The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved special assistance programme grants worth Rs 4.75 cr to the University of Hyderabad (UoH). The status of the departments was reviewed by the UGC and the grants have been recommended for School of Management Studies to the tune of Rs 37 lakh (DRS-I to DRS II), School of Economics to the tune of Rs 80 lakh (DSA-III to CAS-I) and Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication to the tune of Rs 58.75 lakh (DRS-III to DSA-I)
Under the School of Humanities, the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies is recommended Rs 50 lakh (DRS-II to DSA-I) and the Department of Philosophy Rs 75 lakh (DSA-II to DSA-III). The Department of Political Science under the School of Social Sciences is recommended Rs 100 lakh (DSA-III to CAS-I) and the Department of Sociology Rs 75 lakh (DSA-I to DSA-II).
Recently, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) had approved Rs 32.8 cr grants for Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) scheme for UoH. A sum of Rs 30 cr was sanctioned in the first award in 2009 under the same scheme. With more than 250 research projects on hand and 15 approved patents, the university has been performing well in the area of research.