Section 54 in The West Bengal University of Health Sciences Act, 2002
54. Autonomous Department or institution or affiliated college or recognised institution.
(1)A University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may apply to the University for grant of autonomous status. The Executive Council on the recommendation of Academic Council may confer the autonomous status.(2)The autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may constitute its authorities or bodies and exercise such powers and perform such functions and carry out such administrative, academic, financial and other activities of the University, as may be prescribed.(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.
