Deemed University

'''Deemed university''' is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various [[University|universities]] in [[India]]. This status of ‘[[wikt:deemed|Deemed]]-to-be-University’, is granted by [[Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development_(India)#Department_of_Higher_Education|Department of Higher Education]], [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Union Human Resource Development Ministry]], on the advice of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. The UGC began in 1956 after Indian parliament passed the University Grants Commission Act "to make provision for the co-ordination and determination of standards in Universities and for that purpose, to establish a University Grants Commission.". The deemed university status enables not just full autonomy in setting course work and syllabus of those institutes and research centers, but also allows it to set its own guidelines for the admissions, fees, and instructions to the [[student]]s. Universities having deemed university status are known and recognised for good quality education. {{As of|2008|06|23}}, the UGC list of deemed universities has 130 institutions. ==External links== * [http://www.education.nic.in/higheredu/list-deemeduniv.asp List of Deemed universities] {{coord missing|India}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deemed University}}