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

e) “Commission” means the University Grants Commission established under section 4
of the Act;
f) “Degree “means a degree awarded by an Indian Educational Institution in accordance
with the provisions of the section 22 of the UGC Act;
g) “Franchise” means and includes the offering of degree programmes, formally or
informally, by any person or institution or organization, other than the Higher Education
Institution recognized under these regulations, on behalf of or in the name of the
recognized Higher Education Institution, and the term ‘franchisee’ shall be construed
accordingly
h) “Foreign Educational Institution” means–(i) an institution duly established or
incorporated in its home country and offering educational programmes at the
undergraduate and higher levels in its home country and (ii) which offers or proposes
to offer programme(s) of study leading to the award of degree(s) through conventional
face-to-face mode, but excluding distance mode, in a twinning arrangement with any
Indian Educational Institution;
i) “Indian Educational Institution” means a university or college or institution, whether
known as such or by any other name, (public and private), other than Technical
Institution, recognized as such by the relevant Statutory Body for imparting education
at undergraduate and higher levels;
j) A “Joint Degree”, for the purposes of these regulations, means a single degree jointly
awarded by the Indian Educational Institution and the collaborating Foreign Educational
Institution.
k) “Statutory Body” means a body established or incorporated by or under a Central Act
to regulate, co ordinate, determine and maintain standards of teaching, examination and
research in universities or programme(s) of study, including professional programme(s)
leading to the award of degree(s);
l) “Technical Institution” means an institution as defined under clause (h) of section 2
of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 but excluding Technical
Universities and Universities offering technical programmes;
m) “Twinning Programme” means a programme of study whereby students enrolled with
an Indian Educational Institution may complete their programme of study partly in
India, complying with relevant UGC regulations, and partly in the main campus of a
Foreign Educational Institution in its home country in which it is primarily established
or incorporated.
3) Eligibility criteria and conditions for collaborations:-

(1) A Foreign Educational Institution collaborating with an Indian Educational Institution
shall satisfy the following criteria or conditions-
(a) Be accredited, by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency, with the highest
grade (in case of grade accreditation) or threshold level (in case of threshold
accreditation), in their homeland.

(b) Have operative arrangements in India through Indian Educational Institution(s)
by way of collaboration.
(c) Abide by any other condition(s) prescribed by the Government of India and
Statutory Regulatory Body(ies) from time to time.

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