The institute of distance education is located Senate Campus, at Palayam,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. University of Kerala is one of the pioneering centres of distance learning in the state. Institute of Distance Education has started as a teaching and research department of University of Kerala. The institute was founded in the year 1976. The priorities for will remain the provision of excellent opportunities for learning and teaching, world leading student support, cutting edge research in a broad range of academic disciplines.