Gujarat University: Gujarat University (GU) has taken a big step. The University of Gujarat has announced that it will graduate dual degrees to graduate students. The university has claimed that 20 graduate programs will be launched under this initiative. Gujarat University (GU) has 67 departments and offers 152 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, diploma and certificate programs. The university currently has around 15,000 students. GU across Gujarat With a total of 325 colleges affiliated to, the university has faculty members of art, commerce, science, education, medical and management streams in the university.
16 -member Executive Council took this decision
According to reports, the 16 -member GU Executive Council decided to provide dual degrees in 20 programs in its campus on Thursday. According to the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines, regular students of BA, BCom, BSC, BBA and BCA can opt for another graduate degree (UG) under one of the 20 programs and can get dual degrees. Are. These programs will be formally launched from the new academic session 2025-2026. The official announcement is expected from the university in the coming days.
The Executive Council will include the three heads nominated by the Vice Chancellor, four principals of the affiliated colleges nominated by the Chancellor, four teachers of the affiliated colleges nominated by the Chancellor, four senior officers nominated by the state government and one representative of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce. The Vice Chancellor will be the chairman of the council and the registrar will be the member secretary.
According to the report of The Indian Express, Vice Chancellor Neerja Arun Gupta said that Gujarat University has considered a dual degree to reduce “timely” and “administrative troubles” for students. Officials said the move aims to face “financial and educational autonomy” and advanced competition with foreign universities. A university official said, “University fees will increase income.” “In addition, this step will help to maintain students at Gujarat University, while competition from foreign universities is increasing which provide some of these programs.”
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Benefits for students include better preparation for competition as it offers them the option and flexibility to choose from offline and online and commercial and educational courses.
Who can benefit from this?
After the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020, the University Grants Commission (UGC) allowed students to obtain two full -time degrees simultaneously in April 2022. GU has launched a four-year graduate program for BBA students in 12 colleges in 2024–25, including lateral entry and several exit and entries to suit other NEP provisions. On the pilot basis, this provision is limited to 10 seats in each of the 20 programs. For example, a graduate student who holds courses in sociology, yoga science, natural medicine or history can take heritage subject as his second degree.
Overall, 280 GU-Sambadh colleges will provide dual degrees in various programs except engineering, law, education and medicine due to the boundaries of the concerned councils.
