Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University is in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. It was set up in 1920 and is a public/government institution. This page pulls together what the college has on record — courses, fees, admission route, placements and rankings — so you can size it up in one read instead of opening six tabs.
Choosing a college is mostly a question of fit, and fit is specific: the branch you want, what it costs your family, how you get in, and what people who finish it end up doing. A brochure answers none of those honestly. What follows is drawn from Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University's own submitted record, with the gaps left visible rather than filled in.
Where a college sits matters more than students expect. Aligarh shapes which companies visit for internships, what living costs on top of fees, how far you are from home, and what there is to do on a weekend. Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University has been running since 1920, which usually means an alumni network worth something in that region.
Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University at a glance
| Particular | Detail |
|---|---|
| Established | 1920 |
| Type | Public/Government |
| Location | Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh |
| Programmes | 31 |
Anything absent from that table has not been reported by the college on this record — it is a gap in the data, not a zero.
What you can study at Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University
Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University runs 6 programmes. If your subject is not in that list, this is not the college for you — however good its overall reputation.
| Programme | Duration | Total fees |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Library and Information Science | 1 years | ₹8,000 |
| Bachelor of Arts | 3 years | ₹25,500–₹40,500 |
| Bachelor of Commerce | 3 years | ₹15,000–₹28,500 |
| Bachelor of Science | 3 years | ₹36,000 |
| UG Diploma | 1 years | ₹1,900 |
| Post Graduate Diploma | 1 years | ₹4,500–₹10,500 |
Those totals are for the whole course, not per year, and they cover tuition. Hostel, mess and one-time charges are billed separately, so ask for the all-in figure before you compare colleges — two institutions quoting similar tuition can differ by lakhs once residence is counted.
Fees are also the part most reduced by things you may already qualify for. Category concessions, income-linked waivers, institute merit scholarships and national schemes on the National Scholarship Portal all apply to tuition, and they stack more often than families assume. Work out your number after those, not before.
Campus and student life
it also runs programmes in online mode.
Numbers like these only mean something in combination. A large campus with a small intake feels open; the same acreage with several thousand students feels different in the mess queue and the library at exam time. If you can visit, go on a working day and look at the ordinary things — how far the hostels are from the departments, whether the labs are in use, how crowded the common spaces get.
Is Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University right for you?
No page can answer that, but these four checks come closest, and each has its own tab above with this college's own figures behind it:
- The branch, not the college. Teaching and placements vary a lot between branches on the same campus.
- The all-in cost. Total fees plus hostel and living expenses, minus any scholarship or category waiver you qualify for.
- The admission route. Which exam, when it is held, and what rank has historically been enough.
- A visit if you can manage it. Go on a working day. Photographs are chosen; a campus in use is not.
One more thing worth saying plainly: a college is not a verdict on you. Students do well from institutions far down every ranking table and badly from institutions at the top of them, because what you do across three or four years matters more than the name on the certificate. Use the numbers to rule out places that clearly do not fit, then choose from what is left on the things you can actually live with — the branch, the cost and the distance from home.
About this page
Everything above comes from Centre for Distance and Online Education, Aligarh Muslim University's own record and is updated as the college publishes new figures. Where something is missing, it has not been reported yet. For anything that will decide your admission — eligibility, exact fees, seat numbers, deadlines — confirm it with the college directly before you rely on it.