Powers of the University
5. Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the University shall have the following powers:-
(a) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning, at Honours degree and post-Honours degree level, as the University may think fit, and to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
(b) to prescribe courses of studies to be taught by the University;
(c) to hold examinations and grant and confer certificates, diplomas, 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;
(d) to grant such diplomas to, and to provide such lectures and instructions for, persons not being students of the University as the University may determine;
(e) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on approved 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 or certificates to, persons as the University may determine;
(g) to co-operate with other Universities and authorities in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine;
(h) to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Lecturerships and any other teaching posts required by the University, and to appoint persons to such posts and such other teaching posts;
(i) to institute and award Fellowships, Scholarships, Prizes, and Medals in accordance with the Statutes, University Ordinances and Regulations;
(j) to demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed by the University Ordinances;
(k) to set up and maintain academic museums, laboratories, schools and institutes for the development of teaching and research and to hold exhibitions;
(l) to institute and maintain Halls for the residence of the students of the University;
(m) to supervise and control the residence and discipline of the students of the University, to promote their extra-curricular activities and to make arrangements for promoting their health; and
(n) 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 teaching and examining body and to cultivate and promote arts, science and other branches of learning.