UGC to Declare Four Year Under-Graduate Programme On December 12
The University Grants Commission (UGC) will announce the Four-Year Under-Graduate Programme (FYUP) by Monday.based on a new credit system with a minimum of 120 credits for a 3-year programme and 160 credits for a 4-year programme, replacing the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) on lines of the National Education Policy.
The framework for the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUGP), which will be adopted in all higher education institutions as of the upcoming academic session 2023–2024, has been finalised by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Students will be able to get an undergraduate ‘honours’ degree after completing four years instead of three, according to new draft norms prepared by the University Grants Commission.multidisciplinary approach, and multiple entry and exit options to help students pursue their career path by choosing the subject/field of their interest.
UGC Chairman Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar said the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommends that the higher education system should enable student to study one or more specialised areas of interest at a deep level and also develop capabilities in disciplines including sciences, social sciences, humanities, languages and vocational subjects and also develop capabilities in disciplines including sciences, social sciences, humanities, languages and vocational subjects. He added that students who are pursuing a three-year UG programme as per the existing CBCS are also eligible to pursue a four-year programme.
ABOUT 4-YEAR UG PROGRAMMES
The FYUGP is projected to receive clearance from the UGC for both current and former students starting in 2023–2024, when all new students will have the opportunity to choose four-year undergraduate programmes.
“Students will be able to get a UG degree in three years on completion of 120 credits (measured through the number of academic hours) and a UG honours degree in four years on completion of 160 credits. ”
If they wish to go for a research specialisation, they will have to undertake a research project in their four-year course. This will get them an Honours degree with research specialisation,”.
“Students who have already enrolled and are pursuing a three-year UG programme as per the existing Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) are eligible to pursue a four-year undergraduate programme.
FYUGP RULES
The minimum number of credits suggested for a semester is 20.
Credit requirements for the major course for 3-year UG is 60 and 4-year UG it is 80 points.
Honours students not undertaking research will do three courses for 12 credits in lieu of a research project / dissertation, according to the CCFUGP. The new system will also have the provision of single or double major – students pursuing a degree in a major discipline who get a minimum of 50% credits in a three or four year programme will be awarded the degree in a single major.
The university may provide bridge courses (including online) to enable them to transition to the extended programme.
Currently, students get an honours degree after completing three years of undergraduate programmes.
Also, according to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, universities and colleges will offer four-year undergraduate degrees with multiple exits and entry options.
The UGC states that all students will have access to a four-year undergraduate programme, but they are not required to enrol in it. A student has the option of finishing the three-year undergraduate programme.
The entire four-year undergraduate course schedule will soon be made public, according to UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar.
The UGC chairman gave an explanation of the significance of these adjustments, stating that if only new students were given the opportunity to enrol in FYUGP, the programme’s outcomes would be known in four years.
On the other hand, if older kids are given the opportunity to participate, the results will be apparent sooner.