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

University Grants Commission
(Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree)
Regulations, 2022.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 7th November, 2022

University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D.
Degree) Regulations, 2022
No. F. No. 1-3/2021(QIP).—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) Regulations, 2016 and its amendments, the University Grants Commission hereby
makes the following Regulations, namely: -
1. Short title, Application, and Commencement. –

1) These Regulations may be called University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards
and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022.

2) They shall apply to every university established or incorporated by or under a Central
Act, a Provincial Act, or a State Act, every college, and every institution deemed to be
a University under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
3) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Gazette of India.

2. Definitions.- (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-
a. “Act” means the University Grants Commission Act,1956 (3 of 1956);
b. “Adjunct Faculty” means a part-time or contingent instructor, but not full-time faculty
member hired to teach by a Higher Educational Institution;
c. “Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)” means a measure of the overall cumulative
performance of a student over all semesters. The CGPA is the ratio of total credit points
secured by a student in various courses in all semesters and the sum of the total credits
of all courses in all semesters. It is expressed up to two decimal places;
d. “Credit” means the number of hours of instruction required per week over the duration
of a semester. A three-credit course in a semester means three one-hour lectures per
week, with each one-hour lecture counted as one credit;
e. “College” means an institution engaged in higher education and/or research, either
established by a University as its constituent unit or is affiliated with it;
f. “Commission” means the University Grants Commission established under Section 4
of the UGC Act1956;
g. “Course” means one of the specified units which go to comprise a programme of study;
h. “Course Work” means courses of study prescribed by the School/Department/ Centre
to be undertaken by a student registered for the Ph.D. Degree;
i. “Degree” means a degree awarded by a Higher Educational Institution in accordance
with the provisions of section 22 (3) of the Act;
j. “External examiner” means an academician/researcher with published research work
who is not part of the Higher Educational Institution where the Ph.D. scholar has
registered for the Ph.D. programme;

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