Osmania University Distance Education Fee Structure

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Osmania University Distance Education Course Fee

Osmania University is one of the oldest Universities established in India since pre-independence era. Instituted in the year of 1918, with major emphasis on ‘Urdu’ as the medium of learning, OU is said to be the first to be established in the princely state of Hyderabad. The institute provides higher education through regular as well as distance mode.

Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, Osmania University was established in 1977. Initially, it was called the Institute of Correspondence Courses. The institute offers a number of UG, PG and PG diploma courses in various disciplines.

The key advantage of distance education over regular courses is that these courses are student flexible. The Distance Education courses are designed in such a way that they provide a justifiable flexibility to the students. The institute is recognized by DEC (Distance Education Council).

The university offers courses for distance education/learning which is open to people without any restriction of age with certain minimum Qualifications.

Osmania University Distance Courses

Degree Course
Under Graduate Level
  • B.A–  Political science, Hindi, English, Philosophy, Sociology, History, Sanskrit and Urdu
  • B.Com
  • B.B.A
  • B.Sc – Mathematics and Statistics
Post Graduate Level
  • M.A– Urdu, Hindi, Telugu, Sanskrit, English, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology
  • M.Com
  • M.Sc– Mathematics and Statistics
P.G. Diploma Courses
  • Mathematics
  • English Language Teaching
  • Business Management
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computer Applications
Professional Courses

Osmania University Distance MBA

A two-year Distance MBA is offered by Osmania University.

For the year 2017, online applications were made available from 28.07.2017. The last date for applying online was 5.09.2017 and 10.09.2017 (late payment). The entrance test was conducted on 17.09.2017.

Since it is a distance learning Course, the instructions on the website of the Osmania University makes it clear that:

  • There is no detention system in Distance Learning Education. Students who have failed will also be allowed to continue the course of study for the next year.
  • The above-mentioned students will have to complete the course in six academic years from the date of joining.  Those who could not complete the course within six years, have to re-register by paying Rs.1500/- for every year.  Those who have paid the examination fee three years but failed to appear/appeared and failed only are eligible to “re-registration”. If they could not take benefit of this they have to take fresh admission

Distance MBA Admission Procedure

The students have to register themselves and fill the form online.

  • Candidates have to pay Rs. 500/- as registration fee through online payment methods such as Net banking/Debit cards/ Credit cards. The late applications are charged Rs. 500/-.
  • The registration ID will be sent to the candidate’s Mobile and Email.
  • The students must login using the ID and complete filling the form.
  • Students have to upload required documents to complete registration so they can sit for the entrance test.
  • Candidates have to upload their photo and signature.

Eligibility by Osmania University

Direct Admission

The candidates who have already qualified for ICET (Integrated Common Entrance Test for MBA/MCA) get direct admission to the course.

Indirect Admission

For students not qualifying for ICET, they have to sit for the Entrance Test conducted by the Osmania University. To be able to apply for the examination the candidates must have valid documents proving that they have passed Bachelor’s Degree examination from a recognized institute with at least 50% marks in the final examination.

PGRR Centre for Distance Education, Distance MBA fee

The Distance MBA fee is around Rs. 7500/- for every semester and the duration of the course is 2-years having 4 semesters. The fee has to be paid via the online method such as net banking/credit cards/ debit cards.

The MBA Distance learning programme is a two-year course divided in four semesters, so that comes to be Rs 7,500/- x 4= Rs 30,000.

*Note: Those who have paid the examination fee for 1st year are only eligible to pay 2nd year exam fee.

Osmania University Distance MBA Syllabus

  • The MBA Distance Learning Course is divided into 4 semesters.
  • In all four semesters, the student has to appear for 6 Papers Each.
  • In Semesters 3 & 4 the student has to opt for an Elective out of HRM, Marketing and Financial for which there will be four Papers in total (2 Paper each Semester of 3 & 4).

An Overview of the Syllabus is as such:

1st Semester 2nd Semester 3rd Semester 4th Semester
Organizational Theory and Behaviour Business Laws and Ethics Management Information System Organization, Development and Team Building
Managerial Economics Human Resource Management Business Communications Leadership and Change Management
Financial Acct. and Analysis Economic Environment and Policy Management Accounting Control
Principles of Marketing Financial Management Productions and Operations Management
Statistics For Management Market Research
Introduction to Information Technology Quantitative Techniques for Decision Making

Elective Choices in:

  • HRM
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • There is no concept of rusticating students if they fail to clear their examinations. They are allowed to continue with their course and give the exams next year.
  • Students have to complete the course within 6 years from the date of joining. If they fail to do so they have to re-register themselves by paying Rs. 1500/-.

Osmania University Distance Courses Fee

Course Fee (Rs)
MCA 12000/- per year
PG Diploma in Mathematics. English Language Teaching and Business Management 4000/- per semester
PG Diploma in Bioinformatics 25000/- per semester
P.G. Diploma in Computer Applications 5250/- per semester
M.A 4000/- per year
M.A English 4500/- per year
M.A Psychology 6700/- per year
M.Com 4500/- per year
M.Sc Mathematics 4500/- per year
M.Sc Statistics 4000/- per year
B.A 2500/- per year
B.Sc 2500/- per year
B.Com 3000/- per year
B.B.A 6000/- per year

Important Points

Since it is a distance learning Course, the instructions on website of the Osmania University makes it clear that:

  • There is no detention system in Distance Learning Education. Students who have failed will be allowed to continue the course of study for the next year.
  • The above-mentioned students will have to complete the course in six academic years from the date of joining.  Those who could not complete the course within six years, have to re-register by paying Rs.1500/- for every year.  Those who have paid the examination fee three years but failed to appear/appeared and failed only are eligible to “re-registration”. If they could not take benefit of this they have to take fresh admission.

University Entrance Exam

  • Candidates must download the Hall tickets and paste a recent passport size photograph which is same as the one uploaded in the online form, onto the specified area in the Hall ticket.
  • The photograph has to be self-attested.
  • Candidates have to verify their certificates at the nearest study centre as final confirmation of admission and will have to pay Rs. 100/- as a processing fee to the coordinator of the study centre.
  • Candidates have to go the study centre for verification post publication of results.
  • They must have all Original certificates and one set Xerox copies of each.
  • Post verification candidates have to pay admission fee online within 15 days of confirmation of certificates.

 

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