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

(e) “Foreign Higher Educational Institutions” includes both a University or an
EducationalInstitution in a foreign country duly recognized and established or
incorporated in any manner such as Trust or Society or Company or Statutory
Body or other legal forms inthe country of its origin, and is duly authorized to
offer academic and research programmes at the undergraduate or higher levels,
within and outside its jurisdiction, as the case may be;
(f) “Programme” means a study programme leading to the award of a certificate
or diplomaor degree by a campus of a Foreign Higher Educational Institution
approved under theseregulations.
(2) The words and expressions used in these regulations and not defined, but defined in the
Act, shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. Eligibility.-
(1) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution intending to establish campuses in India
shall fulfil any of the following criteria at the time of application, that-
(a) it should have secured a position within the top five hundred in the overall category
of global rankings at the time of application, as decided by the Commission from
time to time; or
(b) it should have secured a position within the top five hundred in the subject-wise
category of global rankings at the time of application or should possess outstanding
expertise in a particular area, as decided by the Commission from time to time.
(2) In the case of two or more than two Foreign Higher Educational Institutions intending to
collaborate to establish campuses in India, each Foreign Higher Educational Institution
should meet the eligibility criteria.
4. Procedure for approval.- (1) In case the Foreign Higher Educational Institution intends
toset up more than one campus, it shall make a separate application to the Commission under
the procedure laid down in these regulations.
(1) Upon fulfilment of the eligibility criteria, the Foreign Higher Educational Institution
shall apply online to the Commission along with the non-refundable processing fee,
asdecided by the Commission from time to time.
(2) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall upload the following documents
alongwith the application on the University Grants Commission portal, namely:-
(a) permission by the Governing Body or Board, by whatever name called, for
establishing campuses in India;
(b) information on the proposed location, infrastructural facilities, fee structure,
academic programmes, courses, curricula, availability of faculty and financial
resources for setting up and operations of campuses in India, and any other details
that may be sought;

(c) an undertaking to the effect that-
i. the quality of education imparted by it in its Indian campus is similar to
thatof the main campus in the country of origin; and
ii. the qualifications awarded to the students in the Indian campus shall enjoy
the same recognition and status as if they were conducted in its home
jurisdiction, that is, they shall be recognized in the country of origin of
the Foreign Higher Educational Institution and shall be equivalent to the
corresponding qualifications awarded by the Foreign Higher Educational
Institution in the main campus located in the country of origin.
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