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Doing correspondence course from Indian university in UAE? Here's a warning for you

Dubai - They cannot conduct exams in other countries.

No state or state-private Indian university in any state of the country can operate beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the state where the university is located, the Consulate General of India in Dubai said in a statement on Wednesday.

Citing a notice from the University Grants Commission (UGC) in India, which oversees institutions providing higher education in the country, the CGI statement said it is illegal for such universities to conduct exams outside their territorial jurisdiction.

"It has come to the notice of the UGC that some institutions/universities/institutions deemed to be universities are conducting examinations for their open and distance learning (ODL) programmes outside the state of their location or beyond their territorial jurisdiction, which is wholly illegal. The policy of the UGC with regard to territorial jurisdiction and off-campuses/study centres has been clearly articulated in its Public Notice dated 27.06.2013, which is also available on the UGC website at www.ugc.ac.in," the UGC notice said.

"All the institutions are hereby directed to follow the UGC policy on ODL norms and territorial jurisdiction which are applicable for all academic activities including setting up of examination centres for distance education."

"The students and parents are requested to ascertain the territorial jurisdiction of the institution before seeking admission in the same and refrain from studying in these institutions which violate the norms of the UGC," the notice added.

The CGI, too, asked students and parents to verify the approval of any such study centres offering degrees of any Indian university thorough ODL mode from the UGC website.

CGI's complete notice can be found here.