NOUN school fees 2026
A returning NOUN undergraduate pays ₦29,000 in compulsory fees per semester, plus ₦2,000 per 2-unit course, ₦2,500 per 3-unit course and ₦1,500 exam fee per course. The first semester of each session adds ₦15,000 for TISHIP health insurance and ₦2,500 for biometrics and proctoring. Students with matric numbers up to NOU23 pay ₦8,500 less per semester.
Charges per semester, 2026 session
| Charge | First semester | Second semester |
|---|---|---|
| Registration fee | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| E-facilitation | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| ICT fee | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| Library fee | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Compulsory fees | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| Compulsory fees, matric NOU23 or earlier | 20,500 | 20,500 |
| TISHIP health insurance | 15,000 | — |
| Biometric and proctoring fee | 2,500 | — |
| Course registration, 2-unit course | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Course registration, 3-unit course | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Examination, per course | 1,500 | 1,500 |
The portal states the NOU23-and-earlier total but not which lines are lower. If you are in that cohort and can send us your statement, we will itemise it.
Worked example: one semester
The portal's own fee analysis for a 200-level second semester, B.Sc. Development Studies, eight courses (six 2-unit, two 3-unit):
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Compulsory fees | 29,000 |
| Course registration (6 × 2,000 + 2 × 2,500) | 17,000 |
| Examination (8 × 1,500) | 12,000 |
| Total | 58,000 |
| Total, matric NOU23 or earlier | 49,500 |
To estimate yours: ₦29,000 (or ₦20,500), plus each course's registration and exam fee. In the first semester of a session, add ₦17,500 for TISHIP and biometrics.
Before you pay
- Your portal invoice is the final figure. NOUN has not published a fee schedule since December 2022, and the portal now charges more than that document says. The rates here are what the portal itself charged in 2026.
- TISHIP is the health insurance scheme NOUN launched in January 2026 (NOUN's announcement). After paying, register with the HMO for your geopolitical zone. We do not yet know whether it is charged every session.
- New students also pay one-off charges (caution deposit, orientation, matriculation, ID card, result verification). We have not yet seen a 2026 new-student invoice, so we do not print those amounts.
- Postgraduate, Ph.D., project, SIWES and teaching-practice fees have no 2026 portal figures we can confirm. NOUN's last published schedule (PDF) lists them, but at its older rates; foreign students have a separate schedule (PDF).
- "Fee checker" sites list other charges, such as an acceptance fee, that we have not seen on the portal. We print a figure only when the portal or NOUN shows it.
How to pay
Pay through the student portal at nouonline.nou.edu.ng (NOUN-SMS). It generates a Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR), which you pay at any bank branch or through your bank's Remita option. Use only the RRR the portal gives you; NOUN lists no other payment channel.
Verified: transcribed from a 2025-intake undergraduate's NOUN-SMS transaction history (charges dated 12 February and 20–21 July 2026) and the portal's fee-analysis screen for a 200-level second semester, both shared with us on 11 October 2026. TISHIP launch from NOUN's news post of 10 February 2026. nou.edu.ng re-checked on 11 October 2026: no fee schedule newer than December 2022.