The TEC/University Grants Commission of India Consortium Agreement provides collaboration for educational exchanges, linkages and cooperation for capacity building and improving tertiary education.

The following schemes are available under the 5th TEC/UGC Consortium Agreement:

1. Full-time MPhil/PhD programmes
2. Collaborative MPhil/PhD programmes
3. Full-time Postdoctoral fellowship
4. Research collaboration
5. Upgrading teaching skills
6. Visiting scholars
7. Capacity building for TEC and TEIs
8. Capacity building by having experts from India
9. Academic exchange programme
10. Curriculum Design and Development
11. Presentation of papers in conferences and seminars
12. Mutual recognition/Equivalence of qualifications
13. Quality assurance
14. Access to UGC-Infonet e-journals consortium