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Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

University Grants Commission
(Promotion and Maintenance of Standards of Academic Collaboration

between Indian and Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulation, 2012.

New Dehil, the 27 May 2013
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No.1-1/2011(CPP-II)- In exercise of the powers conferred by 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, namely: -

1. Short title, application and commencement: -
1) These regulations may be called the University Grants Commission (Promotion and
Maintenance of Standards of Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign
Educational Institutions) Regulation, 2012.
2) These regulations shall apply to-
a. Al Foreign Educational Institutions operating in India through collaboration
with Indian Educational Institution, other than Technical Institutions, prior
to the coming into force of these regulations, or intending to operate through
collaboration, for offering their programmes leading to award of degrees and
postgraduate diplomas; and
b. Indian Educational Institutions, other than Technical Institution, already
collaborating prior to the coming into force of these regulations, or intending to
collaborate with Foreign Educational Institutions for offering programmes(s) of
study leading to award of degrees and postgraduate diplomas.
3) Any Indian Educational Institution or Foreign Educational Institution already having
a collaborative arrangement shall comply with these regulations within a period of six
months from the date of their coming into force.
4) These regulations shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
(2). Definitions: -

a) “Accrediting Agency”, in respect of a Foreign Educational Institution, means an agency
or body approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated
under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for
the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational
institution;

b) “Act” means the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;
c) “Appropriate authority” means an authority of the Indian University, created under
relevant provision of its Act and having the powers to take decision(s) with regard to
such collaboration with Foreign Educational Institutions;
d) “Collaboration” means an arrangement between an Indian Educational Institution
and a Foreign Educational Institution, put into place through an instrument of written
Agreement for the purposes of collaborative or partnership/twinning arrangements
with the purpose of offering degree(s) and postgraduate diploma programme(s);
e) “Commission” means the University Grants Commission established under section 4
of the Act;

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