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(1) A University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may apply to the University for grant o f autonomous status. The Executive Council on the recommendation o f 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 o f the University, as may be prescribed. (3) The autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may prescribe its own courses o f study, evolve its own teaching methods and hold examinations and tests for students receiving instruction in it and award degrees or certificates o f its own. Such autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution shall function with the objectives o f promoting academic freedom and scholarship on the part o f teachers and students which are essential to the fostering and development o f an intellectual climate conducive to the pursuit o f scholarship and excellence.