53. (1) Admission of students to the University for under-graduate, post-graduate and other courses shall be governed by the rules framed by an Admission Committee appointed for that purpose by the Academic Council. (2) Students shall not be eligible for admission to a course of study for a degree in the University or any of its affiliated colleges, unless they have passed the Intermediate Examination or the Higher Secondary Examination of the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education in Bangladesh, or any other Authority incorporated by any 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. (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 study for a degree the University may recognise as equivalent to its own degrees, any degree conferred by any other University, or as equivalent to the Intermediate or Higher Secondary Examination, any examination other than the Intermediate or Higher Secondary Examination of a recognised University or Board in such manner as may be prescribed by the University Ordinances.