Fees

Fees for 2026-2027

Laboratory and Studies Fees

Fees are listed in “fresh” U.S. dollars.

School of Engineering

Description Frequency/Basis Fees
California Bearing Ratio Per Sample 120
Compressive Strength on Concrete Cube (Block) Per Sample 13
Compressive Strength on Concrete Cylinders Per Sample 12
Consolidation Test Per Sample 350
Direct Shear Test Per Sample 150
Extraction of Bitumen by Centrifuge Method Per Sample 75
Flash Point Per Sample 50
In Situ Hammer Schmidt Per Sample 50
LA Abrasion Test Per Sample 60
Liquid Limit Per Sample 45
Marshall Test for Asphaltic Concrete Per Sample 150
Sieve Analysis, with hydrometer Per Sample 70
Sieve Analysis, without hydrometer Per Sample 40
Organic Content Per Sample 45
Ph of Soil Per Sample 10
Plastic Limit Per Sample 25
Proctor Compaction Test (Modified) Per Sample 175
Proctor Compaction Test (standard) Per Sample 150
Sand Equivalent Per Sample 30
Shrinkage Limit Per Sample 30
Specific Gravity Per Sample 30
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars up to 36mm Per Sample 25
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars on 25mm Per Sample 25
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars up to 25mm Per Sample 25
Triaxial Test Per Sample 500
Vane Test Per Sample 50
Water Content Per Sample 15
Unconfined Compression Test Per Sample 40
Unconfined Compression Test (with stress-strain data) Per Sample 100
Mechanical Analysis (sieve Analysis) Per Sample 40
Absorption Per Sample 15
Clay Lumps Per Sample 40
Petrographic Analysis Per Sample 300
Soundness, coarse and fine aggregate (sand)(per cycle) Per Sample 200
Organic impurities in fine agg. Standard color Method Per Sample 20
Organic content Per Sample 45
Light weight pieces Per Sample 45
Flakiness  Per Sample 45
Elongated  Per Sample 45
Stripping Per Sample 50
Aggregate crushing value Per Sample 75
Normal Consistency of Portland cement Per Sample 50
Time of setting of Portland cement Per Sample 50
Soundness of cement paste Per Sample 50
Compressive strength of Portland cement (7&28Days) Per Sample 120
Compressive strength of capped concrete cylinders testing & casting Per Sample 60
Compressive strength of concrete blocks Per Sample 30
Compressive strength of concrete blocks on net area Per Sample 40
Absorption of hollow blocks Per Sample 30
Porosity Per Sample 20
Flexural/Modulus of rupture / transverse strength of concrete Per Sample 45
Compressive strength of rock Per Sample 20
Flexural/modulus of rupture/ transverse strength of rock tile Per Sample 45
Absorption of rock Per Sample 15
Tensile strength test of steel bars With stress strain graph Per Sample 38
Bending test of steel bars Per Sample 38
Engineering Labors (Environmental Laboratory)
TSS Per Sample 35
DS Per Sample 25
TS Per Sample 35
BOD5 Per Sample 50
COD Per Sample 40
Nitrogen Per Sample 50
Phosphorous Per Sample 50
Pathogens (coliform) Per Sample 20
pH Per Sample 10
Alkalinity Per Sample 15
Heavy Metals - Hg, Cd, Cr, Zn, Pb - (per test) Per Sample 30
Environmental Monitoring Station (excluding technician & transportation) Per Sample 150
Innova Series, Portable Gas Monitor (CO, NO2) (per day) Per Sample 150
SKC, PM10 Dust Monitor (per day) Per Sample 150
Lab Technician (per day) Per Sample 120
Packaging Tests
Box Compression test (BCT) Per Sample 45
Edge Crush Test (Ect) Per Sample 45
Mullen Burst Test Per Sample 45
The following discounts are applicable for engineering:

School of Arts & Sciences

Microbiology

Water microbiological testing — per sample

Description Fees
Water microbiological testing 1.3
Total flora: EN ISO 6222 (07/1999), using Plate Count Agar, HPC 45
Escherichia coli & Coliforms, using RAPID’E.coli 2 agar  63
Other specific microorganism 75
Total Carbon (TC)/Total Organic Carbon (TOC)  

Food Microbiological Testing

Per sample

Description Fees
Total flora: NF EN ISO 4833 (05/2003), using Plate Count Agar  38
Escherichia coli & Coliforms: ISO 16140 + AFNOR & AOAC-RI validation, using RAPID’E.coli 2 agar 63
Salmonella: ISO 16140 + AFNOR & AOAC-RI validation, using RAPID’Salmonella agar 63
Staphylococcus aureus: ISO 16140 + AFNOR & AOAC-RI validation, using RAPID’Staph agar 63
Other specific microorganism 73
Microbial quality control/ test 73

Molecular Identification & Typing

Per sample

Description Fees
16S rDNA sequencing - molecular identification of bacteria and yeasts 187
ITS typing of bacteria and yeasts by sanger sequencing 125
MLST typing of bacteria and yeasts by sanger sequencing 375
spa typing of S. aureus by sanger sequencing 187
PCR analysis 150

Other

Description Fees
Biochemical identification of bacteria and yeasts (API, RapID)   73
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - Disc Diffusion  per isolate (6-8 discs) 63
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - E-test  per isolate (1 strip) 38

GENOMICS

Per sample

Description Fees
DNA extraction per sample 38
RNA Extraction per sample 45
Metagenome Extraction per sample 42
DNA/RNA Quantification (NanoDrop or Qubit)  per sample 7
Real-time qPCR - Quantification per sample 63
Sanger Sequencing (starting material: PCR product) per sample 125
Sanger Sequencing (starting material: samples in sequencing plate ready to load on Genetic Analyzer 3500) per well 10
Flow Cytometry per run 65
Fluoresence Microscopy per hour 33

PROTEOMICS

Description Fees
Lab technician/day 152
Lab technician/day (+ field work) 225

MALDI TOF/TOF

Description Fees
Peptide Mass Measurement – high resolution Single sample 32
Peptide Mass Measurement – high resolution Up to 25 additional samples 156
Protein Mass Measurement Single sample 63
Protein Mass Measurement Each additional sample 25
High Molecular Weight Organic/Inorganic samples Single sample 25
High Molecular Weight Organic/Inorganic samples Up to 25 additional samples 63

Chemistry Laboratory

Description Fees
Alkalinity Per Sample  
Conductivity Per Sample 27
Metal (AAS) per metal/sample; (Minimum of 50 Samples) 27
IR analysis liquid and solid sample Per sample 45
UV-Visible Per Sample 38
ICP-MS Per Sample 92
GC-Fid Per Sample 54
GC-MS (Liquid) Per Sample 65
SPME/HS-GS-MS Per Sample 87
HPLC-UV Per Sample 65
UPLC-MS Per Sample 87
XRF analysis of metals in solid samples (each sample analysis can report up to 15 metals) Each sample analysis 75
Total organic carbon (TOC) analyzer of solid and liquid samples Each sample analysis 50
Elemental analysis of solid samples (N, C, H, S elements) Each sample analysis 50

Research Animals

Description Fees
Mice (BALB/c, C57BL/6) 13
Rat (Sprague dawley) 13

Food Science (NFS)

Description Fees
Gluten analysis (ELISA) Per Sample 38
Mycotoxins analysis (ELISA)  Per Sample 38

Nutrition (NFS)

Description Fees
Body composition and bone densitometry (DEXA) Per Test 44

Theater (ECA)

Description Fees
Irwin Hall Auditorium Per Performance 1,250
Gulbenkian Theater Per Performance 1,250
Selina Korban Auditorium Per Performance 1,000
Rehearsals Per Session 300

Computer Labs (SoAS)

Description Fees
Full Day (40-70 PCs)   1,200
Full Day (25-40 PCs)   800
Full Day (12-25 PCs)   400