<p>After Delhi University, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been asked by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to scrap its four-year undergraduate programme.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The higher education regulator has also issued a similar directive to Shiv Nadar University, Noida, and Symbiosis International University, Pune, which also offer four-year undergraduate programmes (FYUP), Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.<br /><br />The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, has been offering a four-year undergraduate programme in science (BS) since 2011. Shiv Nadar University and Symbiosis International University offer four-year BA and BS programmes.<br /><br />“These institutions have been asked to discontinue such programmes and follow the UGC notification on specification of degrees,” the minister said.<br /><br />Soon after forcing the Delhi University (DU) to scrap the FYUP in July, the UGC came up with a gazette notification on July 5, specifying the nomenclatures and duration of degree programmes for universities and other higher educational institutions.<br /><br />The higher education regulator notified that general undergraduate honours or general degree programmes, like BA, BSc and BCom should be of three years’ duration, MPhil one to one-and-a-half years duration and doctoral 2 years. <br /><br />After scrapping of the FYUP by DU, the commission sought information from O P Jindal University, Sonepat; IISc, Bangalore; Shiv Nadar University, Noida; Symbiosis International University, Pune; B R Ambedkar University, New Delhi; Ashoka University, Sonepat and Azim Premji University, Bangalore.<br /><br />“The IISc, Shiv Nadar University and Symbiosis International University reported that they are conducting four-year BA and BS programmes,” the minister told the Lok Sabha.According to sources, the IISc, in its response to the UGC letter, stood by its four-year programme, saying it is a research degree. </p>
<p>After Delhi University, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been asked by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to scrap its four-year undergraduate programme.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The higher education regulator has also issued a similar directive to Shiv Nadar University, Noida, and Symbiosis International University, Pune, which also offer four-year undergraduate programmes (FYUP), Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.<br /><br />The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, has been offering a four-year undergraduate programme in science (BS) since 2011. Shiv Nadar University and Symbiosis International University offer four-year BA and BS programmes.<br /><br />“These institutions have been asked to discontinue such programmes and follow the UGC notification on specification of degrees,” the minister said.<br /><br />Soon after forcing the Delhi University (DU) to scrap the FYUP in July, the UGC came up with a gazette notification on July 5, specifying the nomenclatures and duration of degree programmes for universities and other higher educational institutions.<br /><br />The higher education regulator notified that general undergraduate honours or general degree programmes, like BA, BSc and BCom should be of three years’ duration, MPhil one to one-and-a-half years duration and doctoral 2 years. <br /><br />After scrapping of the FYUP by DU, the commission sought information from O P Jindal University, Sonepat; IISc, Bangalore; Shiv Nadar University, Noida; Symbiosis International University, Pune; B R Ambedkar University, New Delhi; Ashoka University, Sonepat and Azim Premji University, Bangalore.<br /><br />“The IISc, Shiv Nadar University and Symbiosis International University reported that they are conducting four-year BA and BS programmes,” the minister told the Lok Sabha.According to sources, the IISc, in its response to the UGC letter, stood by its four-year programme, saying it is a research degree. </p>