Pondicherry University DDE: fees, courses and admission

Overview

Pondicherry University is a central university set up in 1985 at Kalapet, Puducherry, and has taught by distance since 1995-96. Its Centre for Distance and Online Education (formerly the Directorate of Distance Education, DDE) offers eight MBAs, four-year honours degrees and MA and M.Com courses by distance, with printed study material, contact classes and exams at centres across India.

Type

Central university, Puducherry

Modes

Distance (ODL) only; no online programmes

Sessions

Academic-year batch (July) and calendar-year batch (January)

Study centres

No study centres listed; exams at up to 23 centres across India

Entrance test

None

Courses and fees

Fees are from the CDOE information brochure for 2026-27 and cover the whole course: tuition, study material, registration (₹200), matriculation, the university development fund and other small fees. You pay the first instalment at admission and the rest semester by semester; a late tuition payment costs ₹200, or ₹400 after a month. Exam fees are paid separately on the students portal, and the degree certificate fee is paid with the final exam form; the amounts aren’t published. Differently abled students pay no tuition fee, and some groups, including serving defence personnel and widows, get 50% off tuition. The fee page and FAQ on the site still show older, lower UG and PG fees.

Admission

1. 2026-27 academic-year batch

   Closed. Admission opened on 15 June 2026, was due to close on 15 September and was extended to 13 October 2026.

2. January 2027 calendar-year batch

   Not announced yet (checked 22 October 2026). The centre’s tentative schedule puts the notification in the last week of December, with admissions from 1 January to 28 February.

How to apply

Portal: the university’s website, linked from the university’s website. On 22 October 2026 it showed registration closed for 2026-27. A separate twinning (TPI) mode, through institutions authorised by the university, takes July admissions only. Help desk: 0413-2654439, 2654441, the university’s email.

Eligibility

• MBA

  Any bachelor’s degree from a UGC-recognised university (10+2+3, 11+1+3 or 11+2+2). No entrance test; MBA seats are limited and filled first come, first served.

• MBA Hospital Management

  A degree in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, bio-engineering, bio-sciences or an Indian system of medicine, or any degree with 2 years’ work experience in a hospital.

• MA, M.Com

  MA English, Hindi, Sociology: any degree. M.Com Finance: a B.Com, BBA, BBM, BISM, BA Economics or MBA, a degree with commerce or accountancy, or any degree with CA or ICWA (Inter).

• BA, B.Com, BBA (Hons)

  A pass in 10+2, 11+1 or 11+2, or a three-year diploma.

Exams and study

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