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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

6.12 On being declared an institution deemed to be university, an institution shall admit
students to its approved academic programme, under its enrolment, only from the
academic session that follows the Notification issued by the Central Government:
Provided that enrolment of students to the institution, for any reason whatsoever, in
anticipation of the declaration as an institution deemed to be university or inclusion of
the institution under the ambit of an institution deemed to be university, shall render the
application invalid:

Provided further that the students already on the rolls of the institution prior to the date
of application for declaration as an institution deemed to be university or its inclusion
under the ambit of an institution deemed to be university shall continue to be students,
for all purposes, of the affiliating university with whom they have already been enrolled,
and shall also be awarded degree only by that affiliating university.”
5. In regulation 7 of the Principal Regulation, for sub-clause 7.5.5 of clause 7.5, the following
shall be substituted, namely:-
“7.5.5 In the event of withdrawal of declaration of ‘deemed to be university’ status or
dissolution of the Managing Society/Trust/Company of the institution deemed to be university,
the Corpus Fund shall stand transferred to the Commission for meeting the liabilities, if any:
Provided that in case of a public funded deemed to university, the Corpus Fund shall be
transferred to the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be.”
6. In regulation 9 of the principal Regulation, for clause 9.1 the following shall be substituted,
namely;-
“9.1 An institution seeking declaration as an institution deemed to be University under
this category shall provide verifiable evidence and validation by leading experts in the
field of being devoted to unique and emerging areas of knowledge not being pursued by
conventional/existing institutions – particularly in specific areas of study and research
and preferably, sponsored by the Government of a State/UT or the Central Government
regarded as important for strategic needs of the country or for the preservation of our cultural
heritage, so determined by a well laid out process of consultation with the eminent peers of
the academic community. For this purpose, the applicant shall give justification for grant of
deemed university status in a specialised area, along with detailed syllabus of the courses and
research programmes conducted by it in the emerging areas of knowledge.”
7. In regulation 12 of the principal Regulation, after sub-clause 12.03.8, the following shall be
inserted, namely:-
“12.03A An institution deemed to be university shall be allowed to operate a maximum of six
off-campuses beyond its approved geographical boundaries.”
8. In Regulation 18 of the principal Regulation, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided that where an institution deemed to be university is conducting programmes in
distance education from within its geographical boundaries shall continue to do so only with
the approval of the concerned statutory body, and in any case not after expiry of ten years
from the commencement of the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) (Amendments)
Regulations, 2014.”

9. In clause 22.2 regulation 22 of the principal Regulation –
(a) for the words ‘shall stand forfeited to the Commission.’, the words ‘shall stand
transferred to the Commission.’ shall be substituted;
(b) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

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