The University Grants commission has now framed new guidelines, according to which IITs and IIMs will be allowed to admit more foreign students — to the extent of 30 percent of their existing student strength.
'Eminent' govt institutes free to admit extra foreign students New Delhi, Sep 10. The government 'Institutions of Eminence' will be free to admit extra foreign students, fix their fees and ink collaborations with foreign varsities without prior government approval, according to the country's
higher education regulator.
A total of 10 institutions will be declared as 'Institutions of Eminence'. According to new guidelines framed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for selection of 'Institutions of
Eminence', they would be free to admit additional foreign students on merit subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the strength of admitted domestic students.
The institutions will also be free to offer new courses within a programme as well as to offer degrees in newer areas, besides flexibility in fixing course structure in terms of the number of credit hours and years to take a degree.
"The Institutions of Eminence shall have complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus, with no UGC mandated curriculum structure. They will also have the freedom to offer online courses as part of their programmes with the restriction that not more than 20 per cent of the course
should be in online mode.
"These 10 institutions would be a mix of technical institutions, management and arts institutions and central universities. They should figure in the top 50 of the ranking in their category under the latest National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF)," the official added.
