The University Grants Commission (UGC), which is a statutory body set up by the Ministry of Education to regulate all universities in India, has declared over 21 universities as fake, and they don’t have the access to offer degrees to any student. Universities have to register themselves with the UGC to be eligible to offer degrees. The UGC has some sets of rules and regulations which must be followed by universities to run educational programs.

In academic year 2022, a total of 21 universities have been considered fake by the UGC, as compared to last year (2021), when a total of 24 universities were declared fake. Delhi has the highest number of fake universities as the state has a total of eight universities that were unable to fulfill the guidelines of UGC. Uttar Pradesh has the second most number of fake universities, 4 universities in the state were caught fake by the UGC.

How does UGC declare an educational firm as a fake university?

The UGC keeps monitoring all the universities and keeps looking at firms that are unable to fulfill the set parameters. The UGC is open to receiving complaints about such universities and responding to the local authorities and students.

The UGC has released a public notice in which they stated, “Students and Public at large are hereby informed that presently following 21 self-styled, unrecognized institution which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act, have been declared as fake universities and these are not empowered to confer any degree.”

The full list of the declared 21 fake universities in 2022 by the UGC is mentioned below.