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UPRTOU: fees, courses and admission
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open UniversityPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Fees and rules checked on 21 October 2026
January 2027 admission: UPRTOU hasn’t announced it yet. The July 2026 session closed on 13 October 2026 after a final extension.
Overview
UPRTOU is Uttar Pradesh’s state open university, set up at Prayagraj in 1998. It teaches by distance (ODL), with printed study material and counselling at study centres in colleges across the state.
- Type
- State open university
- Modes
- Distance (ODL) only in 2026-27
- Sessions
- July and January
- Study centres
- Colleges across UP, under 12 regional centres
- Entrance test
- None for the MBA or MCA
Courses and fees
MA (English, Hindi, History and others)
2 years
₹8,000a year
Most MA subjects; Home Science is ₹12,000
Get fee detailsFees from UPRTOU’s 2026-27 admission brochure. Each is a yearly fee that covers that year only, and is paid again for each later year. Registration (₹500, not refunded) and exam fees (₹150 a paper) are extra. Printed study material is included; if you take soft copies instead, you can claim 15% of the fee back by writing to the admission office within 7 days of admission.
Admission
- July 2026 session
Closed on 13 October 2026, after a final extension from 7 October.
- January 2027 session
Not announced yet (checked 21 October 2026). The brochure says January-session applications run from 1 January to 15 March.
How to apply
Portal: the university’s website · Aadhaar is needed for the ABC and UGC-DEB IDs · No cash payments · MBA and MCA seats are filled first come, first served.
Eligibility
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MBA
A degree in any subject with 50% marks (45% for SC and ST), or three years of managerial or supervisory work after graduation.
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MCA
BCA or a computer science degree with 50% (45% reserved), or another degree with maths and 50%. Without maths you also need a PGDCA, A-Level, CCC or similar certificate.
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BA, B.Com, BBA, BCA
A Class 12 pass. The BCA also accepts a three-year polytechnic diploma or a two-year ITI after Class 10.
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MA, M.Com
A bachelor’s degree. Some MA subjects, such as Statistics, need a related degree.
Exams and study
Term-end exams are written at an exam centre; the December 2025 list had 149 centres across the 12 regions. Semester exams start around 15 December and 1 June.
Printed material comes by registered post. Assignments are downloaded from the university’s website, handed in at your study centre and count for 30 marks; the exam counts for 70.
Colleges across Uttar Pradesh serve as study centres, under regional centres at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Agra, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Jhansi, Ballia and Ayodhya.
UGC recognition. UGC-DEB’s 2026-27 list recognises UPRTOU for 36 distance (ODL) programmes. The MBA, MCA, BBA, B.Com, BA, M.Com and most MA subjects are recognised up to January 2028 and the BCA up to July-August 2030. UPRTOU is not on UGC-DEB’s online lists.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an entrance test for the UPRTOU MBA?
No. MBA and MCA admission is direct and first come, first served. For the MBA you need a degree with 50% marks (45% for SC and ST), or three years of managerial or supervisory work after graduation.
How much is the UPRTOU MBA?
₹20,000 a year in 2026-27, so ₹40,000 for two years if the fee stays the same (our sum). Registration (₹500) and exam fees (₹150 a paper) are extra.
Can I study at UPRTOU online?
Not for a degree in 2026-27. UGC-DEB lists UPRTOU for distance (ODL) programmes only. Its Centre for Online Education offers e-SLMs, a learning management system and live classes.
Where are UPRTOU exams held?
At exam centres across Uttar Pradesh; the December 2025 list had 149. You can write the exam in Hindi or English. A change of centre is allowed only for reasons such as illness, marriage or a job transfer.
When is the next UPRTOU admission?
The July 2026 session closed on 13 October 2026. January 2027 admission hasn’t been announced (checked 21 October 2026); the brochure says January-session applications run from 1 January to 15 March.
If UPRTOU isn’t the right fit
UPRTOU teaches by distance only. IGNOU offers distance and online courses with admission twice a year, and UGC-entitled private online MBAs start at ₹67,000 in total (Mangalayatan University, fee checked 17 October 2026).
Other universities in Uttar PradeshPrivate online universities
Sources
- UPRTOU Information Brochure 2026-27 (the university’s website), pp. 19–22, 28–30, 33–36, 39–48, 49, 67, 79, 81, 87, 112, 137–139, read 21 Oct 2026.
- UPRTOU admission notice of 7 Oct 2026 extending July 2026 admission to 13 Oct 2026, read 21 Oct 2026.
- UPRTOU notice for SLM option, July 2026 session (15% refund for soft copies), read 21 Oct 2026.
- UPRTOU Samarth admission portal (the university’s website), registration status page, read 21 Oct 2026.
- UPRTOU December 2025 exam centre list; Centre for Online Education page, read 21 Oct 2026.
- UGC-DEB list of HEIs recognised for ODL programmes, 2026-27, S.No. 90, pp. 89–91.
- NAAC certificate and quality profile, 3 January 2023 (the university’s website).