General Category Eligibility Criteria
General Category - Eligibility Criteria
| Clause | Eligibility Criteria |
|---|---|
| 4.01(i) | The applicant institution should be in existence for 20 years |
| 4.01(ii) |
Valid accreditation by NAAC with at least 3.26 CGPA for 3 consecutive cycles
OR in case of technical institution, two-third of the eligible technical programmes accredited by NBA |
| 4.01(iii) |
NIRF ranking at the time of application – top 50 in specific category
OR top 100 of overall ranking |
| 4.01(iv) | Demonstrated the characteristics of a University through multi-disciplinary courses |
| 4.01(v) | Annual per faculty publication in SCOPUS, Web of Science or Peer-reviewed journals as per UGC reference list - Not less than 2 per year per faculty |
| 4.01(vi) | Teacher student ratio shall not be less than 1:20 |
| 4.01(vi) | Faculty strength of not less than 100 |
| 4.01(vi) | Minimum 2000 students on roll under regular class room out of which one-third being PG/research students |
| 4.01(vi) | At least five PG Departments in existence for at least 3 years with research programme |
| 4.01(vii) | Shall possess such academic and physical infrastructure as may be prescribed by the Commission and/or the relevant statutory bodies |
| 4.01(viii) | Built up area – Not less than 30 sq. mts. per students – academic buildings, library, lecture hall, labs, hostels, faculty residence, health care, common, recreational facilities |
| 4.02 | Corpus Fund – Rs. 10 crore in the name of the proposed Deemed to be University by way of irrevocable Government Securities |
General Category - Documents to be uploaded in the on-line application
| Clause | Documents |
|---|---|
| 5.02(i) | Land ownership documents in the name of the proposed Deemed to be University or the sponsoring body |
| 5.02(ii) | NAAC/NBA accreditation certificate |
| 5.02(iii) | Approval from relevant statutory bodies for professional courses |
| 5.02(iv) | Information alongwith evidence regarding existing academic and physical infrastructure |
| 5.02(v) | Institution Development Plan consisting of the strategic vision for a 5 year period along with a rolling plan of its implementation covering academic, research, infrastructural, financial and governance plans |
| 5.02(vi) | Details of the corpus fund created |
| 5.02(vi) | Details of the financial sustainability of the institution |
| 5.02(vii) | In case funded by the State/Central Government, a letter of commitment from the respective Government to continue financial support to the institution even after declaration as a Deemed to be University |
| 5.02(viii) | Copies of the documents uploaded on the Commission’s web portal shall also be publicly disclosed on the website of the institution, duly certified by the Head of the institution |
| 10.01 |
The proposed Deemed to be University shall be registered as a not for profit Society/Trust/Company
Sponsoring body exclusively established for running educational institutions shall be exempted from registering a separate society/trust/company There is no need to transfer the assets from sponsoring society/trust/company to the proposed Deemed to be University provided that the body provides notarized affidavit to the effect that the entire moveable and immoveable assets allocated to the Deemed to be University shall not be leased or otherwise disposed off without the prior permission of the UGC and also that all expansion in the future shall be undertaken by the society/trust/company exclusively established for Deemed to be University. |
| MoA/Rules in accordance with the UGC Regulations, 2019 |