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Regulations on Affiliation of Colleges by the Universities:

University Grants Commission
(Affiliation of Colleges by Universities] (1st Amendments) Regulations, 2012.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th February, 2012

F. No. 1-7/2007 (CPP-1/C).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses 2 (f) and (g) of the
Sub- section (1) of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 the UGC hereby
makes the following Regulations to amend the UGC [Affiliation of Colleges by Universities]
Regulations, 2009, namely :-

1. Short Title, Application and Commencement:
1.1 These Regulations may be called University Grants Commission (Affiliation of
Colleges by Universities] (1st Amendments) Regulations, 2012.
1.2 They shall come into force with immediate effect from the date of publication in the
Gazette of India.
2. Definitions: In these Regulations :
1. After clause 2.4 in the definition the following clause shall be inserted.
“2.5 “grant-in-aid college” means a ‘college’ receiving grants from the Government for
payment of salary of its employees;” Consequently the Nos. of existing clauses No. 2.5,
2.6 and 2.7 shall be read as 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 respectively in the definition.
2. In place of existing clause 2.6 of the UGC [Affiliation of Colleges by Universities]
Regulations, 2009 the following clause shall be substituted.
2.7 “Statutory/Regulatory body” means a body so constituted by a Central/State
Government Act for setting and maintaining standards in the relevant areas of higher
education.
3. Eligibility Criteria for Temporary Affiliation:
1. In place of existing clause 3.1 of the UGC [Affiliation of Colleges by Universities]
Regulations, 2009 the following clause shall be substituted.

“3.1 The proposed college seeking affiliation, at the time of inspection by the university,
shall satisfy the following requirements, or the requirements in respect of any of
them prescribed by the Statutory/Regulatory body concerned in the case of technical/
professional courses only.”
2. In place of existing clause 3.1.1 of the UGC [Affiliation of Colleges by Universities]
Regulations, 2009 the following clause shall be substituted.
“3.1.1 Undisputed ownership and possession of land free from any or all encumbrances
measuring not less than 1.5 acres if it is located in mega cities, 2 acres if it is located in
metropolitan cities and 5 acres if it is located in other cities:
Provided that this sub-clause shall not apply to colleges already affiliated to the
Universities in India:
Provided further that the lesser land requirement in mega cities shall not compromise
extracurricular/extra-mural curricular activities of the college:
Provided also that the requirement of 5 acres in hilly areas could be contiguous or upto
three places which are not separated by more than 2 kilometres.”
3. In place of existing clause 3.1.3 of the UGC [Affiliation of Colleges by Universities]
Regulations, 2009 the following clause shall be substituted.
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