(1) The Jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the whole of the State of Maharashtra. (2) On and from the appointed day, all existing colleges and autonomous institutions imparting education at degree and above level in various courses excepting those in Management which are coming under the purview of All India Council of Technical Education, Council of Architecture and Council of Pharmacy, previously admitted to the privileges of or affiliated to the universities specified in the Schedule-I appended to this Act, shall have the option to be admitted to the privileges of or affiliated to the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University established under this Act.
(3) Any new society, association or body in the State of Maharashtra seeking affiliation or recognition by the University to the college or institution started or conducted by it, imparting education at degree and above level in various courses excepting those in Management which are coming under the purview of All India Council of Technical Education, Council of Architecture and Council of Pharmacy, need not seek the permission of any other University constituted under the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994 (Mah. XXXV of 1994), in the area of which the college or the institution, as the case may be, is to be or is located. On an application of any such society or association or body, the University may, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, grant the affiliation, with the previous sanction of the State Government, or the recognition, as the case may be, without seeking permission of any other University in the area of which the college or institution is to be or is located.
(4) No educational institution affiliated to or recognized by the University shall be associated in any way with, or seek admission to any privileges of, any other University established by law, except, with the permission of the University and the State Government.
(5) The campus and area of jurisdiction of the Regional centres and Sub-centres of the University shall be as specified in the Schedule-II.