The Academic Council has approved unanimously the amendment/addition in the statutes and ordinances exclusively relating to the establishment of the two regional campuses, one at Malappuram and another at Murshidabad. Appointment of Directors for these regional campuses, its modus operandi, functional powers etc., and appointment of Coordinators to head the academic units through which the courses will be offered in these regional campuses along with their functions and relationship with the Department of Study located at AMU’s main campus. The Academic Council has also approved the terms and conditions of the Director of the regional centers who will be a whole time salaried officer of the university holding a five-year term and illegible for one more term reappointment.

 In order to ensure certain degree of autonomy to the academic units at the regional campuses, the Academic Council has suggested a Committee of Studies which should comprise of all the teachers involved in the teaching of the subjects in the units to decide such academic matters like work allocation and other academic matters specific to the regional campus.