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Cheaper routes to CTO skills

If you are paying yourself, these are the lowest published fees in the table and the ways to spend less. Cheaper does not mean the same: a lower fee usually means a shorter program, fewer live sessions or no campus time.

Lowest published fee in each currency

Every published fee, lowest highlighted

Bars start at zero and are drawn within one currency only. Nothing is converted.

GBP

  1. Imperial College8,000
  2. Cambridge19,000

INR

  1. IIT Madras Pravartak280,000
  2. IIM Lucknow535,000
  3. ISB631,000
  4. IIM Kozhikode678,000

USD

  1. CTO Academy4,450
  2. Wharton23,000
  3. UC Berkeley29,000
  4. MIT34,500
  • Imperial College Business School: GBP 8,000, 8 months, Online. Read on 11 Nov 2026.
  • IIT Madras Pravartak: INR 2,80,000, 7 months, Weekly live online sessions, plus two campus immersions. Extra: plus GST. Read on 11 Nov 2026.
  • CTO Academy: USD 4,450, 12 months, Online, start anytime, weekly live sessions. Extra: or 4 installments of $1,200, one every 3 months. Read on 11 Nov 2026.

Currencies are not converted. Confirm the fee on the official page.

A self-paced course

Coursera: CTO Excellence: Driving Engineering Excellence. 3 hours, self-paced online. Fee: included with Coursera Plus. It is a short course, not a cohort program, so its fee is not comparable with the programs above. Read on 11 Nov 2026.

Time commitment, short course to full program

Bars use the length each page states. A lighter end means the page gives a range.

  1. CTO Academy12 months
  2. IIM Kozhikode12 months
  3. MIT12 months
  4. UC Berkeley12 months
  5. Wharton9-12 months
  6. IIM Lucknow10 months
  7. Cambridge8 to 9 months
  8. NUS8 to 9 months
  9. Imperial College8 months
  10. IIT Madras Pravartak7 months
  11. ISB24 weeks
  12. Coursera3 hours
  • Online only
  • Campus or in-person time

Other ways to spend less

  • Ask your employer to pay all or part. Here is how to ask.
  • Ask the school about group enrolment or referral credits. The NUS School of Computing page offers US$1,400 off when you invite a colleague (read 11 Nov 2026).
  • Read what the fee leaves out (tax, application fees, accommodation and travel) before you compare totals.
  • If what you want is one-to-one help with your own situation, see the CTO coaches directory.