ABUAD School Fees for Returning Students: 200–600 Level

Last Updated: August 2026 | Sourced from ABUAD's official e-portal fee schedule for 2026/2027, all 228 rows across levels 100 to 600, checked 6 August 2026. Where a widely shared figure disagrees with the portal, Section 10 names the source and the size of the gap.

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Your fee changed when you stopped being a fresher, and not by an amount you can guess. ABUAD has now published the full schedule for 2026/2027, all 228 rows of it, and it covers every level from 100 to 600 rather than the fresher rows alone.

Most returning students pay 87.5 per cent of what they paid in first year. That is the rule, it is exact for 51 of the 53 programmes, and the two programmes it does not cover are the two most expensive ones. The fee also does not keep falling as you go up, which is the assumption that wrecks a budget.

This page gives you the official sub-total for your programme at your level, the real total once accommodation and the ₦40,000 in levies are added, and what your remaining years will cost. Freshers are covered separately in the ABUAD school fees for 100 level fresh students post.

Table of Contents

1. What ABUAD published for returning students2. The rule behind every returning-student figure3. 200 level fees, all 53 programmes4. 300 and 400 level fees5. 500 and 600 level fees6. Clinical students7. What each level costs with accommodation and levies8. What a full degree costs, start to finish9. Direct entry and inter-university transfer10. What the popular pages get wrong for returning studentsFrequently Asked QuestionsWhat to Do Next

1. What ABUAD published for returning students

The fee schedule on ABUAD's e-portal now carries 228 tuition rows, covering 53 programmes across seven colleges from level 100 to level 600. It sits on the portal's public School Fees page, under the accordion headed "School Fees Sub-Total", and it needs no login to read.

That is a change worth naming. For most of the admission season the portal only carried the fresher rows, which is why every figure in the ABUAD school fees for 100 level fresh students post came from a single level. All 228 rows were checked on 6 August 2026.

Here is how the rows are distributed, because the distribution itself answers a question students keep asking.

Level	Programmes listed	What that tells you
100	53	Every programme the university admits into
200	53	Every programme again, so no returning cohort is missing
300	50	Three fewer, because 3 programmes have no cohort that high yet
400	50	Same set as 300 level
500	18	Only the five-year and longer programmes
600	4	The four longest programmes in the university

One caveat about the portal you should know before you rely on it. The accordion is headed "School Fees Sub-Total", but ABUAD's own explanation of what the SUB-TOTAL column actually includes is not visible on the live page. It exists in the page source as commented-out placeholder text, so the portal never tells you whether the figure already contains ICT, library, or departmental charges.

In practice, treat the SUB-TOTAL as tuition and standard service charges only. Accommodation and the compulsory levies are listed separately, in their own two tables further down the same page, and you add them yourself. Section 7 does that arithmetic for you.

Payment windows follow the session calendar rather than the fee schedule, so check the ABUAD academic calendar for the resumption and payment deadlines that apply to your level.

2. The rule behind every returning-student figure

There is one arithmetic rule underneath the whole returning-student schedule. A returning student pays 87.5 per cent of the 100-level figure for the same programme, which is a drop of 12.5 per cent. That holds exactly to the naira for 51 of the 53 programmes.

Business Administration is a clean example. The 100-level sub-total is ₦1,674,000, and 87.5 per cent of that is ₦1,464,750, which is exactly what the portal lists at 200 level. Law behaves the same way: ₦4,554,000 at 100 level becomes ₦3,984,750.

The reason for the drop is that a fresher's first bill carries one-off charges that never repeat. You pay for entry, not for tuition alone. Once those clear, the recurring figure is what you see for every year after.

The 87.5 per cent rule that sets every ABUAD returning-student fee, and the two programmes it does not cover.

The two exceptions, stated up front

Two programmes do not follow the rule, and they are the two most expensive programmes in the university. If you are in either one, do not calculate your own fee.

Programme	100 level	200 level	What the rule predicts	Above the rule
Medicine and Surgery	₦6,954,000	₦6,483,750	₦6,084,750	₦399,000
Pharmacy	₦3,954,000	₦3,479,750	₦3,459,750	₦20,000

Medicine and Surgery is the one that hurts. The rule would give ₦6,084,750, but the portal lists ₦6,483,750, which is ₦399,000 more than the pattern predicts. A medical student who budgets by multiplying is short by roughly the cost of a Super Deluxe room.

Pharmacy is off by ₦20,000, which is small enough to miss and large enough to matter at a bank counter. Both figures were read directly from the portal, not derived.

3. 200 level fees, all 53 programmes

This is the table most returning students are looking for. Every one of the 53 programmes appears, grouped by college and ordered from the most expensive down, so you can find your programme and read across.

The spread at 200 level runs from ₦1,184,400 for Agriculture to ₦6,483,750 for Medicine and Surgery. That is a gap of ₦5,299,350 between the cheapest and dearest second-year student on the same campus.

The third column is what you no longer pay compared with your first year. Treat it as a real reduction, but read Section 7 before you spend it, because accommodation does not fall with tuition.

ABUAD 200 level school fees for 2026/2027, official sub-totals by programme.

Medicine and Health Sciences (10 programmes)

Programme	100 level	200 level	You save
Medicine and Surgery	₦6,954,000	₦6,483,750	₦470,250
Dentistry	₦5,154,000	₦4,509,750	₦644,250
Nursing	₦3,954,000	₦3,459,750	₦494,250
Medical Laboratory Science	₦3,114,000	₦2,724,750	₦389,250
Physiology	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Anatomy	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Human Nutrition and Dietetics	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Pharmacology	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Public Health	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Optometry	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250

Pharmacy (1 programme)

Programme	100 level	200 level	You save
Pharmacy	₦3,954,000	₦3,479,750	₦474,250

Law (1 programme)

Programme	100 level	200 level	You save
Law	₦4,554,000	₦3,984,750	₦569,250

Engineering (10 programmes)

Programme	100 level	200 level	You save
Mechatronics Engineering	₦3,114,000	₦2,724,750	₦389,250
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	₦3,114,000	₦2,724,750	₦389,250
Petroleum Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250
Electrical/Electronics Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250
Mechanical Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250
Civil Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250
Computer Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250
Chemical Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250
Agricultural Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250
Biomedical Engineering	₦2,874,000	₦2,514,750	₦359,250

Sciences (15 programmes)

Programme	100 level	200 level	You save
Computer Science	₦2,754,000	₦2,409,750	₦344,250
Architecture	₦2,754,000	₦2,409,750	₦344,250
Data Science	₦2,754,000	₦2,409,750	₦344,250
Cyber Security	₦2,754,000	₦2,409,750	₦344,250
Software Engineering	₦2,754,000	₦2,409,750	₦344,250
Biochemistry	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Microbiology	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Human Biology	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Industrial Chemistry	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Mathematics	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Physics	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Geology	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Petroleum Chemistry	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Biotechnology	₦1,794,000	₦1,569,750	₦224,250
Agriculture	₦1,353,600	₦1,184,400	₦169,200

Social and Management Sciences (15 programmes)

Programme	100 level	200 level	You save
Media & Communication Studies	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
International Relations and Diplomacy	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Economics	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Political Science	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Tourism and Events Management	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Business Administration	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Banking & Finance	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Intelligence and Security Studies	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Social Justice	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Accounting	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Marketing	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Entrepreneurship	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Sociology	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250
Finance	₦1,674,000	₦1,464,750	₦209,250

Arts and Humanities (1 programme)

Programme	100 level	200 level	You save
Performing & Theater Arts	₦1,389,600	₦1,215,900	₦173,700

If your programme is one of Cyber Security, Data Science, or Software Engineering, your row stops here for now. Section 4 explains why.

4. 300 and 400 level fees

If you are heading into 300 or 400 level, start with one detail: both levels carry 50 rows, not 53. The three missing programmes are Cyber Security, Data Science and Software Engineering, and the reason is ordinary rather than alarming.

All three are four-year Sciences programmes that ABUAD is still admitting into. They have a 100-level cohort and a 200-level cohort, so those are the only levels with a published rate. Nothing was withdrawn and no programme was cancelled. When the current second-year students move up, the 300-level rows will appear.

If you are in one of the three, that has a practical consequence: your 300 and 400-level fee is genuinely not published yet, so do not accept a third-party figure for it. Ask the bursary and get it in writing.

Does the fee keep falling after 200 level?

Mostly it does not, and this is where you go wrong if you extrapolate. The 12.5 per cent drop happens once, between 100 and 200 level. After that the figure is close to flat for a while and then steps down again at 400.

3 programmes charge exactly the same at 300 level as at 200 level. At 400 level, 50 programmes step down from their 300-level figure. So the shape is a drop, a plateau, then a second drop, not a smooth decline every year.

Medicine and Health Sciences (10 programmes)

Programme	300 level	400 level	Change from 200 level
Medicine and Surgery	₦6,483,750	₦6,007,750	Same as 200 level
Dentistry	₦5,118,750	₦3,483,900	Rises ₦609,000
Nursing	₦3,433,500	₦2,767,275	Falls ₦26,250
Medical Laboratory Science	₦2,803,500	₦2,347,275	Rises ₦78,750
Physiology	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Anatomy	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Human Nutrition and Dietetics	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Pharmacology	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Public Health	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Optometry	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250

Pharmacy (1 programme)

Programme	300 level	400 level	Change from 200 level
Pharmacy	₦3,349,500	₦2,600,325	Falls ₦130,250

Law (1 programme)

Programme	300 level	400 level	Change from 200 level
Law	₦3,328,500	₦2,967,825	Falls ₦656,250

Engineering (10 programmes)

Programme	300 level	400 level	Change from 200 level
Petroleum Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Electrical/Electronics Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Mechatronics Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦341,250
Mechanical Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Civil Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Computer Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Chemical Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Agricultural Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Biomedical Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦131,250
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	₦2,383,500	₦2,159,325	Falls ₦341,250

Sciences (12 programmes)

Programme	300 level	400 level	Change from 200 level
Computer Science	₦1,858,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦551,250
Architecture	₦1,858,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦551,250
Biochemistry	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Microbiology	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Human Biology	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Industrial Chemistry	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Mathematics	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Physics	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Geology	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Petroleum Chemistry	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Biotechnology	₦1,438,500	₦1,424,325	Falls ₦131,250
Agriculture	₦1,184,400	₦1,170,225	Same as 200 level

Social and Management Sciences (15 programmes)

Programme	300 level	400 level	Change from 200 level
Media & Communication Studies	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
International Relations and Diplomacy	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Economics	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Political Science	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Tourism and Events Management	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Business Administration	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Banking & Finance	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Intelligence and Security Studies	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Social Justice	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Accounting	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Marketing	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Entrepreneurship	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Sociology	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250
Finance	₦1,333,500	₦1,287,825	Falls ₦131,250

Arts and Humanities (1 programme)

Programme	300 level	400 level	Change from 200 level
Performing & Theater Arts	₦1,215,900	₦1,170,225	Same as 200 level

5. 500 and 600 level fees

Only 18 programmes have a 500-level rate, and only 4 reach 600. If your programme is not in the table below, it is a four-year degree and your final published rate is the 400-level one.

The four programmes that run to 600 level are Dentistry, Medicine and Surgery, Optometry and Pharmacy. Everything else in the university finishes at 400 or 500.

Programme	500 level	600 level	Levels published
Medicine and Surgery	₦6,007,750	₦6,123,250	6
Dentistry	₦3,483,900	₦3,903,900	6
Law	₦2,967,825	Programme ends at 500	5
Nursing	₦2,767,275	Programme ends at 500	5
Pharmacy	₦2,579,325	₦3,272,325	6
Medical Laboratory Science	₦2,347,275	Programme ends at 500	5
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Agricultural Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Biomedical Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Chemical Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Civil Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Computer Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Electrical/Electronics Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Mechanical Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Mechatronics Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Petroleum Engineering	₦2,159,325	Programme ends at 500	5
Optometry	₦1,424,325	₦1,424,325	6
Agriculture	₦1,170,225	Programme ends at 500	5

Two warnings for final-year students. First, Medicine and Surgery is advertised by ABUAD as a seven-year programme, but the portal publishes six level rows for it, so the schedule does not cover a seventh year. Second, the 600-level figure is higher than the 500-level figure for three of those four programmes, which Section 8 quantifies.

Pharmacy is the sharpest case. It rises ₦693,000 between 500 and 600 level, so a Pharm.D student's most expensive year after first year is the last one. If you are weighing that programme against Medicine, the Pharmacy vs Medicine fees and salary comparison sets the two side by side.

6. Clinical students

There is no separate clinical rate. This is the single most common misunderstanding about ABUAD's schedule, and third-party pages reinforce it by publishing a "clinical student" fee as though it were its own tier.

The portal lists tuition strictly by programme and level. Nothing in the 228 rows is labelled clinical, pre-clinical, or houseman. If you are an MBBS or Dentistry student in your clinical years, your fee is simply the 400, 500 or 600-level row for your programme.

Programme	Level	Sub-total
Medicine and Surgery	400	₦6,007,750
Medicine and Surgery	500	₦6,007,750
Medicine and Surgery	600	₦6,123,250
Dentistry	400	₦3,483,900
Dentistry	500	₦3,483,900
Dentistry	600	₦3,903,900

So a 500-level medical student pays ₦6,007,750 because that is the MBBS 500-level rate, not because of a clinical tariff. The figure does not change based on which teaching hospital you are posted to.

What the schedule does not cover is the incidental cost of clinical postings: transport to the teaching hospital, your own instruments, and consumables. The portal is silent on these, so budget for them separately and ask the college office what your set is expected to buy.

7. What each level costs with accommodation and levies

The sub-total is not the number you transfer. The real figure is sub-total plus accommodation plus ₦40,000 in compulsory levies, and for a returning student the levy part is where the good news is.

Returning students pay ₦40,000 in levies, not ₦115,000

The portal lists the ₦75,000 ABUAD Souvenir as fresh students only. That charge disappears the moment you are a returning student, which leaves ₦40,000: a ₦30,000 PTCF levy and ₦10,000 for medical screening.

The portal also lists Students' Association Dues as "As applicable", with no figure. Treat that as a small unknown rather than zero, and ask your college for the current amount.

Accommodation does not drop at all

This is the trap. Your tuition falls 12.5 per cent, but the hostel rate is identical for freshers and returning students. There are 9 room types, from ₦310,000 to ₦1,010,000.

Room type	No. of occupants	Amount
4-Person Room	4	₦310,000
2-Person Room	2	₦510,000
Ensuite 2-Person Upgraded Room	2	₦560,000
1-Person Room	1	₦610,000
Ensuite 3-Person Upgraded Room	3	₦610,000
Super Deluxe 4-Person Room	4	₦610,000
Ensuite 1-Person Upgraded Room	1	₦810,000
Super Deluxe 2-Person Room	2	₦810,000
Super Deluxe 1-Person Room	1	₦1,010,000

ABUAD hostel accommodation fees 2026/2027: all 9 room types. Rates are the same for freshers and returning students.

The gap between the cheapest and dearest room is ₦700,000, which is larger than the entire annual tuition drop for most programmes. Your room choice moves your bill more than your level does. The ABUAD hostel and accommodation guide covers what each block is actually like before you commit.

Three worked examples at 200 level

Programme (200 level)	Sub-total	Cheapest room	Levies	Cheapest real total	Dearest real total
Business Administration	₦1,464,750	₦310,000	₦40,000	₦1,814,750	₦2,514,750
Law	₦3,984,750	₦310,000	₦40,000	₦4,334,750	₦5,034,750
Medicine and Surgery	₦6,483,750	₦310,000	₦40,000	₦6,833,750	₦7,533,750

What a 200 level student actually transfers: sub-total plus accommodation plus ₦40,000 in levies.

Read the last two columns as the honest range. A 200-level Business Administration student in a four-person room transfers ₦1,814,750, while the same student in a Super Deluxe single transfers ₦2,514,750.

To build your own figure: take your row from Section 3, 4 or 5, add your room rate, add ₦40,000. That is the transfer.

8. What a full degree costs, start to finish

No page online publishes this, and it is the number you or your parents actually want: the total tuition for a whole degree, first year to final year. Each row below is the sum of every published level for that programme.

Two things to hold in mind before you use these totals. These are tuition sub-totals only, so add roughly ₦350,000 to ₦1,050,000 per year for accommodation and levies. And they are today's rates, not a forecast. ABUAD can revise fees between sessions, so a six-year total is a planning figure, not a quotation.

Programme	Levels published	Years published	Whole-degree tuition	Fee curve
Medicine and Surgery	100–600	6	₦38,060,250	Rises ₦115,500 at 600
Dentistry	100–600	6	₦25,654,200	Rises ₦609,000 at 300, ₦420,000 at 600
Pharmacy	100–600	6	₦19,235,225	Rises ₦693,000 at 600
Law	100–500	5	₦17,802,900	Falls or holds at every level
Nursing	100–500	5	₦16,381,800	Falls or holds at every level
Medical Laboratory Science	100–500	5	₦13,336,800	Rises ₦78,750 at 300
Mechatronics Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,540,900	Falls or holds at every level
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,540,900	Falls or holds at every level
Petroleum Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Electrical/Electronics Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Mechanical Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Civil Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Computer Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Chemical Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Agricultural Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Biomedical Engineering	100–500	5	₦12,090,900	Falls or holds at every level
Optometry	100–600	6	₦9,075,225	Falls or holds at every level
Computer Science	100–400	4	₦8,446,575	Falls or holds at every level
Architecture	100–400	4	₦8,446,575	Falls or holds at every level
Physiology	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Anatomy	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Human Nutrition and Dietetics	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Pharmacology	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Public Health	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Biochemistry	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Microbiology	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Human Biology	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Industrial Chemistry	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Mathematics	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Physics	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Geology	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Petroleum Chemistry	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Biotechnology	100–400	4	₦6,226,575	Falls or holds at every level
Agriculture	100–500	5	₦6,062,850	Falls or holds at every level
Media & Communication Studies	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
International Relations and Diplomacy	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Economics	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Political Science	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Tourism and Events Management	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Business Administration	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Banking & Finance	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Intelligence and Security Studies	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Social Justice	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Accounting	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Marketing	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Entrepreneurship	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Sociology	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Finance	100–400	4	₦5,760,075	Falls or holds at every level
Data Science	100–200	2	₦5,163,750	Incomplete. Only 100 and 200 level published
Cyber Security	100–200	2	₦5,163,750	Incomplete. Only 100 and 200 level published
Software Engineering	100–200	2	₦5,163,750	Incomplete. Only 100 and 200 level published
Performing & Theater Arts	100–400	4	₦4,991,625	Falls or holds at every level

Medicine and Surgery is the most expensive degree in the university at ₦38,060,250 in tuition across its 6 published levels. Dentistry follows at ₦25,654,200. At the other end, a four-year Arts or Social Sciences degree lands near ₦4,991,625.

The programmes where the fee rises

Five level-to-level increases exist in the whole schedule, and they are the reason you cannot assume your bill only ever falls.

Programme	Rises between	Amount
Pharmacy	500 and 600 level	₦693,000
Dentistry	200 and 300 level	₦609,000
Dentistry	500 and 600 level	₦420,000
Medicine and Surgery	500 and 600 level	₦115,500
Medical Laboratory Science	200 and 300 level	₦78,750

The five level-to-level fee increases in ABUAD's 2026/2027 schedule, by programme and amount.

Dentistry is worth calling out because it rises twice, once early and once at the end. Pharmacy's ₦693,000 jump at 600 level is the largest single increase in the schedule.

If you are in any of these four programmes, budget the increase now rather than discovering it the week fees are due.

9. Direct entry and inter-university transfer

Direct entry students start at 200 level, so the natural assumption is that they pay the 200-level fee in this article. That assumption is probably wrong, and it is worth a paragraph because this is exactly where the mistake happens.

A direct entry student is academically in year two but is a new student of the university, and the fresher charges apply on a first bill. On that logic a DE student pays closer to the 100-level figure than the 200-level one.

Third-party fee pages state the rule more strongly than that. They say direct entry and inter-university transfer students pay the same amount as fresh undergraduates, and that on the portal you must select the 200DE option rather than plain "200 level" so the system bills you the fresher rate.

Label this unverified. I could not confirm the 200DE billing rule for 2026/2027 from the portal or from any ABUAD publication. The clearest statement of it appears on ismyschool.net, whose page is headed 2024/2025, and the portal's public fee schedule does not mention a DE option at all. Searches run on 6 August 2026 covered the portal fee page, the ABUAD admission notices, and the DE and inter-university transfer pages.

What to do about it is simple. Generate your invoice on the portal and read the level label on it before you pay. If it says 200DE, expect a fresher-level figure and the ₦75,000 souvenir charge. If it says 200 level and you are a DE student, query it with the bursary before transferring anything, because a wrong selection is easier to fix before payment than after.

The ABUAD Direct Entry and inter-university transfer guide covers the application side, including what the DE form costs and which qualifications ABUAD accepts.

10. What the popular pages get wrong for returning students

If you have already found a figure for your level somewhere else, check it against this section before you trust it. The errors below are specific to returning-student figures, and they differ from the fresher-figure errors corrected in the 100-level post. Every quote was re-checked live on 6 August 2026.

Source	Its claim	What it says	Official 200-level figure	Short by
Savina Academy	MBBS 200–300 level	~₦5,586,000	₦6,483,750	₦897,750
Savina Academy	Nursing, returning	₦1,086,000	₦3,459,750	₦2,373,750
Androidpols	MBBS 200–300 level	₦5,875,000	₦6,483,750	₦608,750
Androidpols	Law 200–400 level	~₦2,826,500	₦3,984,750	₦1,158,250

Savina Academy publishes an MBBS returning figure of roughly ₦5,586,000 for 200 to 300 level against an official 200-level sub-total of ₦6,483,750, so it is short by ₦897,750. It also gives ₦3,131,000 for MBBS 400 to 600 level, where the portal lists ₦6,007,750 at 400 level. Its Nursing returning figure of ₦1,086,000 is ₦2,373,750 below the real ₦3,459,750.

Androidpols gives MBBS returning as ₦5,875,000 and Law as about ₦2,826,500. Its page is headed 2025/2026, not 2026/2027, which is the honest explanation for part of the gap. The problem is that the page ranks for current-session queries anyway, so a student reads a year-old figure as this year's.

Scholarsnaija states that ABUAD's fees "range from N536,000 to N2,500,000" for both new and returning students. The real 200-level range is ₦1,184,400 to ₦6,483,750. The top of its range is ₦3,983,750 below the actual ceiling, so if you planned a medical programme from that sentence you are not slightly out, you are out by more than the entire quoted maximum.

None of these pages is linked here deliberately. The pattern you should carry away is that any single figure quoted for a band of levels, such as "200 to 400 level", cannot be right for your level, because the portal lists a separate rate per level and the fee changes inside those bands.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is ABUAD school fees for returning students in 2026/2027?

Returning-student sub-totals at 200 level run from ₦1,184,400 for Agriculture to ₦6,483,750 for Medicine and Surgery. Add accommodation of ₦310,000 to ₦1,010,000 and ₦40,000 in compulsory levies to get the amount you actually transfer.

Do ABUAD school fees reduce after 100 level?

Yes, once. A returning student pays 87.5 per cent of the 100-level figure, a drop of 12.5 per cent, and that is exact for 51 of the 53 programmes. The fee then stays close to flat at 300 level before stepping down again at 400 level.

How much is ABUAD school fees for 200 level?

It depends entirely on your programme. Business Administration pays ₦1,464,750, Law pays ₦3,984,750, Nursing pays ₦3,459,750 and Medicine and Surgery pays ₦6,483,750. Section 3 lists all 53 programmes.

How much is ABUAD MBBS school fees for 200 level?

The official 200-level sub-total for Medicine and Surgery is ₦6,483,750. That is ₦399,000 more than the 12.5 per cent rule predicts, so MBBS is one of only two programmes where you cannot calculate your own fee.

Is there a separate clinical student fee at ABUAD?

No. The portal lists tuition by programme and level only, with no clinical tier. A clinical student pays the 400, 500 or 600-level row for their programme, so a 500-level medical student pays ₦6,007,750.

Why is my programme missing from the 300 level table?

Cyber Security, Data Science and Software Engineering appear at 100 and 200 level only. They are four-year Sciences programmes that ABUAD is still admitting into, so no cohort has reached 300 level yet and no rate is published. Nothing was withdrawn.

How much does a full degree cost at ABUAD?

Adding every published level, Medicine and Surgery totals ₦38,060,250 in tuition, Dentistry ₦25,654,200, Pharmacy ₦19,235,225 and Law ₦17,802,900. A four-year Arts or Social Sciences degree starts near ₦4,991,625. Accommodation and levies are on top of these.

Do ABUAD fees ever increase as you move up a level?

Yes, in four programmes. Dentistry rises ₦609,000 at 300 level and again at 600, Medical Laboratory Science rises ₦78,750 at 300, Pharmacy rises ₦693,000 at 600 and Medicine and Surgery rises ₦115,500 at 600.

Do direct entry students pay the 200 level fee?

Probably not. Direct entry students are new students, and third-party sources say they must select 200DE on the portal to be billed the fresher rate. I could not confirm this officially for 2026/2027, so generate your invoice and check the level label on it before paying.

How much do returning students pay in levies at ABUAD?

₦40,000, made up of a ₦30,000 PTCF levy and ₦10,000 for medical screening. The ₦75,000 ABUAD Souvenir is charged to fresh students only, so returning students do not pay the ₦115,000 a fresher pays.

What to Do Next

Do not budget from this article alone. Do this instead, in order.

1

Generate your invoice on the portal. Log in to the student portal and produce the invoice for this session. The figure on your own invoice beats every table, including this one.

2

Check the level on it before you pay. Confirm the invoice shows the level you are actually entering, and if you are a direct entry student, confirm whether it says 200 or 200DE. Query anything that looks wrong before money moves.

3

Ask the bursary about instalments in writing. ABUAD does allow staged payment for some programmes. Ask what split applies to your programme and level this session, and keep the reply.

If the total is a stretch, look at funding before you look at a cheaper room. The ABUAD scholarships and financial aid guide covers what the university itself offers, and NELFUND for ABUAD students explains the federal loan route and whether returning students qualify.

Written by the Everything ABUAD Team

Every tuition, accommodation and levy figure on this page was read directly from ABUAD's official e-portal School Fees Schedule for 2026/2027, covering all 228 published rows across 53 programmes, 9 room types and the published levies, checked 6 August 2026. Whole-degree totals are sums of those published rows and are labelled where a programme's later levels are not yet listed. Third-party returning-student figures from Savina Academy, Androidpols and Scholarsnaija were compared against that schedule on the same date and the gaps are named in Section 10. The 200DE billing rule is third-party sourced and marked unverified.

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