Section 7(4) in Uttar Pradesh State Universities Act, 1973
(4)to hold examinations for and to grant and confer degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions to and on persons, who -(a)have pursued a course of study in the University, a constituent college or an affiliated college, or associated college; or(b)have carried on research in the University or in an institution recoginsed in that behalf by the University or independently, under conditions laid down in the Statutes and the Ordinances; or(c)have pursued a course of study by correspondence whether residing within the area of the University or not, and have been registered by the University, subject to such conditions as may be laid down in the statutes and ordinances as external candidates; or(d)are teachers or other employees in the University or in an Institute or in a constituent or affiliated or associated college or in any other educational institution under conditions laid down in the Statutes and the Ordinances or are inspecting officers permanently employed in the Department of Education of the State Government, and have carried on private studies under conditions laid down in the Statutes and the Ordinances; or(e)are women residing within the area of the University and have carried on private studies under conditions laid down in the Statutes and Ordinances; or(f)are blind and are residing within the area of the University and have carried on private studies under conditions laid down in the Statutes and the Ordinances;
