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Regulations pertaining to Admission and Fee Structure:

(II) The State / Union Territory Government in relation to universities set up by a
private trust or a society on its own or under Section 25 of the Companies Act
or under a State / Union Territory legislation or as a joint venture between the
State / Union Territory Government and a private trust or society or company, as
also private professional educational institutions within the State/ Union Territory
affiliated to or recognized by such or other State universities;

2.8 “Fees” means all the institutional fees;
2.9 “Fee Structure Committee” means the “National Fee Structure Committee” constituted
by the Commission or the “State Fee Structure Committee” constituted by the
concerned State / Union Territory Government to fix and regulate the fee structure for
the professional programme(s) of study offered by the private professional educational
institutions;

2.10 “Private Professional Educational Institution” means a university/ deemed university /
college/ institute/ organization established and maintained by a private trust or a society
or under Section 25 of the Companies Act, approved / recognized by the concerned
statutory body for imparting education at the degree and/or post-graduate degree/
diploma level in professional programme(s) of study;
2.11. “Professional Programme(s) of Study” means programmes of courses in specific
discipline(s) leading to a degree or post- graduate degree / diploma as specified by the
Commission from time to time;
2.12. “Student“ means a person admitted to and pursuing a professional programme of study;

2.13. “Unaided Institution” means an institution which is run without any support from the
Central Government, State / Union Territory Government, or any grant disbursing
statutory body of such governments, whether in the form of financial grant, or in the
form of land, subsidized land, subsidized leased land or building, or any other facility
given at a concessionary rate to the institution.

3. Applicability
These Regulations shall apply to;
3.1. Private Aided and Unaided Deemed to be Universities offering professional
programme(s) of study.
3.2. Private Aided and Unaided Professional Educational Institutions, including universities,
established by a private trust or society on its own or under Section 25 of the Companies
Act or as a joint venture between a private trust or society or company and the Central
/ State / Union Territory Government.

Note: For the sake of brevity, all such educational institutions and universities shall hereinafter
be referred to as “Professional Institution(s)” and all “Professional Programme(s) of
Study” shall hereinafter be referred to as “programme(s)”
4. Admission

4.1 The Competent Authority shall issue, as and when it deems necessary, guidelines
for allotment of seats for admission to various Professional Institutions for different
programme(s), and for determining the fees or scales of fees payable by the students
thereof, and prescribe the procedure for merit based selection of candidates in the
Professional Institutions, in consultation with the concerned statutory professional
bodies.

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