Act Number: 39

Act Name: The University of Hyderabad Act, 1974

Year: 1974

Enactment Date: 1974-09-03

Long Title: An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching University in the State of Andhra Pradesh and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 3: The University.
    (1) There shall be established, in the State of Andhra Pradesh, a University by the name of "University of Hyderabad".
     (2) The headquarters of the University shall be at Hyderabad and it may establish campuses at such other places within its jurisdiction as it may deem fit.
     (3) The first Chancellor and the first Vice-Chancellor and the first members of the Court, the Executive Council and the Academic Council and all persons who may hereafter become such officers or members, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of "University of Hyderabad".
     (4) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
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