University Of Ceylon Act (No. 1 of 1972)

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University Of Ceylon Act (No. 1 of 1972) - Sect 4

Powers of the University

4. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the University shall have power-

(a) to admit students and to provide for instruction in such branches of study as the University may determine and also make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;

(b) to hold examinations for the purpose of ascertaining the persons who have acquired proficiency in different branches of study;

(c) to co-operate, by way of exchange of teachers, students and scholars or otherwise, with other institutions in Ceylon and other Universities or institutions abroad having objects or interests similar or substantially similar to the University;

(d) to provide post-graduate courses and for this purpose to co-operate with other Universities or authorities abroad in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine;

(e) to grant and confer degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions to and on persons who have pursued approved courses of study and have passed the prescribed examinations, or reached the prescribed attainments, of the University;

(f) to admit graduates or students of other Universities to equal or similar degrees or courses in the University on such conditions as may be prescribed by statute and to register them as graduates or students of the University;

(g) to make arrangements for the conduct of external examinations for enabling those not instructed at the University itself to obtain degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University and to determine the courses of instruction for such examinations;

(h) to confer degrees of the University on any persons who are employed by the University as Professors, Associate Professors, Lecturers or otherwise, or who have carried on independent research therein, and to provide facilities for higher studies to persons employed therein;

(i) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on persons approved by the Senate;

(j) to recognize the examinations passed and periods of learning or study pursued at other Universities or places of study having University status as equivalent to such examinations and periods of study or part thereof in the University, in respect of students of the University or persons seeking admission thereto as may be prescribed by statute and to withdraw such recognition at any time;

(k) to erect, equip and maintain for the purposes of the University, libraries, laboratories and other buildings whether for instructional or residential purposes;

(l) to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Lecturerships and such other posts and offices as may be required for the purposes of the University;

(m) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, medals and other prizes;

(n) to manage Halls of Residence, and to license lodging-houses, for the residence of students of the University and to provide such other services and facilities as may be necessary;

(o) to regulate and provide for the residence, discipline, moral, mental and physical well-being of students and conditions of service of teachers, officers and employees of the University;

(p) to assist students of the University to obtain loans from banks and other agencies and to frame appropriate statutes for the purpose;

(q) to provide for extension services to the general public including employees in trades and industry and school leavers as prescribed by statute;

(r) to provide facilities for the formation of platoons of the National Cadet Corps for the students of the University;

(s) to make arrangements for conduct of courses or parts of courses in educational institutions outside the University and to make statutes therefor;

(t) to charge such fees for such purposes as may be prescribed by ordinance;

(u) to establish Campuses, Faculties, Schools and Institutes of the University and make necessary arrangements therefor; and

(v) to do all such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the University.

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