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

University Grants Commission
(Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degrees)
Regulations, 2016.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 5th May, 2016

No. F. 1-2/2009(EC/PS)V(I) Vol. 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 (3 of 1956), and
in supersession of the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of M.Phil./Ph.D.
Degree) Regulation, 2009, notified in The Gazette of India [No. 28, Part III-Section 4] for the
week July 11 — July 17, 2009, the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following
Regulations, namely:-

1. Short title, Application and Commencement:
1.1 These Regulations may be called University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards
and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degrees) Regulations, 2016.
1.2 They shall apply to every University established or incorporated by or under a Central
Act, a Provincial Act, or a State Act , every affiliated college, and every Institution
Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956.
1.3 They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Gazette of India.
2. Eligibility criteria for admission to the M.Phil. programme:

2.1 Candidates for admission to the M.Phil. programme shall have a Master’s degree or a
professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding
statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade
‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading
system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational Institution
accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is 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 institutions.

2.2 A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may
be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy layer)/Differently-Abled
and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time
to time, or for those who had obtained their Master’s degree prior to 19th September,
1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever
grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above
are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace mark
procedures.

3. Eligibility criteria for admission to Ph.D. programme:
Subject to the conditions stipulated in these Regulations, the following persons are eligible
to seek admission to the Ph.D. programme:
3.1 Master’s Degree holders satisfying the criteria stipulated under Clause 2 above.
3.2 Candidates who have cleared the M.Phil. course work with at least 55% marks in
aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade
in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and successfully completing the

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