Bharath University - Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai

For 2026-27 BIHER lists annual B.Tech tuition of Rs 3,50,000 for Computer Science and Engineering, its AI, AI and ML, Cyber Security, Data Science, IoT, Full Stack and IBM or IoA specialisations and Information Technology; Rs 3,75,000 for CSE with AI and Data Science (with upGrad Campus) on the admissions site; Rs 3,25,000 for ECE; Rs 3,00,000 for Aeronautical and Aerospace; and Rs 2,00,000 for Civil, Mechanical, EEE, Mechatronics, Automobile, Biomedical and the biotechnology branches. Hostel and one-time admission charges are extra.

Sree Balaji Medical College, Chromepet, lists MBBS tuition of Rs 32,50,000 a year for 2026-27 (245 management seats; 5 NRI seats at US$65,000 a year). Its 2026-27 MD/MS fees range from Rs 1,00,000 a year (Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology) to Rs 75,00,000 (Radio-Diagnosis, Dermatology). Sree Balaji Dental College lists BDS tuition of Rs 6,00,000 a year for 2025-26 and MDS fees of Rs 3,00,000 to Rs 16,00,000 a year. Seats are allotted through MCC counselling on NEET scores.

BIHER 2026-27 annual tuition: MBA Rs 2,50,000; LL.B., BA LL.B. and BBA LL.B. (Hons) Rs 3,00,000 and B.Sc LL.B. Rs 2,00,000; B.Sc Nursing Rs 2,50,000; B.Pharm Rs 2,50,000, Pharm D Rs 2,75,000, D.Pharm Rs 2,00,000; B.Arch and B.Des Rs 2,75,000; B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture Rs 3,00,000; B.Sc allied health Rs 1,50,000; BBA Rs 80,000; BCA and B.Com General Rs 85,000 (Rs 55,000 in Shift II); B.A. English Rs 40,000; MCA Rs 75,000. BPT at Sree Balaji College of Physiotherapy is Rs 2,00,000 a year.

B.Tech admission is on the rank in BEEE, the university online entrance test, together with Class 12 marks. MBBS and BDS need NEET UG, MD/MS need NEET PG and MDS need NEET MDS, with seats allotted by MCC counselling. Law programmes use an application and personal interview, and the admissions pages name no entrance test for MBA, M.Tech, architecture, pharmacy, nursing, allied health or arts and science programmes.

BIHER has not announced BEEE 2027 dates (checked 16 October 2026). In the 2026 cycle the last date of application was 13 April 2026 and the online exam ran from 27 April to 5 May 2026; in 2025 the last date was 12 April and the exam ran from 26 April to 4 May 2025, so an April to May 2027 window is likely.

The BIHER placement profile for 2025-26 reports 2,076 of 2,232 B.Tech and MBA students opting for jobs placed (93%), 256 recruiting companies, an average salary of Rs 4,50,000 a year and a maximum of Rs 9,00,000. In its NIRF 2025 data the university reported 2,833 of 3,047 graduates of four-year undergraduate programmes placed in 2023-24, with a median salary of Rs 9,50,000. Recruiters in 2025-26 included Cognizant, LTIMindtree, HCLTech, TCS, Deloitte and Foxconn.

On its 2026 admissions page BIHER lists a merit fee concession on Class 12 marks for the whole course: 75% above 95%, 50% above 90 to 95%, 30% above 85 to 90% and 25% above 70 to 85%. It also lists sports concessions of 75%, 50% or 25% of tuition for national, state or district achievements, 10% to 33% for BIHER graduates joining a PG programme, 10% to 25% for single-parent students and 25% for students with disabilities, orphans, ex-servicemen families, women from economically weaker sections and school toppers.

BIHER holds NAAC grade A with a CGPA of 3.20 from its second cycle in 2015, valid until 15 November 2020 according to its AQAR 2023-24; it submitted a third-cycle self-study report in December 2024 and no new grade was on its website on 16 October 2026. In NIRF 2025 it ranked 90 Overall and 76 among universities, and Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital ranked 27 in the Dental category.

Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research is a private deemed-to-be university run by Sri Lakshmi Ammal Educational Trust. It was declared a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 by a Ministry of Human Resource Development notification dated 4 July 2002. Its main campus is at 173 Agharam Road, Selaiyur, Chennai 600073.

The Selaiyur campus has five hostels (four for boys, one for girls) for 1,470 students in single, double and triple rooms with AC and non-AC options, but the university site does not publish a hostel fee. Sree Balaji Medical College lists 2026-27 MBBS hostel room rent of Rs 1,00,000 a year (non-AC twin) or Rs 2,00,000 (AC twin), with mess at Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 a month; Sree Balaji Dental College lists Rs 75,000 (non-AC) or Rs 1,25,000 (AC) a year for 2025-26.

Admission to B.Tech at BIHER is on the rank in the university's own online test, BEEE (Bharath Engineering Entrance Examination), together with Class 12 marks. MBBS and BDS seats are filled through MCC counselling on NEET UG scores, MD/MS on NEET PG and MDS on NEET MDS; most other programmes admit on qualifying marks through the online application. BIHER has not announced 2027 dates (checked 16 October 2026).

Bharath University - Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai offers 155 programmes in Engineering, Management, Medical, Science, Arts & Humanities, Hospitality, Paramedical, Commerce, Law, Design, Agriculture, Pharmacy, Computer Applications and Architecture, including Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology, Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration, Post Basic B.Sc Nursing and M.Sc. Nursing.

Bharath University - Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai lists approval or accreditation from UGC, AICTE, NBA, BCI, NMC and DCI.

18,977 students were enrolled across its programmes in 2023–24, 51.8% of them women (NIRF 2025 data).

Bharath University - Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai is also known as Bharath University, BIHER and Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research.