105 Universities Join Hands for Four-Year Undergraduate Programme

105 Universities Join Hands for Four-Year Undergraduate Programme: Wednesday, the University Grants Commission announced that 105 universities, including 19 central universities (CUs), will launch the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) prior to undergraduate admissions for the 2023-24 session.

Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University, Viswa Bharti University, Assam University, Silchar, Tezpur University, Central University of Jammu, Sikkim University, National Sanskrit University, and Maulana Azad National Urdu University are among the CUs that offer four-year programmes.

Over 40 deemed-to-be universities, 18 state private universities, and 22 state universities make up the remaining universities.

105 Universities Join Hands for Four-Year Undergraduate Programme

The move is in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, which recommends that the undergraduate degree be of either three or four years in duration, with multiple exit options within this period, and appropriate certifications — a UG certificate after completing one year of study in a discipline or field including vocational and professional areas, a UG diploma after two years of study, or a Bachelor’s degree after a three-year programme.

The policy had recommended that the four-year multidisciplinary Bachelor’s programme be favoured because it provides the opportunity to experience the full range of holistic and multidisciplinary education in addition to a focus on the student’s chosen major and minors.

On the basis of the NEP’s recommendations, the UGC developed a new “Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate Programmes (CCFUP)” that includes a flexible Choice-based Credit System (CBCS), a multidisciplinary approach, and multiple entry and exit options.

According to the framework, 20-22 credits per semester are being designed. Semesters 1, 2, and 3 aim to develop an understanding of all key learning domains, including the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, mathematical and computational thinking and analysis, and vocational education.

In the fourth, fifth, and sixth semesters, students will choose a disciplinary or interdisciplinary area of specialisation for their major and minor.

In the seventh and eighth semesters, they will engage in research projects and advanced disciplinary and inter-disciplinary coursework. The framework specifies the FYUGP curriculum components and credit allocation.

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, English And Foreign Languages University, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Rajiv Gandhi University, and the central universities of Haryana, South Bihar, and Tamil Nadu are the other CUs on the list.

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