Section 54(3) in The West Bengal University of Health Sciences Act, 2002
(3)The autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may prescribe its own courses of study, evolve its own teaching methods and hold examinations and tests for students receiving instruction in it and award degrees or certificates of its own. Such autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution shall function with the objectives of promoting academic freedom and scholarship on the part of teachers and students which are essential to the fostering and development of an intellectual climate conducive to the pursuit of scholarship and excellence.
