The PG programme framework provides flexibility for students to select courses of their interest and switch between different modes of learning.
Alivia Mukherjee | June 16, 2024 | 01:06 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has designed a curriculum and credit framework for Postgraduate (PG) programs in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. NEP 2020 suggests restructuring PG programs to offer various options, including one-year PG, two-year PG, PG diploma, and an exit provision after the first year in two-year PG programmes.
The NEP proposes that universities should focus on providing postgraduate programmes in fundamental subjects like machine learning, alongside interdisciplinary fields such as "AI + X," and professional domains such as healthcare, agriculture, and law.
NEP 2020 recommends the following regarding the postgraduate programmes.
Key features of the UGC PG curriculum framework include the following:
The eligibility criteria and credit requirements for PG Programme is mentioned below.
Eligibility criteria and credit requirements | PG programme |
Bachelor’s degree with honours, honours with research with a minimum of 160 credits | For a 1-year or 2-semester PG programme at level 6.5 on the NHEQF. |
3 year or 6 semester bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 120 credits needed | For a 2-year or 4-semester PG programme at level 6.5 on the NHEQF. |
4 or year bachelor’s degree (eg, BE, BTech etc) with minimum of 160 credits required | For a 2-year or 4-semester PG programme (eg ME, MTech etc) at level 7 of NHEQF |
The UGC PG programme framework states, “A student is eligible for a PG programme in a discipline corresponding to either major or minor(s) discipline in UG programme. In this case, the University can admit the students in the PG programme based on the student’s performance in the UG programme or through an entrance examination.”
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