---
title: "Student Category"
space: "Education"
url: "https://docs.frappe.io/education/student-category"
updated: "2026-02-09"
---

**Student Category allows you to classify the students based on various categories.**

In Institutions, there may be fee concession for some categories such as Handicapped Students, Foreign Nationals, Reserved Categories by the government, etc.

When a Student is enrolled for a [Program](/education/program), you can select the select the Category for the Student.

To access Student category, go to:


> Home > Education > Settings > Student Category
> 
> 

![education-student-category-1](/files/education-student-category-1.png)  


1. How to create a Student Category
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To create a new student category, click on New Student Category and add the name of the Student Category.

![education-student-category-2](/files/education-student-category-2.gif)  


You can select the Student Category while making the Fee Structure and accordingly the student from the selected groups can be filtered out while making the Fee Schedule.