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Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was founded in 1985 through an Act of Parliament. It offers high-quality education through the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode. Currently, the public university has 67 regional centres, 21 schools, 29 international partner institutions, around 2,665 learner support centres and more than 3 million students.

It offers around 228 certificate, degree, diploma and doctoral programmes in various fields of education. IGNOU was upgraded to the South Asian region's STRIDE (Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education) in 1993.

Indira Gandhi National Open University Admission

To secure admission in IGNOU, you will have to register online on the IGNOU admission portal.

• Admission to the majority of the programmes at IGNOU is granted based on the candidate's merit and score in the qualifying degree.
• However, the university also conducts an entrance test for certain courses. Those seeking admission in management courses will have to clear OPENMAT , an entrance test held twice a year.
• For securing admission to Bachelor of Education Programme, the applicant will have to get through a national level entrance exam.
• Also, to be considered eligible for admission in IGNOU, an applicant must have received at least 50% marks in the qualifying examination.

Indira Gandhi National Open University Placement and Salary Trends  

IGNOU has an excellent Campus Placement Cell (CPC) that conducts off-campus and on-campus placements for the students. The information regarding all placement drives conducted by the CPC is updated on the university's website regularly.

The registered students are also informed via email or SMS. Taking into account the cost-effectiveness and affordability of the university's programmes, the placements secured by the students can be considered a great return on investment (ROI). Various well-reputed companies visit the campus to hire talented and qualified graduates. 

These companies include some well-established names:

Indira Gandhi National Open University Scholarships

All applicants have to pay the full fee at the time of admission. However, IGNOU students from reserved categories (Physically Handicapped, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes) are entitled to fee reimbursement from the governments of their states. Also, the university's students are eligible for the National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People (NCPEDP) scholarship scheme for postgraduate level programmes. Students can apply directly to the awarding authority directly.

Indira Gandhi National Open University Projects

IGNOU undertakes several projects as initiatives by its centres, schools and cells aimed to create, enhance and disseminate knowledge. Some of the successful projects carried out by the university include Rajiv Gandhi Project, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, Sahabhagi Vikas Niyojan (SAVINI), Commonwealth of Learning Literacy Project and IGNOU-UNESCO Gender Training Project.