Distance Education in IGNOU

About IGNOU University

Admission

The admission process takes place throughout the year as per the academic calendar.

The announcements are published through national and regional media newspapers. The application forms and prospectus are available at the regional centres and also at the University website.

Tentative Dates

Management Programs

Admission announcements are issued twice a year March/April and September/October. Entrance Tests are held twice a year on the first Sunday of February and on the first Sunday of August.

For BA (Bachelor of Arts), B.Com(Bachelor of Commerce), B.Sc(Bachelor of Science), BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications), BTS(Bachelor of Tourism Studies), MA(English), MA(Hindi) admission announcements are issued in May/June session for July session

Admission to Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) Advanced Diploma in Information Technology (ADIT), programs are available through a national entrance test, which is conducted on the first Sunday of August.
Advertisement inviting applications for the entrance test is usually issued in April/May

For Commonwealth Executive Master of Business Administration (CEMBA) and Commonwealth Executive Master of Public Administration (CEMPA) the advertisements are issued in April and October every year for the entrance tests to be held in May and November for July and January Session respectively.

For Bachelor's Preparatory Program and all Certificate Programs (Except Certificate in Rural Surgery(CRS) and Certificate in Teaching of Primary School Mathematics(CTPM) there is walk-in-admissions throughout the year. Application forms submitted between 01 June and 30 November will be considered for January session while applications received between 01 December and 31 May will be considered for July session.

For Doctoral programmes, application forms submitted between 01 April and 30 September are considered for January session while applications received between 01 October and 31 March are considered for July session

For all other programmes admission announcements are issued in May/June and the last date for submission of filled-in application forms is 15 September. The academic session starts from 01 January.