the 36% spread makes this a critical distinction.
• You need a confirmed cutoff rank to judge your realistic chances in a competitive branch like CSE — this page cannot yet provide one.
• You would need to mortgage your family's primary residence to fund a top-tier branch — model the real EMI against realistic branch-specific placement outcomes first.

Contact & address

Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal — Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Udupi district, Karnataka 576104. Web: www.manipal.edu/mit.html. Finance Section: sfin.fee@manipal.edu. Read our editorial and sourcing policy for how figures on this page are verified.