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NAAC Accreditation

UGC Recognition and Statutory Status

SPU has been recognised by the University Grants Commission under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act since October 1968, following its establishment in 1955 by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the then-Bombay Province. This long-standing statutory recognition underpins the validity of degrees awarded both by the university's own departments and by its affiliated colleges.

Interpreting SPU's Accreditation Profile

Because SPU functions as an affiliating university with a very large number of independently managed colleges, its NAAC accreditation covers the university's own governance and departments rather than certifying the quality of every individual affiliated college uniformly. Applicants are advised to check the specific NAAC accreditation status, grade and validity period of their target affiliated college separately - where the programme they want is delivered at a college rather than a university department - in addition to the university-level accreditation summarised here, since standards and infrastructure can vary meaningfully across such a large network of institutes.

What This Means for Applicants

For a large, decentralised affiliating university like SPU, university-level accreditation and statutory recognition provide a useful baseline assurance of legitimacy and degree validity, but they do not substitute for programme- or college-specific due diligence. Applicants are encouraged to treat SPU's NAAC 'A' grade and UGC recognition as a starting point, and to separately verify the specific department's or affiliated college's own standing, infrastructure and outcomes for the exact programme they intend to pursue.

Where an affiliated college separately publishes its own NAAC grade, AISHE participation, or other institutional recognition, that information should be read alongside SPU's own university-level accreditation rather than as a substitute for it, since both reflect genuinely different, complementary aspects of institutional quality within this affiliating-university structure.