The University Grants Commission (UGC) on June 02, 2023, issued the University Grants Commission (Institutions deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2023 in supersession of the UGC [Institutions Deemed to be Universities] Regulations, 2019.
These regulations shall apply to any institution seeking a declaration as an institution deemed to be University and to any institution for higher education, to be an institution deemed to be a University for the purposes of the University Grants Commission Act.
The objectives of the institution deemed to be a University shall be to —
• provide for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches of knowledge as may be deemed fit, primarily at undergraduate, post-graduate, and research degree levels, fully conforming to the concept of a University;
• engage in inter-disciplinary or multi-disciplinary or trans-disciplinary teaching and research in addition to domain-specific specialization;
• provide high-quality teaching and research recognized nationally and globally;
• recognize, identify, and foster the unique capabilities of each student, by sensitizing teachers as well as parents to promote each student’s holistic development;
• provide multi-disciplinary and holistic education in the faculties of science, engineering, technology, social sciences, arts, humanities, sports, and other disciplines;
• transform into a research and teaching-intensive University over a period of time;
• focus on research and innovation by setting up start-up incubation centres; technology development centres; centres in frontier areas of research; greater industry-academic linkages; and inter-disciplinary research including humanities and social sciences research;
• provide flexible and innovative curriculum, which includes credit-based courses and projects in the areas of community engagement and service, environmental education, value-based education, etc.;
• contribute to social transformation through socially responsive teaching, learning, research, and fieldwork;
• adopt the provisions of NEP, 2020; and
• strengthen the research ecosystem by establishing Research and Development Cell (RDC)
These regulations shall come into force from June 02, 2023.
[Notification No. F. 1-1/2021 (CPP-I/DU)]
