46. (1) Admission of students to the University for degrees of Bachelor of Arts, ¹[Bachelor of Business Studies] and Bachelor of Science and higher degrees shall be made by an Admission Committee appointed for the purpose by the Academic Council. (2) No student shall be eligible for admission to a course of study for a degree in the University or any of its affiliated colleges, unless he has passed the Intermediate Examination of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka or any other authority incorporated by any law for the time being in force in Bangladesh, or an examination recognised under the Statutes as equivalent thereto, and possess such further qualifications as may be prescribed by the University Ordinances: Provided that for admission to a five-year course of study for a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts students who have passed the Matriculation or the Secondary School Certificate Examination of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka or the Matriculation or Secondary School Certificate Examination of any other authority incorporated by law, for the time being in force in Bangladesh, or any examination recognised under the Statutes as equivalent thereto, and possess such further qualifications as may be prescribed by the University Ordinances, shall be so eligible. (3) The conditions under which students may be admitted to the diploma courses of the University shall be prescribed by the University Ordinances. (4) For the purpose of admission to a course of studies the University shall not, without the previous sanction of the Government, recognise as equivalent to its own degree any degree conferred by any other University or as equivalent to the Intermediate Examination, any examination conducted by any authority other than a University or a Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education or other authority incorporated by law for the time being in force in Bangladesh: Provided that the University may admit a student from a foreign country to any of its courses of study if the Academic Council is satisfied that his qualifications are equivalent to those required for admission to the course.