UGC Regulations, 2025 on Equivalence of Foreign Qualifications

On 4th April 2025, the University Grants Commission (UGC) notified the Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications Obtained from Foreign Educational Institutions Regulations, 2025, creating a statutory framework to evaluate foreign degrees for academic and professional use in India.

Provisions of the Regulations

  • Scope of Application: Applicable to all academic institutions under UGC for higher education, research, and employment—excluding professional degrees regulated by statutory councils like medicine, law, pharmacy, nursing, and architecture.
  • Inclusion of Distance & Online Degrees: Unlike the draft, the final regulations include qualifications obtained via distance or online learning, based on stakeholder feedback.
  • No Equivalence Needed in Select ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Buy June 2025 Issue

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

Related Content

Public Policy