Vijayawada: Students seeking admission to private medical and dental colleges in Andhra Pradesh will have to shell out more this academic year, with the state government hiking the interim fees for undergraduate courses by 10% and postgraduate and super-speciality courses by 15%.For MBBS, the fee under the management quota has been increased from ₹13.20 lakh to ₹14.52 lakh, while the fee under the NRI quota has risen from ₹39.60 lakh to ₹43.56 lakh. The fee under the competent authority quota has been fixed at ₹18,150. For BDS, the management quota fee has been increased from ₹4.40 lakh to ₹4.84 lakh, while the NRI quota fee has gone up from ₹13.20 lakh to ₹14.52 lakh.The hike is higher for PG medical courses. The fee for a clinical degree has been fixed at ₹5,71,320 under the A category, ₹11,42,640 under the management quota and ₹66,12,500 under the NRI/institutional quota. For para-clinical degree and diploma courses, the revised fees are ₹1,78,538, ₹3,57,075 and ₹19,83,750 respectively. Pre-clinical degree courses will cost ₹80,937 under the A category, ₹1,61,874 under the management quota and ₹10.58 lakh under the NRI/institutional quota.For super-speciality courses, the government has fixed an interim tuition fee of ₹19,83,750, compared with ₹17.25 lakh in 2025-26. The revised fee applies to five private colleges, GSL Medical College, Katuri Medical College and Hospital, Narayana Medical College, NRI Medical College and Dr Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences.But the revised fees are not final. The government said the Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Fee Regulatory and Monitoring Commission (APHEFR&MC) is currently not in a position to process and recommend the fee structure for 2026-27 as the commission is not fully constituted and the detailed rules governing its revised statutory functions are awaited. The govt consequently decided to notify an interim fee structure after consultation with the finance department.The interim structure will apply only to the 2026-27 academic year. Once the commission makes its final determination, the final fee will automatically supersede the interim fee. If the final fee is lower, colleges will have to refund or adjust the excess collected from students. If it is higher, the differential can be recovered in accordance with the commission’s determination and applicable fee-reimbursement arrangements.The government has also directed private unaided medical and dental colleges not to collect any amount over and above the notified interim fee under any head. Colleges must inform students in writing at the time of admission that the fee is tentative and liable to revision during the same academic year.