BS · Computer Science
International tuition
US$5,400 per year
2026/27 · Same rate across the institution · International students
NUST publishes one flat international-student rate ("All UG Programmes") rather than pricing degrees individually, so this is an institution-wide figure, not programme-specific. Additional one-off charges on the same page: USD 600 non-refundable admission processing fee and USD 250 refundable security deposit; USD 120/year health-facilities charge. The cited page states "for the year 2026-27" for its adjoining national-student (PKR) fee table; the international (USD) table sits directly beneath it on the same "Fee Structure" page with no separate year label of its own, so 2026/27 is inferred from the page's single stated year rather than restated next to the USD figures. NUST also offers a Fee Remission scholarship that can reduce the international rate to the (lower) national-student rate for eligible applicants.
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- Intake
- September (Fall), January (Spring)
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- Taught in
- English
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- Application deadline
- Rolling admissions for international applicants generally (reviewed on an ongoing basis for both the Fall and Spring intakes); applicants using the ACT/SAT international-seat route specifically must have their ACT/SAT scores reach NUST by 25 July 2026 for Fall 2026 entry.
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What you'll study
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Scholarships2 available
NUST Financial Assistance for Undergraduate Students
A tiered monthly stipend: PKR 2,000/month for a semester GPA of 3.5-3.75, PKR 2,500/month for 3.76-3.89, and PKR 3,000/month for 3.9-4.00 (amounts marked "or as revised").
Eligibility: Awarded to a limited number of undergraduate students attaining top positions in their class with a minimum semester GPA of 3.5 (out of 4.00).
A retention/merit award for already-enrolled students based on semester performance, not an entry scholarship tied to admission (NET) score. NUST also lists a separate, purely need-based "Need Based Financial Aid" scheme (nust.edu.pk/admissions/scholarships/need-based-financial-aid/) that awards partial/full aid based on assessed family income (Net Disposable Income) rather than a stated grade or percentage bar or a stated payout figure, so it is not recorded here as a separate structured entry.
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NUST Scholarships for International Students
Tuition-fee scholarships ranging between 25% and 80%, plus a separate Fee Remission scholarship that adjusts an international student’s fee to the equivalent national-student tuition rate.
Eligibility: Open to all eligible international applicants (UG, MS & PhD); a 300-400-word personal statement is evaluated on academic profile, financial need, leadership, and community service. Award is subject to seat availability in the applicant’s programme under PEC/NCEAC regulatory guidelines.
Published on NUST’s international-students admissions page (nested under the Masters section of the site), but the page explicitly states the 25%-80% range applies to "UG, MS & PhD students". No single fixed percentage is stated for this award, so coveragePercentage is deliberately left unset.
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Entry requirementsEnglish · tests · grades
English language
- TOEFL, 500 overallNUST states this as "TOEFL ... with score of 500" for international applicants; likely the paper-based TOEFL scale (0-677) given the "500" figure. Waived for candidates whose medium of instruction was English at HSSC (secondary-school) level.
- IELTS, 5.5 overallAlternative to TOEFL for international applicants. Waived for candidates whose medium of instruction was English at HSSC (secondary-school) level.
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Admissions tests
- NUST Entry Test (NET) optionalNUST's own on-campus entrance exam (200 MCQs on SSC/HSSC-level content, 3 hours), sat mainly at NUST's Pakistan test centres. One of two admission routes open to non-Pakistani foreign nationals; foreign nationals only need to satisfy NET OR the ACT/SAT-based international-seat route, not both. Comparable in weight to the "brutal" competitive exams some South Asian universities require (e.g. India's JEE Advanced for IITs), but unlike those, it is entirely optional for foreign nationals.
- American College Test (ACT) optionalNUST's ACT/SAT score table (nust.edu.pk and nio.nust.edu.pk) lists Computing Programmes alongside Engineering under the same score band, requiring a minimum ACT Composite Score of 25 for the international ACT/SAT seat route.
- Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) optionalSAT is also accepted as an alternative to NET/ACT for the international seat route; NUST's published table states an explicit SAT minimum (550 per subject) only for its Business Studies/Social Sciences/LLB row, not separately for Computing Programmes — confirm the current SAT threshold directly with NUST admissions before relying on SAT for this programme.
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