St Stephen's College has raised the fees by 5 - 8 % for the science and humanities courses. The humanities at St Stephen's College will now pay Rs. 22,435 annually instead of Rs. 19,925 last year.

The decision to hike the fees is taken by the colleges and delhi university has nothing to do with it. "There has been no directive from the university. The decision to raise the fees is taken by the respective colleges."

"There has been a hike of just Rs 1,000 for economics and commerce programmes being offered by the college."

However, colleges like Hindu College, Miranda House and Lady Irwin College are not raising their fees.

"There will be no fee hike in Hindu College. We have already printed the fee structure in our prospectus," Hindu College principal Praduman Kumar said. With its annual fee between Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 8,500, Hindu is the most affordable college in North Campus.