UGC Approved Distance Education Universities in India

In this competitive world of professionals, it is quite difficult to gain a foothold right from the beginning of the career. Where many students opt for the regular courses from renowned colleges and universities, a large number of students seek UGC approved distance education universities in India for their higher studies.

Nowadays, students are very concerned about the studies and are way ahead, in terms of knowledge, skills and learning, as compared to the students of earlier ages. Gone are those days when parents used to impose their career choices to their children. In these times, students start planning their career right from the age of 10 or so and select stream & course accordingly. While the competition of being on the top of the world is at its peak, plenty of students stuck between the modes of study they should opt for, i.e. Distance or Regular. Nevertheless, pursuing distance courses in India is still one of the hot topics of the debate in the education world. Where one set of students go for regular colleges, the other ones get into the dilemma whether the distance learning universities in India are worth enough or not.

Seeing the immense rise in the numbers of students seeking distance education in India, the amount of good distance learning universities is also increased. However, it also escalates the chances of universities being bogus. Where the University Grants Commission (UGC) became more focused towards the establishment of the distance universities, it also became aware of the quality of education the distance universities in India are providing.

Every year, UGC prepares a list where it segregates the universities as per their quality of education and credibility. Here, in this article, we have compiled a state-wise list of UGC approved Distance Education Universities in India for the year 2020.

Distance Education Universities in Andhra Pradesh

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha	Deemed University
2	Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM)	Deemed University
3	Acharya Nagarjuna University	State Government University
4	Sri Venkateshwara University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Assam

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Assam Don Bosco University	Private State University
2	Tezpur University	Central University
3	Krishana Kanta Handique State Open University	State Open University
4	Gauhati University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Bihar

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Patna University	State Government University
2	Magadh University	State Government University
3	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University	State Government University
4	Jai Prakash University	State Government University
5	Nalanda Open University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Chhattisgarh

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	PT. Sunderlal Sharma Open University (PSOU)	State Government University
2	Dr. C. V. Raman University	Pirvate State University

Distance Education Universities in Delhi

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	School of Open Learning, University of Delhi	Central University
2	TERI University	Deemed to be University
3	Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan Deemed University	Deemed University
4	Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)	Central University
5	TECNIA Institute of Advanced Studies	Private Institute
6	National Institute of Health & Family Welfare	Government Institute
7	All India Management Association	Private Institute
8	Institute of Rail Transport	Private Institute
9	Jamila Millia Islamia	Central University

Distance Education Universities in Gujarat

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Entrepreneur Development Institute of India	Private Institute
2	Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University	State University

Distance Education Universities in Haryana

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Guru Jambheshwar University for Science and Technology	State Government University
2	Kurukshetra University	State Government University
3	Maharishi Dayanand University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Himachal Pradesh

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Himachal Pradesh University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Jammu and Kashmir

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	University of Jammu	State Government University
2	University of Kashmir	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Karnataka

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Mangalore University	State Government University
2	Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samsthana	Deemed University
3	Kuvempu University	State Government University
4	National Law School of India University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Kerala

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Kannur University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Madhya Pradesh

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic University	State Government University
2	Mahatama Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidayalaya	State Government University
3	Dr. Hari Singh Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar	Central University
4	Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University	State Government University
5	Jiwaji University	State Government University
6	Barkatullah University	State Government University
7	Awadhesh Pratap Singh University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Maharashtra

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	International Institute of Population Sciences	Deemed University
2	Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwad University	State Government University
3	Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning	Private Institute
4	Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti Gyan Mandal	Private Institute
5	Bharati Vidyapeeth University	Deemed University
6	Indian Institute of Material Management	Private Institute
7	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Deemed University
8	MIT School of Distance Education	Private Institute
9	Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	Deemed University
10	Shivaji University	State Government University
11	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)	Deemed University
12	Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research	Private Institute
13	Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU)	State Open University
14	Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya	Central University
15	University of Mumbai	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Meghalaya

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Mahatma Gandhi University	Private State University

Distance Education Universities in Mizoram

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	ICFAI Mizoram	Private State University

Distance Education Universities in Orissa

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Asian School of Business Management	Private State University
2	Sambalpur University	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Puducherry

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Pondicherry University	Central University

Distance Education Universities in Punjab

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	I.K. Gujaral Punjab Technical University	State Government University
2	Lovely Professional University	Private State University

Distance Education Universities in Rajasthan

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	Univeristy Type
1	Jaipur National University	Private State University
2	Suresh Gyan Vihar University	State University
3	Bhagwant University	Private State University
4	Jagannath University	Private State University
5	Vardhman Mahavir Open University	State Open University
6	Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University, Jaipur	Private State University
7	NIMS University	Private State University

Distance Education Universities in Sikkim

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Vinayaka Missions Sikkim University	State University
2	Institute of Chartered Finance Analysis of India (ICFAI)	Private University

Distance Education Universities in Tamil Nadu

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Tamil Nadu Open University	State Open University
2	SASTRA University	Deemed to be University
3	Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha	State Government University
4	Tamil University, Thanjavur	State Government University

Distance Education Universities in Telangana

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), University of Law	State Government University
2	Maulana Azad National Urdu University	Central University
3	PS Telugu University	State Government University
4	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University	State Open University
5	Dravidian University	State Government University
6	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	State Government University
7	Osmania University	Telangana
8	The ICFAI Foundation for Education Hyderabad (IFHE)	Telangana

Distance Education Universities in Tripura

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University	Private Institute
2	Tripura University	Central University

Distance Education Universities in Uttar Pradesh

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Institute of Management Technology	Private Institute
2	UP Rajarshi Tandon Open University	State Open University
3	Aligarh Muslim University	Central University
4	Integral University	Private State University
5	Teerthanker Mahaveer University	Private State University
6	Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHIATS)	Deemed to be University
7	Swami Vivekanand Subharti University	Private State University
8	NIMT	Private Institute
9	NIMT Institute of Technology & Management	Private Institute

Distance Education Universities in Uttarakhand

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya	Private State University
2	ICFAI University	Private State University
3	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES)	Private State University

Distance Education Universities in West Bengal

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	Netaji Subhash Open University	State Open University
2	University of North Bengal	State Government University
3	University of Burdwan	State Government University
4	University of Kalyani	State Government University
5	Vidya Sagar University	State Government University
6	Rabindra Bharti University	State Government University

Adding to the list of UGC approved distance education universities in India, these are some universities whose recognition status has been withdrawn by the UGC in the year of 2020.

S. No	Name of University/ Institution	University Type
1	University of Kerala	State Government University
2	Jodhpur National University	State University
3	University of Calicut	State Government University

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