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Not separately QS-rankedThanjavur, India· QS World University Rankings 2027

SASTRA Deemed University

What stands out

  • Lowest in India

    US$5,000a year

    Lowest undergraduate Computer Science fee of the 8 universities in India we have priced

    For B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering. The cheapest of the others is KLEF, at US$5,280 a year.

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SASTRA Deemed University, in Thanjavur, India, has 25 undergraduate courses listed on StudyPath. International tuition is US$5,000 a year. SASTRA publishes its own accommodation prices, from ₹16,000 per year. Every figure above was read from SASTRA's own published pages and last checked on 13 September 2026.

Not in the QS World University Rankings

Courses
25
Fees verified
25 / 25
Applies everywhere on the site, on this device — change it any time.
Not set — every fee below is the international rate. Home and EU/EEA rates are often far lower.

courses

25 courses

B.Tech · 4 years · Aerospace Engineering

International tuition

US$5,000 per year

~US$20,000 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Same rate across the institution · International students

SASTRA publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

SASTRA's own NRI-sponsored-channel admissions page publishes one flat annual tuition rate, USD 5000, for its whole "B.Tech. Programme" category — not a per-branch figure — that applies to every B.Tech specialisation listed on SASTRA's own programmes page. The NRI channel is SASTRA's international/foreign-sponsored admissions route (a parent or blood relative abroad sponsors full tuition); a separate, cheaper domestic-fee track exists for Indian residents admitted through the regular counselling process, which is not what is recorded here.

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What you'll study

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B.Tech · 4 years · Biomedical Engineering

International tuition

US$5,000 per year

~US$20,000 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Same rate across the institution · International students

SASTRA publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

SASTRA's own NRI-sponsored-channel admissions page publishes one flat annual tuition rate, USD 5000, for its whole "B.Tech. Programme" category — not a per-branch figure — that applies to every B.Tech specialisation listed on SASTRA's own programmes page. The NRI channel is SASTRA's international/foreign-sponsored admissions route (a parent or blood relative abroad sponsors full tuition); a separate, cheaper domestic-fee track exists for Indian residents admitted through the regular counselling process, which is not what is recorded here.

Show the fee on the university's site
Intake
Not verified
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

B.Tech · 4 years · Bioinformatics

International tuition

US$5,000 per year

~US$20,000 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Same rate across the institution · International students

SASTRA publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

SASTRA's own NRI-sponsored-channel admissions page publishes one flat annual tuition rate, USD 5000, for its whole "B.Tech. Programme" category — not a per-branch figure — that applies to every B.Tech specialisation listed on SASTRA's own programmes page. The NRI channel is SASTRA's international/foreign-sponsored admissions route (a parent or blood relative abroad sponsors full tuition); a separate, cheaper domestic-fee track exists for Indian residents admitted through the regular counselling process, which is not what is recorded here.

Show the fee on the university's site
Intake
Not verified
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

B.Tech · 4 years · Biotechnology

International tuition

US$5,000 per year

~US$20,000 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Same rate across the institution · International students

SASTRA publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

SASTRA's own NRI-sponsored-channel admissions page publishes one flat annual tuition rate, USD 5000, for its whole "B.Tech. Programme" category — not a per-branch figure — that applies to every B.Tech specialisation listed on SASTRA's own programmes page. The NRI channel is SASTRA's international/foreign-sponsored admissions route (a parent or blood relative abroad sponsors full tuition); a separate, cheaper domestic-fee track exists for Indian residents admitted through the regular counselling process, which is not what is recorded here.

Show the fee on the university's site
Intake
Not verified
Application deadline
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What you'll study

Not yet added.

B.Tech · 4 years · Chemical Engineering

International tuition

US$5,000 per year

~US$20,000 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Same rate across the institution · International students

SASTRA publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

SASTRA's own NRI-sponsored-channel admissions page publishes one flat annual tuition rate, USD 5000, for its whole "B.Tech. Programme" category — not a per-branch figure — that applies to every B.Tech specialisation listed on SASTRA's own programmes page. The NRI channel is SASTRA's international/foreign-sponsored admissions route (a parent or blood relative abroad sponsors full tuition); a separate, cheaper domestic-fee track exists for Indian residents admitted through the regular counselling process, which is not what is recorded here.

Show the fee on the university's site
Intake
Not verified
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

B.Tech · 4 years · Civil Engineering

International tuition

US$5,000 per year

~US$20,000 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee
Published, undated

Same rate across the institution · International students

SASTRA publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.

SASTRA's own NRI-sponsored-channel admissions page publishes one flat annual tuition rate, USD 5000, for its whole "B.Tech. Programme" category — not a per-branch figure — that applies to every B.Tech specialisation listed on SASTRA's own programmes page. The NRI channel is SASTRA's international/foreign-sponsored admissions route (a parent or blood relative abroad sponsors full tuition); a separate, cheaper domestic-fee track exists for Indian residents admitted through the regular counselling process, which is not what is recorded here.

Show the fee on the university's site
Intake
Not verified
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

How SASTRA compares

Against the other universities in India on StudyPath, using each one's verified international fees and its own published housing prices. Universities are only compared with others charging in the same currency (and, for housing, for the same period), so no figure here has been converted. A ~ marks a year worked out from a per-term or whole-course fee.

SASTRA's lowest undergraduate fee for international students is US$5,000 a year, for B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering. Of the 9 other universities in India we list with undergraduate fees in USD, 7 charge more at their lowest, 2 charge less. Their lowest undergraduate fees run from ~US$2,100 (MAHE) to ~US$10,080 (MAHE Mangalore).

By subject
SubjectLowest fee hereAgainst other universities in IndiaTheir lowest fees
Computer ScienceundergraduateUS$5,000B.Tech. Computer Science & EngineeringLowest of 8US$5,280 to ~US$15,200
Electrical & Electronic EngineeringundergraduateUS$5,000B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics EngineeringLowest of 8US$5,080 to US$9,000
Civil EngineeringundergraduateUS$5,000B.Tech. Civil EngineeringLowest of 7US$5,080 to US$9,000
Mechanical EngineeringundergraduateUS$5,000B.Tech. Mechanical EngineeringLowest of 7US$5,280 to US$9,000
BiotechnologyundergraduateUS$5,000B.Tech. Biotechnology4 of 5 charge more~US$3,100 to US$9,000
Information SystemsundergraduateUS$5,000B.Tech. Information and Communication TechnologyLowest of 6US$5,480 to US$10,500

Subjects taught at SASTRA

Each one opens every course in that subject, at every university we hold, with the same verified fees.

Where these figures come from

2 sentences from SASTRA's own site each back several figures above. Each is quoted once here; every course that uses one still opens it and links to its own source page.

  1. Used for course length on 25 courses

    “3.1 The undergraduate programme leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Technology shall extend over a period of 8 semesters (4 academic years)”
    Rules & Regulations for B.Tech. / M.Tech. (5-Year Integrated) Programmes, 2018-19 onwards - SASTRA Deemed Universitysastra.eduread 13 Sept 2026
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  2. Used for international fee on 25 courses

    “Tuition fee per annum: B.Tech. Programme:- USD 5000 Integrated Law Programme:- USD 4000”
    Guidelines to fill the NRI sponsored channel Application form - SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITYsastra.eduread 3 Sept 2026
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More about SASTRA

About & contact

Thanjavur, India· view on Google Maps ↗sastra.edu ↗

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Accommodation

₹16,000–₹90,000per year

Hostel lodging fee on SASTRA's admissions hostel-fees page. The range runs from a non-AC 3-in-1 room with common bathroom to an AC single room with attached bath. The page prints two tables: an AC/non-AC table, and a second table whose figures match the non-AC column exactly and are labelled 'Annual Hostel Lodging Fee' - that second table is the only place the page states the period. Lodging only: mess/food is not included in these figures and is not priced on this page.

  • 3 in 1, non-AC₹16,000
  • 2 in 1, non-AC₹20,000
  • 3 in 1 with bath attached, non-AC₹22,000
  • Single (Boys & Girls), non-AC₹25,000
  • 2 in 1 with bath attached, non-AC₹26,000
  • Single with bath attached, non-AC₹30,000
  • 3 in 1, AC₹55,000
  • 4 in 1 with bath attached, AC₹55,000
  • 2 in 1, AC₹60,000
  • 2 in 1 with bath attached, AC₹65,000
  • Single (Boys & Girls), AC₹80,000
  • Single with bath attached, AC₹90,000

Published by the university itself, not a live listings price. Actual cost depends on room type, availability and when you apply.

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✓ Word for wordRead 17 Sept 2026
“HOSTEL LODGING FEE Hostel / Room Type AC Room Non-AC Room Single (Boys & Girls) Rs. 80,000/- Rs. 25,000/- 2 in 1 Rs. 60,000/- Rs. 20,000/- 3 in 1 Rs. 55,000/- Rs. 16,000/- Single (Bath Attached) Rs. 90,000/- Rs. 30,000/- 2 in 1 (Bath Attached) Rs. 65,000/- Rs. 26,000/- 3 in 1 (Bath Attached) - Rs. 22,000/- 4 in 1 (Bath Attached) Rs. 55,000/- Rs. 22,000/- Hostel / Room Type Annual Hostel Lodging Fee Single Rs.25,000/- 2 - in - 1 Rs.20,000/- 3-in-1 / 4-in-1 Rs.16,000/- Single (Bath Attached) Rs.30,000/- 2-in-1 (Bath Attached) Rs.26,000/- 3-in-1 / 4-in-1 (Bath Attached) Rs.22,000/-”
Hostel Fees - SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITYsastra.edu
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After you graduate

Rules read 19 Aug 2026. Check the current rules, this may be out of date

What India's own immigration authority currently publishes. Not a ranking, not a guarantee, and not the same as what any agent or forum will tell you. Whether someone actually obtains residence depends on occupation, points, funds and policy that can change between application and graduation.

Work during study

A foreigner on a Student Visa has no work rights at all. The Bureau of Immigration's own guidance for foreign students states this as a direct prohibition rather than an hours-based limit of the kind several other countries on StudyPath publish: a Student visa holder must not take up any employment or business activity in India, full stop. Foreigners intending an internship instead use a separate, dedicated visa (Student (S-5) Visa) for that specific purpose, rather than a general work permission attached to the ordinary Student (S-1) visa.

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“Foreigners on Student visa are must not involve in any Employment/Business activities in India.”
Study in India | Bureau of Immigrationboi.gov.in
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Route to permanent residence

India does not publish a distinct post-study job-search visa or a general permanent-residence status for a foreign graduate; the Bureau of Immigration's own materials describe only the ordinary Employment Visa route, open to any qualified professional (not graduates specifically) with a confirmed engagement from an Indian company, organisation, industry or undertaking, or a foreign firm executing a project in India. As a general rule the employed foreigner must draw a gross salary above Rs. 16.25 lakh a year, though the Government periodically notifies specific sectors exempt from that floor. The visa is tied to the sponsoring employer: no change of employer is permitted while the visa is current — someone who wants to switch jobs must leave India and apply for a fresh Employment Visa — and a person may not hold an Employment Visa for more than one employer at a time. Employment Visas are issued and renewed on a case-by-case, typically annual, basis rather than converting into a fixed permanent-resident status after a stated number of years the way several other countries on StudyPath describe; StudyPath found no published route from repeated Employment Visa renewal into any form of Indian permanent residence for a person with no Indian family or ancestral connection.

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“Foreigner employed in any sector should draw a gross salary in excess of Rs. 16.25 lakhs per annum . However, certain foreigners who are employed in such sectors as notified by the GOI from time to time will be exempted from this annual floor limit.”
Work in India | Bureau of Immigrationboi.gov.in
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Route to citizenship

Indian citizenship by naturalisation is governed by Section 6 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, published by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Central Government may grant a certificate of naturalisation to an applicant of full age and capacity if satisfied they are qualified under the Act's Third Schedule (a distinguished contribution to science, philosophy, art, literature, world peace or human progress lets the Government waive some or all of those conditions instead). The Third Schedule's qualifications include: residence in India (or service under an Indian government) throughout the 12 months immediately before applying; residence or government service in India for at least 11 of the preceding 14 years in aggregate (reduced to 5 years for a Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian applicant from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan, under a 2019 amendment); good character; adequate knowledge of a language listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution (one of India's own scheduled languages, not necessarily English); and an intention to reside in India, or to continue in government, international-organisation or Indian-body service, after naturalising. On dual nationality: India does not recognise it. Section 9(1) of the same Act states that an Indian citizen who voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country automatically ceases to be an Indian citizen — the same principle applies in reverse to naturalisation, and in practice an applicant must not hold another country's citizenship at the point Indian citizenship is granted.

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“(c) that he has either resided in India or been in the service of a Government in India or partly the one and partly the other, throughout the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of the application; 3[Provided that if the Central Government is satisfied that special circumstances exist, it may, after recording the circumstances in writing, relax the period of twelve months up to a maximum of thirty days which may be in different breaks.] (d) that during the 4[fourteen years] immediately preceding the said period of twelve months, he has either resided in India or been in the service of a Government in India, or partly the one and partly the other, for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than 5[eleven years];”
The Citizenship Act, 1955 (Act No. 57 of 1955), as amended - Ministry of Home Affairsmha.gov.in
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New entry added 19 August 2026. Two Indian government domains accepted as a government source here: boi.gov.in (Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs — the actual visa and stay authority) and mha.gov.in (the Ministry of Home Affairs itself, whose own site hosts the current consolidated text of the Citizenship Act, 1955). postStudyWork is left null: StudyPath found no published job-search, practical-training or graduate-specific status distinct from the ordinary Employment Visa described under residencyRoute — a genuine gap in what boi.gov.in itself publishes for graduates specifically, not an assumption. Collection note: the Citizenship Act PDF from mha.gov.in returned raw binary bytes to automated fetching; it was downloaded and converted with pdftotext (poppler-utils, -enc UTF-8 -layout) and archived from a browser capture, the pattern already used elsewhere on StudyPath for PDF-only government sources. One textual nuance worth recording: the Third Schedule's clause (b) — which, before a 2004 amendment, explicitly required an applicant to have renounced any other country's citizenship — now reads only 'that, if he is a citizen of any country, [omitted]' in the current consolidated text, i.e. the specific renunciation wording was deleted by the 2004 amendment rather than replaced with new text; this entry's dual-nationality claim rests instead on Section 9(1)'s clear, currently-in-force statement that an Indian citizen automatically loses that citizenship on voluntarily acquiring another, which is unambiguous, rather than on the now-textually-uncertain clause (b). inDemandOccupations is left null: no shortage-occupation list gating the Employment Visa was found; the salary floor is a flat threshold with sector-based exemptions the Government notifies from time to time, not a named list of occupations. naturalisationStatus set to 'published-route': the Third Schedule states real, numbered, followable criteria, even though the residence requirement (11 of 14 years, or 5 of 14 for the named-minority exception) is among the longer qualifying periods on StudyPath — per the doc comment on ResidencyPathway.naturalisationStatus this field records only whether criteria are published, not how long or attainable the route is. citizenshipTerms records 11 years, the aggregate the Third Schedule requires within the preceding 14 years. That sits on top of a separate requirement of continuous residence throughout the 12 months immediately before the application, so the qualifying history is 12 years in total; 11 is the figure the Act states. The Third Schedule reduces the aggregate to 5 years for a Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian applicant from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan under the 2019 amendment.

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