Bengaluru to get Birkbeck, University of London campus as UGC issues Letter of IntentBirkbeck University of London will open a campus in Bengaluru. Indian students will access University of London degrees at a lower cost. Th...
14 Apr, 2026, 07.30 PM IST
UGC notice to Haryana's Al Falah University over 12(B) claimsThe University Grants Commission has issued a notice to Al Falah University in Haryana. The varsity is accused of falsely claiming recognit...
16 Nov, 2025, 11.52 PM IST
MPhil not recognised degree: UGC to universitiesThe University Grants Commission (UGC) cautioned universities against offering MPhil courses, stating it is not a recognized degree. UGC Se...
27 Dec, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
UGC warns edtech companies offering degree courses online in association with foreign universities"It has been observed that many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and colleges have entered into collaborative agreements with foreign-b...
16 Dec, 2023, 11.51 AM IST
UGC declares 20 universities as 'fake' and not empowered to confer any degreeThe University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday declared 20 universities as "fake" and not empowered to confer any degree with Delhi ha...
02 Aug, 2023, 06.49 PM IST
Online Ph.D programmes offered by EdTech companies with foreign varsities not recognised: UGC, AICTEEarlier this year, the UGC and the AICTE had warned their recognised varsities and institutions against offering courses in distance learni...
28 Oct, 2022, 04.12 PM IST
Degrees through distance learning to be on par with those obtained by conventional mode"Degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in conformity with UGC notification on Specification of Degrees, 2014 and, post graduate d...
09 Sep, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
Centre set to allow 'Degree' status for modern courses, consider global normsUGC will soon be setting up a committee which will evaluate and approve new academic programmes for a possible 'degree' course status (Bach...
30 Aug, 2022, 12.09 AM IST
UGC warns students against seeking admission in unrecognised AIPHS"It has come to our notice that All India Institute of Public and Physical Health Sciences (AIPHS) which has its office in Alipur, Delhi is...
27 May, 2022, 11.16 PM IST
UGC, AICTE warn against "franchise arrangement" between colleges, Ed-tech companiesThe University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have warned their recognised varsities and ins...
17 Jan, 2022, 03.01 PM IST
No ‘university’ tag for deemed varsities: SCThe Education Promotion Society for India, representing 57 deemed universities, had argued that the UGC Act implied that deemed universitie...
02 Dec, 2017, 12.16 AM IST
IIPM not entitled to award any UG, PG degrees: UGCThe University Grants Commission has issued a public notice saying the IIPM is "not entitled" to award any undergraduate or post-graduate d...
18 Jan, 2016, 11.01 PM IST
Stephen's alumni writes to UGC over Valson Thampu's remarksAn alumni group of St Stephen's college today wrote to the UGC questioning the veracity of principal Valson Thampu's statement that the com...
05 Aug, 2015, 09.55 PM IST
University Grants Commission de-recognises KSOU for flouting normsThe June 16 notice said that taking cognisance of this fact, the programmes offered by KSOU, Mysore had not been recognised by UGC beyond 2...
18 Jun, 2015, 11.23 PM IST
- Accreditation mandatory for higher educational institutions
UGC has come out with a notification making accreditation mandatory for all higher educational institutes.
04 Mar, 2013, 09.43 PM IST
UGC again warns students about IIPMThe University Grants Commission has toughened its position on the IIPM and again posted on its website the July 2012 notice.
19 Feb, 2013, 08.40 AM IST
- IIPM not recognised, nor entitled to award degrees: UGC
University Grants Commission (UGC) today said it does not recognise Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) which has several ca...
19 Jul, 2012, 08.57 PM IST