Union Minister for Education has released the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2023.
Key points
- The UGC Act 1956 provides for Central Government to declare any institution other than a University to a status of Institution Deemed to be University as if it were a university within the meaning of Section 2(f).
- The eligibility criteria to apply for deemed to be university status is NAAC ‘A’ grade with at least a 3.01 CGPA for three consecutive cycles or NBA accreditation for two third of eligible programmes for three consecutive cycles or in the top 50 of any specific category of NIRF for the last three years continuously or in top 100 of overall NIRF Ranking for last three years continuously.
- A cluster of institutions managed by more than one sponsoring body can also apply for deemed to be university status.
- Upon declaration, such institution shall be deemed to be a university. The procedure for the declaration of status (General) & De Novo, the establishment of off-campus centre, minimum eligibility to acquire the status, its governance, etc. are regulated by UGC Regulations.
- The first set of Regulations was notified in the year 2010, which was revised in 2016 and 2019.
- With the announcement of the National Education Policy 2020 and in order to make the Regulations simple the UGC constituted an expert committee to review and revise the Regulations.
