Pondicherry University

The Pondicherry University was established in October 1985 by the Government of India through an Act of Parliament. Being a Central University it is fully supported by the University Grants Commission. The University is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and has signed Memorandum of Understanding with several foreign Universities / Institutes.

The Pondicherry University has more than 250 active and erudite members in Different Schools, Departments and Centres / Units. Currently there are around 2,200 students pursuing their Post-Graduate and Doctoral Programs in the campus.

These apart, several thousand students are on the rolls of the University through the Directorate of Distance Education, the Community College and 74 affiliated Colleges contributing to the richness of the University's learning experience.

The University in the academic year 1955-96, entered the field of distance education to cater to the needs of the student community. The courses offered by the Directorate are innovative and job oriented. The programs such as MBA Marketing Management, MBA Financial Management, MBA Foreign Trade and PG Diploma in Software Marketing are some of the very first programs to be launched through Distance mode in the entire Asian continent.

But there is a marked difference between the conventional Distance Education Programs and this Innovative Twinning Program is that instead of the usual ten day Personal Contact Programs the students would undergo a rigorous extended classroom session extending up to a maximum of 120 days.