University Of StirlingRegistered

The University shall be a body for the purposes of teaching, examining and the promotion of research and shall, subject to the provisions of this Our Charter and the Statutes of the University, have the following objects and powers:- (a) To provide instruction in such branches of learning as the University may think fit, whether for members of the University or for others, and to make provision for research and for the preservation, advancement and dissemination of knowledge in such manner as the University may determine. (b) To prescribe in its Ordinances the conditions under which persons may be admitted as students of the University or of any particular course of study provided by the University. (c) To grant, under conditions laid down in its Statutes or Ordinances, Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates and other academic distinctions to persons who shall have pursued a course of study approved by the University and shall have passed the examinations or other tests prescribed by the University. (d) To grant, under conditions laid down in its Statutes or Ordinances, Degrees to any persons who hold office in the University or who shall have carried on research therein. (e) To grant Diplomas, Certificates or other academic distinctions to persons who have pursued a course of study approved by the University under conditions laid down by the University in its Statutes or Ordinances. (f) To grant to approved persons, under conditions laid down in its Statutes or Ordinances, Honorary Degrees or other academic distinctions. (g) To accept the examinations and periods of study passed by students of the University at other Universities or places of learning as equivalent to such examination and periods of study in the University as the Academic Council of the University may determine, and to withdraw such acceptance at any time.