5 Top Distance Education Universities In India & distance learning courses

Distance education has become a very common practice amongst the students nowadays. It is opted by many students and is very much preferred because alongside  pursuing a degree or course through distance education students are free to do some other courses or jobs in parallel.

Distance education is an important way to gain knowledge because in this type of teaching there is an individual focus given to each candidate which is not possible in regular courses.

Distance education is many a times referred to as Correspondence courses as well. Although the benefits provided to students taking distance education are far less than the benefits provided to the regular education students but still this type of education is widely practiced all over the world by the students.

There are several universities providing distance learning or distance education programs. But the degree achieved through distance education is only valued when it is achieved from a well known as famous university or college.

Following are the top distance universities in India which offers the students to seek education with a flexibility of time, place and study schedule.

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

IGNOU HQ Delhi
IGNOU Maidan Garhi, Delhi

The most famous university for distance education in India is the Indira Gandhi National Open University abbreviated as IGNOU.

The largest number of courses is offered by this university for the students and these courses include professional degrees like MBA and MCA.

The fee of this university is very reasonable and considerably low as compared to other famous universities.

Students are allowed to pay the fees in installments as well.

They have their official website through which information about various courses can be gathered and even online registration can be done for a particular course.

Osmania University

Osmania University DDE
Osmania University DDE, Hyderabad

Osmania University located in Hyderabad is another best university offering various distance courses to their students.

No entrance tests are required for students applying for distance learning courses except for the students applying for MBA and MCA.

There are entrances conducted for admission in MBA and MCA.

Annamalai University

Annamalai Distance Education University
Annamalai Distance Education University, Chidambaram 

Annamalai University is a very popular university for pursuing a correspondence course.

Various courses are available for correspondence and some of them include M.Phil, Hotel Management, MBA, I.T programs, Fashion Design Studies and many more.

The head office is located in Tamil Nadu in a place called Annamalai but there are different study centers of this university spread all over India.

Sikkim Manipal University

SMU Manipal distance education university
Sikkim Manipal University ,Ganktok

Sikkim Manipal University is also considered to be a very famous university providing distance education to people.

There are almost all the courses which are provided by the Sikkim Manipal University and these courses include Master Degrees, Bachelor degrees, Diploma courses and Post-graduate diploma courses.

Karnataka State Open University

Karnataka State Open University
KSOU Distance Education University, Mysore

Karnataka State Open University is another best university for pursuing distance or correspondence courses.

Various lists of courses provided by this university are Ph.D, M.Phil, Masters Degree in Management, English, Business Administration, Computer Application and many more, diploma courses, bachelors’ degree and post graduate diplomas are also available.