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The University: Prominent Features

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), established in 1985, aims to democratize higher education and provide access to quality education for all. Serving over 2.6 million students across India and 36 countries, it offers around 315 academic programs through a vast network of support centers. IGNOU is recognized for its unique features, including flexible study options and its status as the largest Open University globally, having received an A++ rating from NAAC.

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The University: Prominent Features

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), established in 1985, aims to democratize higher education and provide access to quality education for all. Serving over 2.6 million students across India and 36 countries, it offers around 315 academic programs through a vast network of support centers. IGNOU is recognized for its unique features, including flexible study options and its status as the largest Open University globally, having received an A++ rating from NAAC.

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THE UNIVERSITY
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was established in 1985 through an Act
of Parliament to achieve the following objectives:
 democratizing higher education by taking it to the doorstep of the learners
 providing access to quality education to all those who seek it irrespective of age, region,
religion and gender
 offering need-based academic programmes by giving professional and vocational
orientation to the courses
 promoting and developing distance education in India
 setting and maintaining standards in distance education in the country as an apex body.
The University began by offering two academic programmes in 1987, viz., Diploma in
Management and Diploma in Distance education, with a strength of 4528 students. Today, it
serves the educational aspirations of over 2.6 million students in India and 36 other countries
through a network of 21 schools of studies and a network of 69 Regional Centres, over 2063
learner support centres and about 25 overseas centres across 15 nations. The University offers
about 315 academic programmes comprising of 95 programmes at certificate level, 26 at
diploma level, 63 at post graduate diploma level, 31 at UG level, 62 at PG level and 35 at
doctoral level, with strength of around 420 faculty members and academic staff at
headquarters and regional centres and about 36000 academic counsellors from conventional
institutions of higher learning, professional organizations, and industry among others.
Prominent Features
IGNOU has certain unique features such as:
 international jurisdiction
 flexible admission rules
 individualized study: flexibility in terms of place, pace and duration of study
 use of latest information and communication technologies
 nationwide student support services network
 cost effective programmes
 resource sharing, collaboration and networking with conventional universities, open
universities and other institutions/organizations
 socially and academically relevant programmes based on students need analysis
 convergence of open and conventional education systems
Important Achievements
 Awarded A++ rating by NAAC
 Emergence of IGNOU as the largest Open University in the world
 Recognition as Centre of Excellence in Distance Education by the Commonwealth
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