The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has not published a confirmed fee schedule for the 2026/2027 Academic Session as of this writing; the fee portal was last confirmed open for the 2025/2026 session.
Newly admitted and returning students are advised to pay up all the fees required by the school before the deadline on the student portal.
UNICAL School Fees and Registration Deadline
If you pay your school fees after the deadline, it isn’t considered valid, and you may have to go through extra filing processes to get it sorted. The penalty for defaulting is a loss of studentship for the 2026/2027 Academic Session, and a lost session forms part of the total duration allowed for the programme.
A student with a genuine reason to apply for Temporary Withdrawal from studies for the session must follow due process before the end of the first semester of the session.
How Much is UNICAL School Fees?
We checked UNICAL’s official fee portal at myunical.edu.ng directly. As of this writing it still shows 2025/2026 as the session confirmed open, rather than 2026/2027.
Several aggregator sites publish very different “2026/2027” figures for UNICAL that do not agree with one another, which is reason enough to treat none of them as official. Below is the most recently verified breakdown by student category, offered as background only.
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UNICAL School Fees For Newly Admitted Students (Prior Session Reference)
- Science Students – ₦35,250
- Non-Science Students – ₦34,250
- MBBS Students – ₦42,750
- Nursing Students – ₦42,750
UNICAL School Fees For Old and Returning Students (Prior Session Reference)
- Science Students – ₦31,500
- Non-Science Students – ₦30,500
- MB Bch Students – ₦39,000
- Nursing Students – ₦39,000
As a federal university, UNICAL’s tuition-equivalent charges have historically stayed in the tens of thousands of Naira range, far below what you’ll see quoted for private universities. For your exact current figure, log in to myunical.edu.ng with your matriculation number (returning) or JAMB registration number (fresh) and generate your personalised invoice.
UNICAL School Fees For Postgraduate Students (Prior Session Reference)
- Ph.D. Full-Time – ₦134,300
- Ph.D. Part-Time – ₦119,300
- MSc Full-Time – ₦129,300
- MSc Part-Time – ₦114,300
The full, current schedule of postgraduate fees is available at the School of Postgraduate Studies notice board and on the portal.
How Much is UNICAL Acceptance Fee?
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has charged ₦25,000 for its acceptance fee in recent sessions. New intakes must pay their acceptance fee to be considered students.
How Much is UNICAL Hostel Fee?
Students who want to stay in the hostel accommodations made available by the school authorities would have to apply before time.
UNICAL’s hostel accommodation fee has been ₦10,000 for an academic session in recent sessions.
How to Apply for UNICAL Hostel Online
Below are the steps to apply for the UNICAL hostel:
Step 1: Visit the university’s hostel application page at hostel.unical.edu.ng, which lists the available bed spaces.
Step 2: If spaces are open, apply by entering your JAMB Registration Number, email, and phone number.
Step 3: Pay the required ICT service charge through the online payment platform. If you skip this, you risk losing the space.
Step 4: A payment receipt is generated and sent to your email. Check your email to view and download it.
Step 5: Bring the receipt with you when resuming, since it confirms you’ve paid for the hostel.
Hostel space is limited, so apply as early as you can once the portal opens.
Reading UNICAL Costs Against a 2025/2026 Baseline
The prior-session figures sit in a narrow band. Science freshers paid ₦35,250 and non-science ₦34,250, a difference of just ₦1,000, while MBBS and Nursing entrants paid ₦42,750 across the board.
Returning students saved consistently. Every category dropped by exactly ₦3,750 from the fresher rate, which gives ₦31,500 for science, ₦30,500 for non-science and ₦39,000 for clinical programmes.
Postgraduate study costs several times more. A full-time PhD at ₦134,300 is roughly four times the undergraduate science rate, and part-time study trims ₦15,000 from both the PhD and MSc figures.
Add the ₦25,000 acceptance fee and ₦10,000 hostel charge and a science fresher at the University of Calabar came to about ₦70,250 all in. Generate your own invoice at myunical.edu.ng before treating any of this as current.