By Anita John 
OSOGBO | OCT 31: Fresh students of Medicine and Surgery at Osun State University (UNIOSUN) will be paying not less than ₦1,335,000, while 100-level or Direct Entry Law students will pay at least ₦930,000 for the 2025/2026 academic session, a harmonised school fees schedule of the institution as seen by Edubase Nigeria has shown.
During 2023/2024 session, 100 level student of Medicine and Surgery of the institution paid N550,000 as basic school fee.
Tuition fee for Nursing is ₦940,500 in the newly updated fees, as against ₦412,500 for last session, meaning newly admitted students will pay ₦528,000 more than their counterparts who were admitted into the Nursing Department in 2024.
Although the management of the institution has not officially made it public, an insider revealed to Edubase Nigeria that the institution increased tuition fees for Medicine and Law by 70.6% and 125% respectively.
According to the breakdown, 100 level students in the Faculties of Law, Nursing, and Medicine generally pay higher school fees than other academic programmes, while students in Education have one of the lowest fee structures, starting at ₦350,000 for 100-level and ₦210,500 for returning and final-year students.
Students in Sciences, Engineering, Computing, and related programmes are to pay ₦485,500 at 100-level, while those in Humanities, Arts & Culture will pay ₦421,500 at the same level.
Tuition fees for returning students are generally lower across faculties. For example, returning Nursing students will pay ₦350,500, and final-year students in Medical Laboratory Science and Radiography will pay ₦310,500.
Here is the breakdown of UNIOSUN fees by Faculties and Programmes
| FACULTY | 100 LEVEL | 200 LEVEL | RETURNING | FINAL YEAR |
| Medicine | ₦1,335,000 | ₦713,000 | ₦670,000 | ₦710,500 |
| Law | ₦930,000 | ₦343,000 | ₦300,500 | ₦300,500 |
| Nursing | ₦940,500 | ₦393,500 | ₦350,500 | ₦350,500 |
| Medical Lab Sciences and Radiography | ₦665,500 | ₦353,000 | ₦310,500 | ₦310,500 |
| Other Health Sciences (Basic Medical And Allied Sciences) | ₦517,500 | ₦363,000 | ₦260,500 | ₦260,500 |
| Sciences, Engineering Technology, Computing & Allied Programmes | ₦485,500 | ₦303,000 | ₦260,500 | ₦260,500 |
| Tourism | ₦465,500 | ₦305,000 | ₦265,500 | ₦265,500 |
| Humanities, Arts & Culture | ₦421,500 | ₦253,000 | ₦210,500 | ₦210,500 |
| Management Sciences, Social Sciences, & Liberal Studies | ₦410,000 | ₦303,000 | ₦260,500 | ₦260,500 |
| Agriculture & Renewable Resources | ₦370,000 | ₦303,000 | ₦260,500 | ₦260,500 |
| Education | ₦350,000 | ₦253,000 | ₦210,500 | ₦210,500 |
NOTE: The institution emphasized that the tuition schedule strictly covers academic fees only, with accommodation and related campus services to be paid separately.
Why the sharp increment?
While the state may attribute the increment to recent economic realities and non-release of Local Government funds, EdubaseNG found that the institution has been increasing its tuition fees consistently since the 2022/2023 academic session, even when revenues from the federal government flew into the purse of the state government.
In recent times, there have been concerns about the way and manner in which state-owned universities increase tuition fees, following the introduction of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), which grants interest-free student loans to undergraduates in public higher institutions.
The new school fees have also made a civil society organisation in the state, The Osun Masterminds (TOM), plead with the state government to consider the economic plight of students from poor families.
The high fees also cut across all Osun-owned higher institutions, including Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, and the University of Ilesa (UNILESA), where medical students are charged as high as ₦1.3 million as tuition fees.
Returning and new students have taken to social media to vent their anger and plead with Governor Ademola Adeleke to make education affordable to the less privileged.
At the time of publication, the state government has not reacted.
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Opeyemi Quadri