ABU (Ahmadu Bello University) Postgraduate school fees for fresh full-time and part-time students 2025/2026 academic session has been released by the school authority. The school fees are for all postgraduate programmes offered in ABU.
All prospective PG students who have successfully completed their first degree and want a postgraduate certification are hereby advised to go through the ABU Postgraduate School fees schedule before payment is made.
The table below itemizes the ABU Postgraduate School fees schedule for new students only for 2025/2026 academic year. The fees as seen below do not include acceptance fee, accommodation fee, ICT fee and library fee. It is an estimate of fee payable for fresh PG students irrespective of your programme. ABU prospective PG students are therefore advised to read through to get all vital information needed in paying their fees on time.
ABU postgraduate school has revealed that late payment would attract extra charges and failure to pay the fees on time could lead to the student’s inability to seat for their respective examinations.
Upon reading of this information, you would be clear about the following;
- ABUPostgraduate school fees for Masters students 2025/2026 Academic session.
- ABUPostgraduate school fees for PHD students 2025/2026 Academic session.
- ABUPG school fees for PGD, Masters and PHD students 2025/2026 Academic session.
- ABUPG acceptance fee for all freshly admitted students.
ABU POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FEES SCHEDULE FOR NEW STUDENTS 2025/2026 [ACADEMIC SESSION
All freshly admitted students of ABU postgraduate school are advised to pay their tuition fees for the 2025/2026 academic session early to the designated banks as approved by the school management.
ABU postgraduate school fees varies from programme to programme. For a fresh postgraduate student, aside payment of acceptance fee, ABU postgraduate school fees is between 150,000 – 250,000 Naira. per semester. Here is a complete breakdown of the school fees and all compulsory fees and charges in a tabular format below.
ABU ZARIA PG SCHOOL FEES FOR ALL PROGRAMMES 2023/2024 SESSION
Acceptance Fee For Fresh ABU PG Students
Sciences: N50,000
Postgraduate Diploma: N50,000
Masters Degree : N50,000
Upon payment of acceptance fee above, you are requested to pay your registration fee.
Registration Fee
Masters: N25,000
Postgraduate Diploma: N25,000
Sciences: N25,000
Tuition Fee
Master of Science degree programmes = N600,000.00 (The fees are payable either in respectively once in the first year, and the balance of N 200,000.00 and N 400,000.00 once in the second year.)
Master of Business Administration = N1,000,000.00 (The fees can be paid in full once or at most in two installments of N 400,000.00 and N 600,000.00)
Internet service
Sciences: N30,000
Postgraduate Diploma: N30,000
Masters Degree: N30,000
Health Care
Sciences: N25,000
Postgraduate Diploma: N25,000
Masters Degree Programme: N25,000
Developmental levy
PGD: N100,000
Sciences: N100,000
Masters Degree: N100,000
Examination fee for postgraduate students
Postgraduate Diploma: N30,000
Sciences: N30,000
Masters Degree: N30,000
Games and Sport Levy
Postgraduate Diploma: N20,000
Sciences: N20,000
Masters Degree: N20,000
Total
Postgraduate Diploma: N405,000
SCIENCES: N510,000
Masters Degree: N455,000
Apart from the above total which you pay at the beginning of your program, you will also be expected to pay some other fees in your third and fourth semesters.
3rd Semester
SCIENCES: N205,000
MASTER’S DEGREE: N177,500
Postgraduate Diploma: N152,500
4th Semester
Postgraduate Diploma: N152,500
SCIENCES: N177,500
MASTER’S DEGREE: N177,500.
Oral Examination Fees
Postgraduate Diploma: N100,000
SCIENCES: N150,000
MASTER’S DEGREE: N150,000
Alumni Dues/Year Book
Postgraduate Diploma: N20,000
Sciences: N20,000
Masters Degree: N20,000
Graduation Levy
Postgraduate Diploma: N20,000
Sciences: N30,000
Masters Degree: N30,000
Total
Postgraduate Diploma: N140,000
Sciences: N200,000
Masters Degree: N200,000
ABU Postgraduate School Fees For Foreign Students 2025/2026 Academic Session
The fee below is strictly meant for foreign students, kindly see below for their tuition fees:
Masters Degree = $5,100, However, On the other hand, a Masters Degree for Science related programmes costs $5,950 for a session.
Postgraduate Diploma = $4,500
This information is for fresh PG students only. Kindly be reminded that there are other fees to pay during registration. Be careful not to pay money to any individual claiming to be a staff or agent of ABU. If you do so, you do at your own risk.
We would appreciate if you could share with us, any extra information gotten from the school in the process of your registration as this would be helpful to other fresh students in the next academic session.
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