Acharya Nagarjuna CDE: fees, courses and admission

Overview

Acharya Nagarjuna University is an Andhra Pradesh state university set up in 1976 at Nagarjuna Nagar, between Guntur and Vijayawada. Its Centre for Distance Education (CDE) teaches postgraduate, diploma and certificate courses by distance only, with printed study material and weekend classes at learner support centres.

Type

State university, Andhra Pradesh

Modes

Distance (ODL) only; no online programmes

Sessions

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

Study centres

Learner support centres for weekend classes

Entrance test

MBA and MCA only: ANU CDE’s own test or ICET

Courses and fees

Fees are ANU CDE’s yearly admission fees for the 2026-27 batch (revised notification of 20 June 2026) and must be paid a year at a time; instalments aren’t allowed. The first-year fee covers tuition and theory, assignment and practical exam fees; the second-year fee also covers the transfer and migration certificates, original degree and consolidated marks memo. ANU says a processing fee may be added but gives no amount. Totals are our sums. Supplementary exams cost extra (₹750 for one paper). M.Sc. Computer Science is ₹22,000 in the first year. The MBA and MCA entrance test fee is ₹500.

Admission

1. 2026-27 academic-year batch

   Closed. The fee deadline was 30 September 2026, or 13 October 2026 with a ₹500 late fee; MBA and MCA admissions after the 20 September entrance test ran to 10 October 2026.

2. January 2027 calendar-year batch

   Not announced yet (checked 22 October 2026). For the January 2026 batch, the last date to pay the admission fee was 25 March 2026.

How to apply

Portal: the university’s website, linked from anucde.info. ANU CDE says anucde.info is its only website and asks applicants not to use the university’s websites or the university’s website. MBA and MCA applicants sit the CDE entrance test (₹500) unless they have an ICET score. Phone: 0863-2346208, 2346214, 2346222.

Eligibility

• MBA

  Any bachelor’s degree (other than BFA and BOL) with 50% marks (45% for BC, SC and ST), with maths at Class 10, Class 12 or degree level, and a pass in the ANU CDE entrance test or ICET.

• MCA

  Any bachelor’s degree with 50% marks (45% for BC, SC and ST) and maths at Class 12 or degree level, plus the ANU CDE entrance test or ICET. B.Com graduates with MEC at Class 12 qualify.

• MA, M.Com

  MA Economics, History, Political Science or Sociology: any bachelor’s degree. MA English: a degree with English. M.Com: a B.Com, BBM or BBA.

• BA, B.Com

  Not offered now. The 2026-27 and January 2026 batches list postgraduate, diploma and certificate courses only.

Exams and study

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