New Delhi, 20 May 2022:  The University Grants Commission (UGC) makes internship compulsory for undergraduate students (3-year degree and 4-year degree programme (research).

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that all undergraduate students in recognised Indian universities will have to compulsorily do a research internship for eight to ten weeks.

Each undergraduate student may also complete first research internship of 10 weeks duration after 1st year and second research internship of 10 weeks duration after 2nd year of graduate degree programme. The student who has to go for 4-year degree programme with research will be required to complete research ability enhancement courses (REAC) during 7th semester and research project work/dissertation during 7th and 8th semester.

Research internship would involve a student from a HEI and he/she would be attached to a research supervisor, preferably from other HEI, but it could be same organization, for a specified duration at the research facility of the supervisor and conduct a time-bound internship project. The HEI (parent Institute) and the Internship Provider Organization (IPO) would play important roles in facilitating smooth conduction of research internship.

A centrally managed research internship portal (RIP) would help in arranging the research internship by the HEIs for the students.