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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

University Grants Commission
(Recognition and monitoring of Assessment &Accreditation Agencies)

Regulations, 2014.
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 17 July, 2014
th
No. F. 14-42/2011 (CPP-II).—Preamble:
Whereas, University Grants Commission (UGC) is mandated to coordinate and determine the
standards of higher education in universities;

And whereas, assessment and accreditation through transparent and informed external review
process, are the effective means of quality determination and assurance in higher education to
provide a common frame of reference for students and others to obtain credible information on
academic quality across institutions;
And whereas, mandatory assessment and accreditation would also enable the higher education
system in the country to become a part of the global quality assurance system thereby assisting
student mobility across institutions, domestic as well as international;

Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (j) of Section 12 read with clauses (f)
and (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the
University Grants Commission hereby makes the following regulations:-

1. Short title, application and commencement –
(1) These regulations shall be called the University Grants Commission (Recognition and
monitoring of Assessment &Accreditation Agencies) Regulations, 2014.
(2) These regulations shall apply to all Assessment and Accreditation agencies engaged
in the assessment and accreditation of higher educational institutions (other than the
higher educational institutions engaged mainly in agricultural education and research)
in the country.
(3) These regulations shall come into force from the date of their notification in the Official
Gazette.
2. Definitions -
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) “Academic quality” means the quality of teaching, learning and research and consequently
their contribution to enhancement of knowledge and includes physical infrastructure,
human resources (including faculty), administration, course curricula, admission and
assessment procedures and governance structures, of the higher educational institution
and includes standards as laid down by the appropriate statutory regulatory authority;
(b) “Accreditation” with its grammatical variations means the process of quality control
in higher education, whereby, as a result of evaluation or assessment or by any other
scientific method followed by accreditation agencies, a higher educational institution
or any programme conducted therein is recognised by it as conforming to parameters
of academic quality and benchmarking of such academic quality determined by the
appropriate statutory regulatory authority;
(c) “Appropriate statutory regulatory authority” means any regulatory authority established
under any law for the time being in force, for co-ordinating or determining or maintaining
the standards of higher education;
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