Tamil Nadu News

Private Universities Amendment Bill

October 20 , 2025 16 hrs 0 min 45 0

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passed the Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill 2025.
It will be allowing for conversion of existing private or government-aided colleges to a new entity called ‘Brownfield Universities’.
It is by altering the minimum requirement for contiguous land to establish such facility.
Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Private Universities Act, 2019 necessitates a minimum of 100 acres of contiguous land to establish private universities in the State.
The 2025 amendment has slashed the minimum requirement for Brown field Universities to 25 acres in municipal corporation areas, 35 acres in municipal council or town panchayat areas, and 50 acres in other areas.
A new clause was also inserted earmarking 65 per cent of seats in Medical, Dental, Allied Health, and Indian Medicine courses at all non-minority private universities as government seats.
While for minority private universities, half of the seats would be allotted to the government.
If the aided colleges converted to private universities, they would lose the aided status and would stop receiving government grant.