UGC's Guidelines for a University’s Infrastructure

The significance of infrastructure while offering any type of education, especially professional, cannot be ignored. Presently, India boasts a vast array of universities. Nevertheless, have you ever asked an important question: “What makes a normal university the best destination to get high-quality education?” The answer to the question is: “The university having the best-in-class infrastructure.”

Understanding University Grants Commission (UGC)

UGC is an acronym that stands for University Grants Commission. UCG is a statuary body that is meant to inspect:-

• Faculties of an educational institution (colleges as well as universities)
• Standard of educations offered in such institutions
• The quality of infrastructure available within the university

Each and every university that is recognized by UGC has world-class faculty and premium infrastructure. While we bandy about UGC-recognized universities, it is apt to know the guidelines that the statuary body has established for university's infrastructure. Read on to know...

UGC makes no bones about the world-class infrastructure that

Significant guidelines that are established by the UGC for a universities or educational institutions are mentioned below.

A university that is wanting to gain recognition from the statuary body has to purchase:-

• Furniture
  
• Equipment
• Computers
• Different mobile and immobile assets

The cost of all the above-mentioned assets have to be tantamount to Rs. 20 lakhs.

• Following this, each university has to procure the assets (equipment, furniture and infrastructural facilities except building) up to Rs. 1 crore. Such type of procurements has to be made within the first five years from the establishment of the educational institutions.
• Also, each of the universities must have equipment, furniture and other immobile assets as per the rules as well as norms prescribed by the UGC.

All the guidelines must be accurately followed by the educational institution to get the prestigious accreditation from the UGC.