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In the wake of India’s renewed thrust on academic collaboration with foreign countries and in the context of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, UGC’s role in the internationalization of the Indian education system has increased manifold. As a background, UGC notified the Guidelines for Internationalization of Education in July 2021. The Guidelines enumerate a wide array of activities such as internationally relevant curricula, the brand building of Indian Educational Institutions abroad, academic and research collaboration with foreign universities, credit recognition under twinning arrangements, a global citizenship approach, and engaging with foreign alumni. UGC has also notified regulations on Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Educational Institutions to offer Twinning, Joint Degree, and Dual Degree Programmes and evolved the National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF) which is an instrument for the classification and recognition of qualifications according to a set of criteria for specified levels of learning achieved. It is expected that the mobility of students will be greatly enhanced as a result of these reform measures.

In order to facilitate the mobility of students in a seamless manner, it is necessary to have a robust and transparent mechanism for recognizing foreign qualifications and granting equivalence to such qualifications. Accordingly, in the exercise of powers conferred by clauses (f) and (g) of sub-section (1) of section 26 and clause (j) of section 12 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the University Grants Commission notified “University Grants Commission (Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications obtained from Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2023”.