University open to all classes, castes and creeds

University open to all classes, castes and creeds.- The University shall be open to all persons irrespective of sex, caste, class or creed and it shall not be lawful for a University to adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to a certificate, diploma or degree of the University, or to serve as a teacher or to hold any office in the University, or to enjoy or exercise any privileges thereof, except where such test is specially prescribed by the statutes, or, in respect of any particular benefaction accepted by the University, where such test is made a condition thereof by any testamentary or other instrument creating such benefaction.