25 per cent further seats, no entrance take a look at for international college students: UGC’s plan to extend worldwide outreach

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Universities and better schooling establishments throughout the nation will now be allowed to create as much as 25 per cent supernumerary seats for international college students of their undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes, UGC chairman Jagadesh Kumar has instructed PTI.

There might be no entrance checks for these admissions, Kumar mentioned, including that the choice was taken at a gathering of the University Grants Commission (UGC) held final week to debate “internationalisation of UG and PG programmes in India.

” The supernumerary seats might be created over and above the entire sanctioned power and the choice concerning these seats might be taken by involved larger academic establishments (HEIs) based on particular tips and rules issued by the regulatory our bodies contemplating the infrastructure, college and different necessities.

“Indian HEIs may admit international students based on the equivalence of entry qualification held by them. The equivalence is to be determined by UGC or any other body recognised by UGC for such purpose or the concerned regulatory bodies of the country. HEIs may adopt a transparent admission process for admitting the international students,” Kumar instructed PTI.

“HEIs may create up to 25 per cent supernumerary seats for international students, over and above of their total sanctioned enrolment for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The decision regarding 25 per cent supernumerary seats has to be carried out by the concerned higher educational institutions as per specific guidelines/regulations issued by the regulatory bodies considering the infrastructure, faculty and other requirements,” he added.

The supernumerary seats for worldwide college students is not going to embrace the worldwide college students below trade programmes and thru Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between establishments or between Indian authorities and different international locations.

The HEIs can even be permitted to confess worldwide college students utilizing a clear admission course of as is completed by the international universities and that these college students wouldn’t have to undergo the doorway course of used for admissions in India.

“The seats shall be exclusively meant for the international students both in the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. A seat remained unfilled in the supernumerary category, shall not be allocated to anyone other than an international student. International students in this context shall be defined as the one who shall possess a foreign passport,” Kumar defined.

The fee has determined that the supply of making supernumerary seats for worldwide college students needs to be formalised by means of approval of statutory physique of the HEIs in accordance with the rules and rules issued by the regulatory our bodies infrequently.

“The supernumerary seats in professional and technical institutes shall be governed by the respective statutory bodies. All details regarding the number of seats available for international students in each programme, fee prescribed for the same, admission process, eligibility conditions etc shall be made available on the website of the HEI,” he mentioned.

According to Ministry of External Affairs’ information, a complete of 23,439 international college students arrived in India in 2021.

However, the quantity used to larger in pre-pandemic years.

In 2019, over 75,000 worldwide college students had come to India for larger research.

“Internationalisation of upper schooling is an important facet of the National Education Policy 2020 and helps in integrating the worldwide and intercultural dimensions in larger schooling,” Kumar mentioned.

“Opportunities to attract international students, academics and funding are growing and many Indian HEIs are now committed to increase their international outreach,” Kumar mentioned.

“In order to facilitate the internationalisation of Indian HEIs, the UGC has framed the rules for admission and creation of supernumerary seats for worldwide college students. The primary goals of those tips are to facilitate a clean and easy admission of worldwide college students in larger academic establishments of India, to create a beneficial atmosphere for attracting worldwide college students to Indian larger schooling system, and to make India a most well-liked vacation spot for worldwide college students,” he added.

NEW DELHI: Universities and better schooling establishments throughout the nation will now be allowed to create as much as 25 per cent supernumerary seats for international college students of their undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes, UGC chairman Jagadesh Kumar has instructed PTI.

There might be no entrance checks for these admissions, Kumar mentioned, including that the choice was taken at a gathering of the University Grants Commission (UGC) held final week to debate “internationalisation of UG and PG programmes in India.

” The supernumerary seats might be created over and above the entire sanctioned power and the choice concerning these seats might be taken by involved larger academic establishments (HEIs) based on particular tips and rules issued by the regulatory our bodies contemplating the infrastructure, college and different necessities.

“Indian HEIs may admit international students based on the equivalence of entry qualification held by them. The equivalence is to be determined by UGC or any other body recognised by UGC for such purpose or the concerned regulatory bodies of the country. HEIs may adopt a transparent admission process for admitting the international students,” Kumar instructed PTI.

“HEIs may create up to 25 per cent supernumerary seats for international students, over and above of their total sanctioned enrolment for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The decision regarding 25 per cent supernumerary seats has to be carried out by the concerned higher educational institutions as per specific guidelines/regulations issued by the regulatory bodies considering the infrastructure, faculty and other requirements,” he added.

The supernumerary seats for worldwide college students is not going to embrace the worldwide college students below trade programmes and thru Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between establishments or between Indian authorities and different international locations.

The HEIs can even be permitted to confess worldwide college students utilizing a clear admission course of as is completed by the international universities and that these college students wouldn’t have to undergo the doorway course of used for admissions in India.

“The seats shall be exclusively meant for the international students both in the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. A seat remained unfilled in the supernumerary category, shall not be allocated to anyone other than an international student. International students in this context shall be defined as the one who shall possess a foreign passport,” Kumar defined.

The fee has determined that the supply of making supernumerary seats for worldwide college students needs to be formalised by means of approval of statutory physique of the HEIs in accordance with the rules and rules issued by the regulatory our bodies infrequently.

“The supernumerary seats in professional and technical institutes shall be governed by the respective statutory bodies. All details regarding the number of seats available for international students in each programme, fee prescribed for the same, admission process, eligibility conditions etc shall be made available on the website of the HEI,” he mentioned.

According to Ministry of External Affairs’ information, a complete of 23,439 international college students arrived in India in 2021.

However, the quantity used to larger in pre-pandemic years.

In 2019, over 75,000 worldwide college students had come to India for larger research.

“Internationalisation of upper schooling is an important facet of the National Education Policy 2020 and helps in integrating the worldwide and intercultural dimensions in larger schooling,” Kumar mentioned.

“Opportunities to attract international students, academics and funding are growing and many Indian HEIs are now committed to increase their international outreach,” Kumar mentioned.

“In order to facilitate the internationalisation of Indian HEIs, the UGC has framed the rules for admission and creation of supernumerary seats for worldwide college students. The primary goals of those tips are to facilitate a clean and easy admission of worldwide college students in larger academic establishments of India, to create a beneficial atmosphere for attracting worldwide college students to Indian larger schooling system, and to make India a most well-liked vacation spot for worldwide college students,” he added.