Indian and international institutions will be allowed to provide joint degrees: UGC
Students will soon be allowed to obtain joint or dual degrees from international colleges through academic collaborations, according to the University Grants Commission. Students will also be eligible to attend several semesters of their degree programme at a foreign university, according to UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar, who made the announcement at a press conference. According to Kumar, the decision was made at a UGC meeting on Tuesday.
He stated that any Indian institution with a minimum score of 3.01 from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) or in the top 100 of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) can collaborate with any foreign institution ranked in the top 1000 by Times Higher Education or QS World University. “They won’t have to get permission from the UGC beforehand,” Kumar added. According to him, students must have at least 30% of their credits from a foreign college to be eligible for the programme. “This limitation will not apply to programmes given online or through open and remote learning,” he clarified.
Institutes would be able to offer three types of programmes – twinning programmes, joint degree programmes, and dual degree programmes as a result of the modified legislation that facilitate academic interactions between Indian and international schools. In the case of twinning degrees, students will be required to complete 30% of the course credits at a foreign university through an exchange programme, with the credits gained during the exchange programme counting toward the student’s grades in the Indian programme. It will also apply to international exchange students in India.
Institutions must sign a memorandum of understanding to issue joint degrees, and Indian students must complete more than 30% of their course credit at a foreign college. The Indian college will award the degree along with a certificate of credit recognition. Students must also complete 30% of credits at a foreign institute for dual degrees, and the degree will state which institute the credits were acquired from. According to Kumar, India currently has 4 crore students enrolled in higher education institutes. “These regulations will lead to the internationalisation of our higher education,” Kumar said. “They will also provide a great opportunity for our Indian students to acquire multidisciplinary education for an internationally relevant career.”
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