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The Chittagong University Act, 1973

( ACT NO. XXXIII OF 1973 )

Powers of the University
6. Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the University shall have the powers-
 
 
 
 
(a) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning, at degree and post-graduate level, as the University may think fit, and to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
 
 
(b) to affiliate and disaffiliate colleges or institutes;
 
 
 
 
(c) to prescribe courses of studies to be taught by the University and the affiliated colleges or institutes;
 
 
 
 
(d) to hold examinations and grant to, and confer degrees and other academic distinctions on persons who,-
 
 
 
 
(i) have pursued a course of study provided for or prescribed by the University, or
 
 
 
 
(ii) have carried on research under conditions laid down in the Statutes, or
 
 
 
 
(iii) have carried on private study under conditions laid down in the Statutes;
 
 
 
 
(e) to confer honorary degree or other distinctions on persons in the manner as laid down in the Statutes;
 
 
 
 
(f) to provide such lectures and instructions for and to grant, under conditions laid down in the Statutes, such diplomas to persons, not being students of an affiliated colleges as the University may determine;
 
 
 
 
(g) to inspect affiliated colleges or institutes and hostels attached to them;
 
 
 
 
(h) to co-operate with other Universities and Authorities, in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine;
 
 
 
 
(i) to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Lecturerships and any other research and teaching posts required by the University, and to appoint persons to such Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Lecturerships and such other research and teaching posts;
 
 
 
 
(j) to institute and maintain Halls for the residence of the students of the University and to approve and license Hostels maintained by other persons for the residence of such students;
 
 
(k) to institute and award Fellowships, Scholarships, Prizes and Medals in accordance with the Statutes, University Ordinances and Regulations;
 
 
 
 
(l) to set up and maintain academic museums, laboratories, schools and institutions for the development of teaching and research;
 
 
 
 
(m) to supervise and control the residence and discipline of the students of the University, to promote their extra-curricular activities, to make arrangements for promoting their health;
 
 
 
 
(n) to demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed in the University Ordinances; and
 
 
 
 
(o) to do all such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be required in order to further the objects of the University as an affiliating, teaching and examining body and to cultivate and promote arts, science and other branches of learning.

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