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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

(a) which is a capitation fee or donation in whatever nomenclature or form, either
directly or indirectly
(b) other than such fee or charges for such admission, which has been declared by it
in the prospectus for admission against any such seat, and on the website of the
institution,
(c) more than the fee prescribed by the fee committee constituted as per fee regulations
issued by the Commission.
(d) without a proper receipt in writing issued for such payment to the student admitted
in such institution.
11.02 (1) No Institution Deemed to be University shall charge any fee for an admission
test other than an amount representing the reasonable cost incurred by it in
conducting such test.
(2) Institution Deemed to be University shall be abided by UGC notification regarding
refund of fees and non-retention of original certificate as amended time to time.
11.03 Admission of students to an Institution Deemed to be University, public or private,
shall be strictly based on merit in the entrance exam prescribed by the appropriate
statutory authority and in the manner specified in the prospectus, in case no entrance
exam has been prescribed.

11.04 Every Institution Deemed to be University shall maintain the records of the entire
process of selection of candidates, exhibit such records on its website, and preserve
such records for a minimum period of five years.

11.05 Before the expiry of sixty days prior to the commencement of admission to any of
its courses or programmes of study, every Institution Deemed to be University shall
publish and upload on its website (in the form of an affidavit) its prospectus containing
inter alia, the following:
i. each component of the fee, deposits and other charges payable by the students
admitted to such institution for pursuing a course or a programme of study, and
the other terms and conditions of such payment;
ii. the percentage of tuition fee and other charges refundable to a student admitted
in such institution in case such student withdraws from such institution before or
after completion of course or programme of study and the time within, and the
manner in, which such refund shall be made to the student;

iii. the number of seats approved in respect of each course or programme of study for
the academic year for which admission is proposed to be made;

iv. the educational qualifications specified by the relevant statutory authority/body,
or by the institution, where no such qualifying standards have been specified by
any statutory authority;

v. the process of admission and selection of eligible candidates applying for such
admission, including all relevant information in regard to the details of test
or examination for selecting such candidates for admission to each course or
programme of study and the amount of fee to be paid for the admission test;
vi. all relevant instructions in regard to maintaining the discipline by students within
or outside the campus of the institution, and, in particular, such discipline relating
to prohibition of ragging of any student or students and the consequences thereof
and for violating the provisions of any regulation in this behalf made under the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or any other law for the time being in force.
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