Distance Education Courses and Universities

Distance Learning Courses (Graduate Level)

Distance Learning Correspondance Universities In India Distance Learning Distance Education in States of India

Graduate Level Courses

Agriculture
Arts
Commerce
Computer
Certificate Courses
Education
Engineering
Journalism
Library Science
Science

Refer for PG Level Courses - Post Graduate Level Courses through Distance Education.

Open and distance education owes its genesis to this gap, the need to provide higher education to all as well as to fulfil lifelong learning requirements.

Now lot of students are opting the mode of distance education as Distance education or correspondence courses gives students the flexibility of study anywhere and anytime plus now students get the support of study centres which are mushrooming in every small and big city.Students need not to change the choice of course because he or she did not get admission into a regular college. Lot of students are realising that getting a mere Bachelors or Master's degree may not be sufficient to enter the professional world and are keen on acquiring job-oriented skills and qualifications through Distance education or Correspondence courses.

Most of the Distance education for Agriculture Related Programmes is conducted through Annamalai University. Universities for distance education in Advertising are Madurai Kamaraj University and Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya conducting M.A and Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising.Most of the universities conduct Bachelor of Arts (BA) and B.Com Bachelor of Commerce through correspondence.

Distance Learning IT Courses are conducted through Mumbai University. Some of the Universities offering a UG / PG qualification in Computer Science are IIT - KReSIT (Mumbai), STES (Pune) and VNIT (Nagpur) Annamalai University, Karnataka State Open University, Netaji Subhash Open University, The Centre for Distance Education (CDE) of Bharathidasan University (BARD) Andhra University, Periyar Institute of Distance Education [PRIDE] has been started functioning from the year 2001-2002 - MSc in Information Technology Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Bharathiar University, Himachal Pradesh University, BITS, Pilani (Rajasthan) & IGNOU

There are many certificate courses run by open universities through distance learning like Certificate In Computer Programming (CCP), Rural Development, English For Communication, Home Management, Fashion Design And Merchandising (FDM), Cosmetic Science, Diet Therapy and Disaster Management.

Universities for Bachelor Of Journalism & Mass Communication (BJMC) through Distance Education are Awadesh Pratap Singh University, Barkatullah University, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Guru Ghasidas University, Kota Open University, Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya and Nalanda Open University.

The Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, a subordinate office has been helping in evolving and implementing the language policy of the Government of India and coordinating the development of Indian Languages by conducting research in the areas of Language Analysis, Language Pedagogy, Language Technology and Language use in society, a bias towards problem solving and National Integration. In order to bring about substantial improvement in the standards of teaching/learning of English, the Government is giving assistance through the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL), Hyderabad for the setting up of at least one district centre for English language in each State. The Central Hindi Directorate was set up in March 1960 as a subordinate office of the Ministry of Education. The Directorate has since been implementing a number of schemes for the promotion and development of Hindi.