IGNOU- Courses, Fee, Eligibility, Admission & Entrance test 2020

About IGNOU

Indira Gandhi National Open University was established in 1985 by an act of parliament.
the university started with the strength of 4528 students by offering education in two academic programs
(i) Diploma In Management
(ii) Diploma in Distance Education

Today the university has a strength of over 3 million students from Indian and Abroad.
The university has 21 schools and 67 regional centers and 29 international partner institutions.
The university offers 228 academic programs including certificate, diploma, degree, and doctoral programs.
The university has a strength of about 810 faculty members, and 574 academic staff at the headquarter and regional centres.

Schools of Studies

IGNOU comprises of 21 schools which offers 280 programmes including doctoral, degree, diploma, and certificates programs to the students from all parts of India and Abroad.

• School of Agriculture (SOA)
• School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
• School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
• School of Education (SOE)
• School of Engineering and Technology (SOET)
• School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
• School of Foreign Language (SOFL)
• School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS)
• School of Health Sciences (SOHS)
• School of Humanities (SOH)
• School of Inter-Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SIOTS)
• School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
• School of Law (SOL)
• School of Management Studies (SOMS)
• School of Performing and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
• School of Sciences (SOS)
• School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
• School of Social work (SOSW)
• School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management (SOTHSM)
• School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
• School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)

Institutes/Centres

• Baba Saheb Ambedkar Convention centre(CC)
• Campus Placement Cell (CPC)
• Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA)
• Centre for online Education (COE)
• Electronica Media Production centre (EMPC)
• Hindi Cell (HC)
• Horticulture Cell (HC)
• National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
• National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education (NCIDE)
• National ODL Centre for Local Government (NOCLG)
• Public Information Unit (PIU)
• Research Unit (RU)
• Security Development (SD)
• Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE)
• Students Service Centre (SSC)
• Vigilance Cell (VC)

Regional Centres

Regional centre means a centre which is established by the university for coordinating and monitoring the work of study in any region and for performing other functions.
The University comprises of 56 regional centres and 11 Recognized regional centres. the university operates with the help of these regional centres and extends the network of IGNOU to the deprived, rural, remote, socially and physically disadvantaged segments of the population.
These regional centres help in providing quality and cost-effective education to these peoples.

List of Centers

IGNOU Courses & Fee structure

IGNOU offers more than 280 programmes to its students including doctoral programmes, master’s programmes, bachelors programmes, diploma, advanced diplomas, PG diploma, certificates and non credits courses. The university also offers education to the rural, remote, physically and socially deprived classes of society.

Doctoral Degree

M.Phil. Programme

Master’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Diploma Courses

PG Diploma Courses

PG and Advance Diploma

PG and Advanced Certificates

Certificate Programmes

Non-Credit Programmes

IGNOU Courses Eligibility

The university has prescribed eligibility criteria for the students seeking admission in IGNOU.
IGNOU does not conduct entrance exams for each course (Except management programs and B.Ed. program). The admission to various courses is offered on the eligibility criteria of the course.
The candidates seeking admission into IGNOU must fulfill the eligibility criteria of the respective program.
The complete information about the courses along with eligibility criteria is available on the university website www.ignou.ac.in
The candidates can get all information regarding the respective course here.

IGNOU Admission Process

• The admission process for Indira Gandhi National Open University is made online by the university.
• The application form for admission in various programmes is available on the official website of the university ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in or ignou.ac.in
• The application form other than the online mode will not be accepted by the university.
• The candidate does not need to visit the regional centre for admission form.
• The admission into various programmes of the IGNOU will be considered on the basis of eligibility.
• The university has decided eligibility criteria for the programmes. The candidate who fulfils the eligibility criteria will be selected by the university.
• The candidate must fill the online application form and submit it with self-attested documents required by the university.
• the candidate does not have to appear for any entrance test for admission in IGNOU (Except for the admission in management programmes and B.Ed. Programme)

Submission of Online Application Form

The candidate filling the IGNOU application form must follow the foolowing steps:

• The candidate should Open the URL (https://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in)
• the candidate must complete the registration process on the website.(it will create ‘User Name’ and ‘Password’ for the candidate).
• ‘User Name’ and ‘Password’ is informed at registered mobile number and email address through SMS and email.
• The candidate should Re-login to the system using ‘User Name’ and ‘Password.’
• The candidate must fill Admission Form online.
• The candidate must upload his recent passport size Photograph (maximum size 100KB  in JPG format).
• The candidate must upload his specimen signature (maximum size 100KB  in JPG format).
• The candidate must upload scanned copies of the relevant documents (maximum size 200KB each document in JPG/PDF format).
• The candidate must read the instruction and declaration carefully by clicking the ‘Declaration’ box.
• The candidate must review his data and confirm the details.
• The candidate should Make a payment of Fee through the Credit Card/Debit card/Net Banking.
• The payment confirmation message is sent to the candidate through SMS and email.
• Press the Next button to see the form preview.
• After the final submission of the online application form, the candidate may download the filled-in application form and keep a printout for your record.
• The application fee for IGNOU admission form is 1000/– course.

Documents required at the time of application form filling.

• Scanned Photograph (less than 100 KB)
• Scanned Signature (less than 100 KB)
• Scanned copy of Age Proof (less than 200 KB)
• Scanned copy of relevant Educational Qualification (less than 200 KB)
• Scanned Copy of Experience Certificate (if any) (less than 200 KB)
• Scanned Copy of Category Certificate, if SC/ST/OBC (less than 200 KB)
• Scanned Copy of BPL Certificate, if Below Poverty Line(less than 200 KB)

Entrance Test

• The Indira Gandhi National Open University conducts entrance test for admission into some of its management programmes and B.Ed. programme.
• The Online admission test for management programmes is named OPENMAT.
• The exam is conducted twice a year.
• The online admission test for B.Ed. programmes is conducted by NTA every year on national level.

OPENMAT

• IGNOU consider the admission into its Management programs on the basis of merit of OPENMAT exam.
• The exam is conducted twice a year.
• NTA is the governing authority that conducts the OPENMAT exam.
• The candidate seeking admission in management programs of IGNOU are advised to fill the separate application form available at the NTA website ntaignou.nic.in
• The application fee for the OPENMAT entrance exam is Rs. 1000/-
• The candidate must deposit the fee online using debit card/ credit card/ net banking only.
• The admit card will be issued to the candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria.
• the admit card will not be issued to the candidates whose application form is found incomplete.
• The candidate should note that no admit card will be sent to the candidate by post.
• The candidates are advised to download the admit card form the NTA website.
• The candidate should report at the given time and date at the prescribed test centre for the OPENMAT test.

Programmes offered through OPENMAT entrance test are:

• Master of Business Administration
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
• Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management
• Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management
• Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management
• Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets Practice

Steps to complete the application process

• The candidate must apply for online registration (fill in the basic details) and note down the system generated Application No. for future reference
• The candidate must fill the online application form
• The candidate must upload scanned images of the candidate’s photograph (between 10 kb – 200 kb) and candidate’s signature (between 4 kb – 30kb) in JPG/JPEG format
• The candidate must make payment of fee using debit card/ credit card/ net banking and keep the proof of fee paid.
• The candidate must print at least four copies of confirmation page after successful remittance of fee

B.Ed. Entrance Test

• IGNOU offers admission into B.Ed programs on the basis of merit obtained in the B.Ed. entrance exam conducted by NTA on a national level.
• The candidate willing to take admission in B.Ed programme must appear for this entrance test.
• The entrance test will be conducted by NTA.
• The admit card for the entrance test will be uploaded on the NTA website.
• The candidate is advised to download the admit card from the NTA website and keep the admit card for future reference.
• The final admission to the program shall be subject to their rank in the merit list in the Entrance Test and production of proof of their eligibility at the time of the last date of submission of application for admission to B.Ed.programme along with original certificates and programme fee.
• Candidates seeking admission to the B.Ed. programme are advised not to pay the programme fee along with the online entrance form.

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