IGNOU Admission 2025 July: Last Date, Eligibility, Fee, & Course

IGNOU July Session 2025 Overview

Students can enroll in various undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and certificate programs offered by the Indira Gandhi National Open University. IGNOU admission process for IGNOU is available online, making it easy for students to apply from anywhere. A

Students must select their preferred courses, fill out the online application form, upload necessary documents, and pay the application fee. Students can choose from 339 total courses at IGNOU. Among them 295 are IGNOU distance education courses.

Image 1. IGNOU Admission Process

There is multiple entry and exit option available for distance IGNOU programme. Students can also check admission status for IGNOU July Session online after registration process. During the July 2025-26 IGNOU session admission 2025 last date was 30 July 2025.

IGNOU students get study material in online or printed format depending on their choice. To support the distance education and online courses IGNOU contact classes are also provided to enrolled students. These classes are conducted at IGNOU study centres and regional centres.

These IGNOU centres also helps in offline admission process for various IGNOU PG, UG, and other Diploma and certificate courses. Assignments are also given to enrolled students every semester. 

Eligibility for IGNOU Admission 2025

• For IGNOU UG admission students must have a 12th qualification from any recognized educational board. There is no minimum percentage requirement for admission.
• IGNOU PG admission 2025 July Session eligibility criteria is a bachelor’s degree in the relevant stream. Student must produce the degree from a relevant university.
  
• To pursue the IGNOU Diploma and Certificate level courses, students must have a 10+2 from a recognized board. Some courses at certificate level are available after 10th class only. These diploma and certificate courses are skill based IGNOU short term courses. They last for only 6 months to 1 year in duration.
• Admission in 2025-26 IGNOU courses are directly merit based for all courses (except BEd, PBScN, and PhD). An entrance exam is conducted for BEd, Post Basic Nursing (PBScn), and PhD.

Table 1. IGNOU Eligibility Criteria 2025-26

IGNOU BA Admission Eligibility

For the IGNOU Bachelor of Art (BA) programme students should have a 12th pass certificate. IGNOU BA admission also accepts a 12th equivalent diploma. There is no age limit for BA eligibility for the IGNOU admission July session 2025.

IGNOU MA Eligibility July Admission

For the IGNOU Master of Arts admission students can apply after completing their 12th class from a recognized board or an equivalent diploma certificate. IGNOU accepts state board and national board passing certificate like UP Board, CBSE, ICSE, etc. Additionally, there is no age limit as an eligibility criteria for MA admission during the 2025 IGNOU July session.

IGNOU Courses 2025

IGNOU Samarth Portal is designed for the online admission process, but to submit an offline admission form, applicants must go to one of the university’s authorized regional centers. The admission form must be accurately filled out before submission so that the admissions department might not cancel the admission of applied students.

On the IGNOU January Admission page, students will find all the important information. Students are admitted to the university based on their prior academic records, according to the IGNOU prospectus. Students must check out the IGNOU Course List before completing the application form.

Table 2. Type of Courses at IGNOU

IGNOU UG Admission July Session 2025

IGNOU University offers undergraduate programs in the January 2025 academic session. With diverse specializations available in humanities, management, commerce, science, and other fields, IGNOU remains the top choice for students looking for higher education.

IGNOU has started the admission procedure for the Undergraduate level programs for the January 2025 academic session. Those applicants are desire to enroll in a UG-level course can visit the official portal of the university @ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in. INR 300 is the registration fee for all the UG courses at IGNOU, applicants can pay by using a Debit/Credit card or Net Banking.

IGNOU January 2025-26 admission session permits millions of applicants from India and abroad to apply for various undergraduate programs in the following fields; commerce, arts, tourism, social work, computer applications, business & management, vocational, language, and others.

Most of the UG programs at IGNOU do not ask for a minimum mark criteria. Only professional courses like BLIS require a minimum percentage criteria of 50% marks.

Table 3. Popular UG Courses

IGNOU BA Admission

IGNOU Bachelor of Art admission is open for the 2025 session. Students can apply after completing their 12th class. Students can apply online on the admission portal. Many specializations are available for eligible students. Students can join in the courses in History, Arts, Language, and Social Sciences. Major BA courses are BA Political Science, BA English, BA Psychology, etc. 

IGNOU BEd Admission 2025

IGNOU BEd admission will start from January 2025. This course provide professional training in the theory and practical skill of primary education. Students learn the concept of learning theory and curriculum building. With the help of IGNOU study centres they participate in practical classes for BEd practicals.

IGNOU has various assignments and project work in BEd course. Students will be required to register for an IGNOU entrance examination for BEd course. Entrance exam forms can be found on the official website of IGNOU @ignou.ac.in.

IGNOU PG Admission 2025

Indira Gandhi National Open University opened the admission portal for Postgraduate courses in the January 2025 academic session. Admission forms are available on the official website of the university @ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in. IGNOU application fee is INR 300 for all the IGNOU PG programs. This fee is accepted while filling out application forms. IGNOU PG course’s academic fees start from INR 8,400 and goes to INR 45,000.

Indira Gandhi National Open University offers education in more than 57 PG degree programs. There are various famous PG courses such as MBA, MSc, MA, MSW, MLIS, and MCA. Students may apply for a variety of courses in various streams in the January academic session, such as MA in Gender and Development Studies, an MA in Jyotish, an MBA, as well as many other programs across broad ranges of subjects.

School of Science of IGNOU has announced four new Master of Science programmes for the January academic session.MSC in Physics (MSCPH), MSc in Applied Statistics (MSCAST), MSc in Geography (MSCGG), and MSc in Geoinformatics (MSCGI).

Table 4. Popular IGNOU PG Course List

IGNOU MBA Admission July Session

IGNOU MBA Admission Students who are interested in the MBA program can apply before the last date at the official portal of the University. IGNOU MBA 2-year program has a syllabus on Business Management, Finance, Business Communication, etc. Students get a total of 5 specializations –

For the new session, Indira Gandhi National Open University decided not to conduct any entrance tests for MBA admission. IGNOU has revised its admission criteria for the MBA (Banking and Finance) program.

• Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with minimum 50% marks, no prior experience is needed.
• IGNOU MBA Fee: The per semester fee for the MBA program at IGNOU is Rs 15,500.
• MBA Entrance Exam: There is no test for the Indira Gandhi National Open University MBA program.

IGNOU MCom Admission

Master of Commerce distance education is a two year masters programme. Students can apply after passing the eligibility criteria of a bachelor’s degree. For the online admissions MCom candidates will need to register online for admission process on IGNOU samarth student login. There they will be allowed to fill the admission form. After submitting the documents students can pay the MCom application fee. Selected students will be contacted by IGNOU on their email ID.

IGNOU Admission 2025: Diploma and Certificate Courses

Indira Gandhi National Open University started admission for the Diploma and Certificate level program in the January academic session. Applicants can apply for their selected diploma program by visiting the official portal of the university @ignouadmisison.samarth.edu.in.

IGNOU admission 2025 in open for various Diploma and Certificate programs, such as a diploma in horticulture, a diploma in modern office practice, a diploma in aquaculture, a certificate in library and information science, a certificate in disaster management, a certificate in nutrition and child care and so many others.

Table 5. Popular IGNOU Diploma Course List

IGNOU PhD Admission 2025

Indira Gandhi National Open University will soon open the admission portal for the PhD program in the next academic session. The university offers admission to the Ph.D. program only in the July Session. Applicants requested admission to the IGNOU PhD course by filling out the online form by visiting the official website of the University. Selection of the students based on the entrance test for Ph.D. Courses followed by an Interview round. The students can submit admission forms online mode at the official portal.

Eligibility Criteria IGNOU PhD courses are regular doctorate programmes. Students can apply if they have a post graduate degree or an MPhil Degree. Minimum percentage for IGNOU PhD admission is 55%. Reserved category students can apply for PhD with 50% marks in their master’s level degree.

IGNOU Ph.D. Specialization

• Bio-Chemistry
• Chemistry
• Commerce
• English
• Education
• Environmental Science
• Fine Arts
• Hindi
• Journalism & Mass Communication
• Management,
• Music,
• Rural Development,
• Social Work

IGNOU FLIP Courses Admission

There are few Fixed Learning Intake Programmes (FLIP) given at IGNOU. Students can apply to these programmes on a separate admission portal designed specifically for FLIP courses admission 2025. These courses need extra one to one interaction with IGNOU teachers and subject matter specialist because of their nature. These are IGNOU diploma and certificate courses that are related to medicine and para-medical fields. Students can fill the IGNOU form flip 2025 on the FLIP admission portal @ignouflip.samarth.edu.in

IGNOU 2025 Fees

Average PG course fees at IGNOU is in the range Rs.10,000 to Rs.31,000 per year. This amount is accepted through online IGNOU student login 2025. 

UG courses fees at IGNOU range between Rs.Rs.9,000 to Rs.15,000 per year. Similarly for the 2025 January IGNOU session Certificate courses students pay between Rs.6,000 to Rs.18,000.

Apart from these academic fees, IGNOU application fee of Rs. 300/- is paid online. This is a one time payment and it is non refundable. Every semester students pay an IGNOU exam form fee of Rs. 200/- per theory subject. Practical exam form fee is Rs. 300/- to be paid before IGNOU term end examination.

Table 6. IGNOU Admission Fees 2025 Session

Table 7. Important IGNOU Portals

How to Generate a IGNOU DEB ID?

Distance Education Bureau Identification is an online ID that help universities track the distance education credit and marks of students. It is now mandatory to register with the Distance Education Bureau (DEB) and make an ID. This ID is used by IGNOU during the admission process 2025 to monitor the distance education history and records. To make this ID students can visit the official website of DEB @deb.ugc.ac.in/StudentDEBId.

To make the DEB ID students must have an Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) ID. Step by step process to make a DEB ID is:

Step 1: Visit the DEB website @deb.ugc.ac.in/StudentDEBId.

Step 2: On the website a dialogue box is given for DEB ID generation.

Step 3: If the student already has an ABC ID, they can enter the ABC ID on that dialogue box and it will generate the DEB ID.

Step 4: For students that do not have ABC ID, they can visit the digi locker and create their ABC ID there.

Step 5: After creating the ABC ID they can return to the DEB portal to register and create DEB ID.

IGNOU Admission 2025 Process

Step 1: Visit the official website of the IGNOU ODL admission.

Step 2: Open the “New Registration” link.

Step 3: Fill up basic details.

Step 4: Lastly, click over the Register button.

Step 5: A username and password are created for IGNOU admission login and sent to the registered email.

Step 6: Log in to the IGNOU ODL admission portal with the new credentials.

Step 7: Enter academic details like previous degrees and qualifications. Similarly, enter personal details where needed.

Step 8: Pay the IGNOU application fee for 2025. The amount is Rs. 300/-.

Step 9: Submit your admission form 2025. An acknowledgement form is generated, download it. This form has the enrollment number of the applicant.

Documents Needed

IGNOU asks for documents with various details like educational, identification, address proof related documents for the 2025 admission process. These documents are collected during admission as soft copies and when a student is selected for admission, they need to produce these documents for offline verification. Following documents are needed –

• Scanned Coloured Photograph
• Signature copy
• Job Experience Letter (if applicable)
• 10th Mark Sheet
• 12th Mark Sheet (if needed)
• Bachelor’s Degree (for required courses)
• Category Document (if needed)

Note:The portals for distance and online portals are different. Students must visit the portal for the type of course they are aiming for.

Offline IGNOU 2025 Admission at Regional Center

Step 1: For taking admission in the 2025 session using offline IGNOU services visit nearby regional centre.

Step 2: Ask for the office of “Student Service Cell” at the regional centre or study centre.

Step 3: Talk to an IGNOU there and get the offline admission form.

Step 4: Fill the form using a ball pen.

Step 5: Fill accurate details and attach photocopies of needed documents. (see full list above)

Step 6: Pay the application fee online.

Step 7: Submit the form to complete IGNOU offline admission 2025.

IGNOU Re-Registration 2025

For the 2025 July session IGNOU will open the re registration process. Online and ODL (UG, PG, and some Diploma) courses enrolled students will now apply for re admission at IGNOU. Students can open the official re-registration portal of IGNOU @onlinerr.ignou.ac.in to complete the procedure. IGNOU re-registration is the process in which already enrolled IGNOU students register themselves for the next semester. This process is repeated after every term end examination.

How to Fill the IGNOU Re-Registration Form

• Open the re-registration website on the browser.
• Read the instructions given on the home page.
• At the end of the instruction select proceed for Re registration.
• Sign-in with IGNOU online student login.
• Select the course and year to continue for the registration process.
• Enter the details in the application form.
• Pay the IGNOU re registration fees of Rs. 200/-.
• Submit the form and save the acknowledgement page.

IGNOU ODL vs Online Courses

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has commenced admissions for the January 2025 session. Students can enroll in a variety of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and Online Learning (OL) courses across certificate, diploma, and degree programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Although both ODL and Online mode of programme do not have regular physical classes, but there are a few differences between them.

Table 8. Difference Between Online and Distance IGNOU Programs

What is IGNOU Samarth?

Online web portal by for student login is called IGNOU Samarth. It is provided to help students track their distance education courses. After admission students can use their enrollment number and the password provided to login to the online portal @ignou.samarth.edu.in/index.php/site/login.

How to create IGNOU Student Login

IGNOU student login is the process of registering for the admission process 2025. Students can visit the IGNOU 2025 portal and click on register now to create the “ID“. Candidates do not require to pay any amount for creating IGNOU student login. Students mention their name, email address, mobile number, etc for getting the student login. Students can use the student login to get their admission status, assignment status, & study centre details.

Step 1: Visit the web portal for IGNOU student login 2025 process. ODL and Online courses have different admission links.

Step 2: On the admission portal register for new admission. Click on “New Registration”.

Step 3: Fill in the contact details of email and mobile number.

Step 4: New IGNOU login username and password are sent to the given email id.

IGNOU Admission Status 2025

Indira Gandhi National Open University candidates who have applied to the university can check their IGNOU status from here. After registering themselves with IGNOU for their selected program, students can check whether their admission status 2025 is updated or not. Indira Gandhi National Open University admission status can be checked on the official admission check portal.

Students can open the portal and log in with their enrollment number and subject code to get the status of IGNOU admission. All the important information is uploaded to this official portal by the administration to make the admission process more transparent.

Check Status on IGNOU Student Login 2025

Step 1: Applicants/students need to visit the admission status portal of the university.

Step 2: After opening the portal, enter the enrollment number and program code.

Step 3: Click on the “Submit” button.

Step 4: Admission status for the entered enrollment number will be displayed on the screen.

IGNOU Multiple Entry and Exit

IGNOU also offers flexible admission options with multiple entry and exit opportunities. This is allowed across programs like BCom and BSc. According to the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, a student can exit an IGNOU degree program before the completion of the full course.

Now students can exit with a small Diploma or Certificate level degree from their undergraduate degrees. But they do not lose their academic credits and can get a UG certificate or a Diploma.

Table 10. IGNOU Multiple Entry Exit Policy

Currently among the IGNOU courses BA, BSc, BCom, and BCA programmes supports multiple entry and exit option.