Mumbai University IDOL (Institute of Distance and Open Learning)

IDOL, part of University of Mumbai, has been providing higher education in Distance mode for the past several decades. Both, the Conventional and Professional Degree Programmes, are facilitated. Guidance and Support is available in person or through e-communications even during off-Office hours.

Students top in Merit list of University of Mumbai and in Civil Service Examinations. Several of the Alumni have opted for higher education or employment abroad.

IDOL provides Open Education in diverse domains that include Carrier guidance, Skill based training programmes in technology, management and fine arts and, training for enhancing employ-ability in niche areas of humanities.

Useful Links

• IDOL Website

Working Students Choose Distance Learning Over College

More and more working students are opting for distance learning rather than opting to take a break from work and pursue full-time college…

The credit-based grading system, which was started in 2011, hasn’t gone down well with most students it seems.

The number of students migrating from Mumbai university-affiliated colleges to the Institute of Distance Open Learning (IDOL) after the system (60 marks for theory and 40 for internal assessment by the college) has gone up in recent times.

Several students in regular colleges have been opting for the IDOL course of late, and the reasons are pretty straightforward:

• The reason is that working students are unable to take part in college activities which are factored in by college managements while granting internal assessment marks. Also, these students are unable to achieve 75% attendance and afford the high fees.
• They have no time to participate in college or fulfil the attendance criteria as per the university rule if they are working while studying. I would in fact encourage students to take admission in IDOL if they are working and cannot give time in college.”
• Students who are working obviously cannot concentrate on projects, seminars and many other things that happen in regular college on which the internal marks depend. That’s the reason most students are going to IDOL from regular colleges.
• The reasons behind this trend aren’t just the 40 internal marks that students have to score by showing their college participation, attendance or internal exams. This is also because the students are working and can’t afford regular college fees, which are higher as compared to IDOL fees.

Mass Open Online Courses or MOOCs have emerged as the most inexpensive mechanism for offering quality education online to a very large number of learners and in addition to traditional course materials like videos, readings and problem sets, it incorporates aspects of active learning, collaborative discussions on forum, online quizzes etc.

Global educational institutions are increasingly adopting MOOCs and given India’s need for reaching out to largest possible number of learners, MOOCs are seen as the best way forward to ensure quality in education and vocational training.

Source: dnaindia.com

B.Com by correspondence from Mumbai University

So can one pursue BCom course from Mumbai university through correspondence? Is there any distance learning program in BCom (Bachelor of Commerce) affiliated to Mumbai university?

Students who have completed their H.S.C examination are eligible for the BCom-Bachelor of commerce course from University of Mumbai.

Mumbai University (MU) Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) offers admission into various UG / PG courses, including BCom. Interested and Eligible candidates have to fill the Application Form from the official website of Mumbai University on or before the last date. Admission to all programmes is done online.

So yes, BCom course can be done through correspondence.

BMS by correspondence from Mumbai university

Can one pursue BMS course from Mumbai university through correspondence? Is there any distance learning program in BMS (Bachelor of Management Studies) affiliated to Mumbai university?

Well, it seems there is no such course right now.

Mumbai University doesn’t provide any correspondence course for doing BMS.

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