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The decision comes weeks after the UGC chief announced that CUET scores, and not Class 12 scores, will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities

The number of foreign students coming to India increased only 16.7 per cent since 2014-15.

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Indian and foreign higher education institutions may soon be able to offer joint or dual degrees and twinning programmes with the University Grants Commission (UGC) approving the regulations for these

UGC's two-degree proposal is a progressive move

New UGC guidelines will help fast-track National Education Policy in higher education, they say

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will soon issue detailed guidelines in this regard

The violence took place at the JNU's Kaveri Hostel on Sunday allegedly over serving of non-vegetarian food on Ram Navami in its mess, with police saying 20 students were injured in the clash

What is Common University Entrance Test (CUET)?

Registration process for Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 kicked off Saturday under India's ambitious 'One Nation, One Test' programme for central universities. Let's take a peek into it

The Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET) will neither make the board exams irrelevant nor give a push to coaching culture, University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said

The University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recent move to launch a common entrance test for central universities in India has got mixed reviews from academics and institutes

In a public notice released later in the day, the UGC said the application process for undergraduate CUET will commence from the first week of April

The UGC has plans to introduce a system under which industry experts can teach as full-time or part time faculty members in central universities, according to an official.

Higher education centres say multidisciplinary learning could aid research, resolve faculty crunch

According to the Ministry of Education, Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the higher education regulator for a period of five years

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"The extension for submission of thesis till June, shall be applicable to all such students whose due date of submission of thesis is on or before June 30," UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain said

Central Universities Common Entrance Test for undergraduate admission will not be implemented from 2021-22 academic session in view of the coronavirus pandemic, UGC announced on Sunday

The commission has clarified that the teaching-learning process must continue in offline, online or blended mode

The new academic session in universities and colleges across the county will begin from October 1 while the admission process has to be completed by September 30, according to new guidelines of UGC