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UGC FHEI entry regulations 2023 criteria to admit domestic and international students.
(2) The FHEI shall decide the fee structure, which shall be
n November 7, the apex Delhi-based University transparent and reasonable.
Grants Commission (UGC) notified the UGC (Setting (3) The FHEI shall make available the prospectus on its website
Oup and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher at least sixty days before the commencement of admissions,
Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023. The five- including fee structure, refund policy, number of seats in a
page notification set outs the terms and conditions for FHEIs programme, eligibility qualifications, and admission process.
to operate in the country. Excerpts: (4) Based on an evaluation process, the FHEI may provide full
Eligibility or partial merit-based or need-based scholarships from funds
(1) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution (FHEI) intending such as endowment funds, alumni donations, tuition revenues
to establish campuses in India shall fulfil any of the following and other sources.
criteria at the time of application, that: (5) The FHEI may give tuition fee concessions to students who
(a) it should have secured a position within the Top 500 in the are Indian citizens.
overall category of global rankings at the time of application, Appointment of faculty and staff
as decided by the Commission from time to time; or (1) The FHEI shall have the autonomy to recruit faculty and staff
(b) it should have secured a position within the Top 500 in the from India and abroad as per its recruitment norms.
subject-wise category of global rankings at the time of appli- (2) The FHEI may decide the qualifications, salary structure,
cation or should possess outstanding expertise in a particular and other conditions of service for appointing faculty and staff.
area, as decided by the Commission from time to time. However, the FHEI shall ensure that the qualifications of the
(2) In the case of two or more than two FHEIs intending to faculty appointed shall be at par with the main campus in the
collaborate to establish campuses in India, each FHEI should country of origin.
meet the eligibility criteria (3) The FHEI shall ensure that the international faculty ap-
Procedure for approval pointed to teach at the Indian campus shall stay in India for at
(3) The FHEI shall upload the following documents along with least a semester.
the application on the UGC portal, namely: General conditions
(a) permission by the Governing Body or Board, by whatever (3) The programme shall not be allowed to be offered in online
name called, for establishing campuses in India; or in Open and Distance Learning modes. However, lectures
(b) information on the proposed location, infrastructural facili- in online mode not exceeding ten percent of the programme
ties, fee structure, academic programmes, courses, curricula, requirements may be allowed.
availability of faculty and financial resources for setting up and (10) The FHEI shall not offer any such programme of study
operations of campuses in India, and any other details that which is contrary to the standards of higher education in India.
may be sought; (11) The operation of FHEI shall not be contrary to the sover-
(c) an undertaking to the effect that the quality of education eignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly
imparted by it in its Indian campus is similar to that of the main relations with foreign States, public order, decency, or morality.
campus in the country of origin; and the qualifications awarded (12) Cross-border movement of funds and maintenance of
to the students in the Indian campus shall enjoy the same Foreign Currency Accounts, mode of payments, remittance,
recognition and status as if they were conducted in its home repatriation, and sale proceeds, if any, shall be in accordance
jurisdiction, that is, they shall be recognized in the country of with the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management
origin of the FHEI and shall be equivalent to the corresponding Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and the rules and regulations made
qualifications awarded by the FHEI in the main campus located thereunder.
in the country of origin. Power to inspect
(d) the latest Accreditation or Quality Assurance report from a The Commission shall have the power to visit the campus and
recognized Body; and examine its operations to ascertain the infrastructure, aca-
(e) any other document as specified in the application portal. demic programmes and overall quality and suitability.
Admission and fees structure
(1) The campus of FHEI may evolve its admission process and (Source: www.ugc.gov.in)

effort,” says Piyush Kumar, regional India may partially stem the outflow and qualifications.
director, South Asia and Mauritius of of school-leavers and college grads The plain truth is that the Central
IDP Education, which offers foreign fleeing abroad for superior higher and state governments and the coun-
education consultancy services to stu- education and respected qualifica- try’s ubiquitous educracy have failed
dents in over 30 countries. tions, it raises the question of why to upgrade and modernise India’s
Although inviting foreign univer- indigenous scholars are ready to pay moribund 42,000 colleges and 1,126
sities to establish owned campuses in vast amounts for foreign education universities. With the exception of a

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