7. (1) The State Government, if satisfied, after considering the compliance report submitted under section 3 that the sponsoring body has complied with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 6, may, by a notification published in the Gazette permit the University to operate with such name and location as per the letter of Intent.
(2) Names of the new universities to be established under this Act shall be included in Schedule-2 by amending this Act.
(3) After its establishment, the name of the newly established university shall be mentioned by the State Government at the next serial number below the last university mentioned in the Scheduled-2 appended this Act.
(4) Every University established or incorporated under this Act shall be a body corporate.
[7(A). A private University shall be a unitary University having adequate facilities for teaching, research, examination and extension services. However, after the development of its main campus and after five years of its coming into the existence in exceptional circumstances, the University may be permitted to open off-campus centers, subject to the following conditions :-
(a) the off-campus centre(s) shall be set up with the prior approval of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the UGC. The Sponsoring Body shall duly conform to the norms of the land and other infrastructural and academic facilities as determined by the Central/State Government or Central/State Regulatory Bodies for a higher education institute or off-campus centre in the State;
(b) the over-all performance of the off-campus centre(s) shall be monitored annually by the UGC and the Higher Education Council under the provisions of this Act. The directions of the UGC and the Government of Uttar Pradesh for management, academic development and improvement shall be binding ;
(c) the said centre(s)/institute(s) shall be the constituent unit(s) of the private University. However the private University shall not have the right to grant them affiliation;
(d) if the functioning of the said centre(s) remains unsatisfactory, the private University shall be instructed by the UGC or State Government to close down the said centre(s), which shall be binding upon the University. In such a situation, the interest of the students already enrolled therein shall be protected under the provisions of this Act.]
[Provided that, acting under the provisions of the University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023, the foreign higher educational institution may establish campus in the State. The provisions of the above mentioned regulations shall be complied with by the foreign higher educational institution.]