Two more city colleges get the 'autonomous' tag. Gurunanak Khalsa College in Matunga and Patkar-Varde College in Goregaon have followed the trend of separating themselves from Mumbai University. With this, the total number of autonomous colleges in the city now stands at 13.

While the Mumbai University's national accreditation status is under question, more and more colleges are seen separating from the varsity and getting themselves autonomous authority. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has begun granting autonomy to well-performing colleges based on their NAAC accreditation. Both these colleges have an A+ ranking by NAAC and had thus applied for autonomy a few months ago.