Direct Admission For Directorate of Distance Education, Kuvempu University

Important Dates:

Key Notes

• Carefully Fill Select all the details in the appropriate fields of online application form.
• Ensure the Name of Candidate and the name of Father exactly as in SSLC or equivalent certificate/Marks Card.
• Provide valid Mobile number and Email ID, it will be used for all further communication from the University.
• Before filling online application candidate must be aware of all the information required to fill the online form along with scanned copy of recent photograph ( LESS THAN 1 MB ) and signature ( LESS THAN 1 MB ) in JPEG FORMAT.
• All the candidates should take printout of the application along with challan.
• Candidates should submit the printed application along with all necessary documents (Original Documents like Marks Card and Certificates and a set of Xerox copies of the same, the Original Marks Cards are returned to the candidate immediately after verification) DDE copy of paid challan/receipt.
• Application should be submitted to "Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Kuvempu University, Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta-577451" within 2 days from the application submitted date.
• Candidates applied for Second/Third year courses should submit the printed copy of application along with DDE copy of paid challanreceipt to Directorate of Distance Education (Direct Students) OR concerned study center (STUDENTS OF REGIONAL STUDY CENTERS).
• Information about Contact Classes, Practical Classes, Internal Assessment & Examinations will be intimated to the candidates time by time through notification on DDE website (www.kuvempuuniversitydde.org) or through post or through concerned study centers.
• Payment should be completed within the valid date printed on the bank challan. If the candidate failed to make payment within the valid date printed on bank challan, candidate has to regenerate the bank challan included with late fee. Use the Application/Reference number to get bank challan at DDE Online admission portal.
• Once the register number is generated after the admission approval, the fee paid by the candidate should not be refunded. If the candidate wants to cancel admission before the generation of register number reimbursement of fee paid must be claimed within the same academic year.

Note: Programmes offered by DDE will be subject to the minimum admissions requirement (10 students per course). If any course cancelled, student can opt any other programmes for which they are eligible, if not their fee will be returned.

Application Fee:

Every application for LSC should be accompanied by an Application Fee of Rs.5,000/- in the form of crossed Demand Draft drawn in favour of the ‘Finance Officer, Kuvempu University’, payable at State Bank of India, Jnanasahyadri Branch, Shankaraghatta. This fee is not refundable. 

Registration Fee:

If the College/Institute is selected/permission is granted for LSC, the College/Institute has to pay a non-refundable Registration fee of Rs.20,000/- in case of one course, Rs.40,000/- in case of two courses and Rs.50,000/- in case of three or more than three courses. The Registration fee is to be paid through a D.D. drawn in favour of “Finance Officer, Kuvempu University”, payable at, as given in S.No.14 above. This Registration Fee is to be paid while entering into MOA with the Kuvempu University by the College/ Institute. 

Eligibility Conditions:

For Post Graduate Programmes

M.A. / M.Com.

A candidate who has passed the examination of B.A. or B.Sc. or B.Com., B.B.M., B.B.A. or B.Ed. / B.Tech. / B.Sc. Agri. / B.Sc. Home Science degree of any University recognised as equivalent thereto is eligible to register his/ her name for M.A./ M.Com. first year.

M.Sc.

A candidate who has passed the examination of B.Sc. or B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Sc. Agri. / B.Sc. Home Science or any degree in Science in the relevant subject of science of any University recognised as equivalent thereto and passed the examination concerned is eligible to register his / her name for M.Sc. first year.

B.Lib.I.Sc.

• Any graduate from this university or any other university recognised by UGC is eligible for admission to the B.L.I.Sc. Programme.

M.L.I.Sc.

Any graduate with B.L.I.Sc. or B.Lib.Sc. from any recognised university is eligible for admission to the M.L.I.Sc. Programme.

M.A. in Education

Any Candidate who has passed the three year Degree Examination of this University or any University considered as equivalent thereto and has secured not less than 40% of the marks in aggregate in the examination for the declaration of class is eligible for admission to the M.A. in Education.

M.A. in Hindi

B.A. degree with Hindi as Optional or

• Any graduate with Hindi as language;

• Rashtrabhasha Praveen or Rashtrabhasha Visharad of Dakshina Bharatha Hindi

Prachar Sabha, Madras;

• Rajabhasha Vidwan or Rajabhasha Prakasha Examination of Mysore Riyasat Hindi Prachar Samithi, Bangalore; 

• Hindi Ratna Examination of Mysore Hindi Prachar Parishat, Bangalore;

• Bhasha Praveen Examination of Karnataka Mahila Hindi Prachar Seva Samithi, Bangalore; 

• Visharad (with Hindi Sahitya) or Uttam (with Hindi Sahitya) Examination of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag; 

• Hindi Vidwan Examination with Post/Pre-University Diploma in Hindi;

• Hindi Vidwan of Karnataka Govt. with S.S.L.C. and B.Ed. (Mysore University) (These eligibility conditions are subject to provisions made under the Admission Regulations). 

M.A. in Sanskrit

B.A. degree with Sanskrit as Optional or

• Any graduates with Sanskrit language or Sanskrit minor;

• Candidates who have passed the Vidwan Examination conducted by the Board of Sanskrit Education. Karnataka Govt. (or any other examination considered as equivalent thereto) with basic qualification of SSLC; 

• Graduates who have passed Kannada Pandit Examination of the Govt. of Karnataka. (These eligibility conditions are subject to provisions made under the Admission Regulations. 

For Graduate Programmes

B.A. / B.Com. / B.B.A. / B.Sc.

• Admission to B.A./B.Com./B.B.M. are on the basis of students those have passed either Pre-University or 12th Standard or equalent.
• For B.Sc., candidates should have completed Science PUC or 10+2 or equivalent science Programme.
• Candidates who have passed ITI / JOC / vocational course at any of the recognised institutes within Karnataka are eligible for admissions to B.A., B.Com., B.B.M. and B.Sc.
• The students who have passed 10+2 in National Institute of Open Schooling, New Delhi in the respective Arts/ Commerce/ Science fields can also eligible to apply for UG Programmes.

For Post Graduate Diploma

• Admission for PG Diploma Programmes are on the basis of students having passed any of the Bachelor Degree or equivalent.
• For PG Diploma in Genetics, candidates having graduation in any of the Life Sciences/ Medicine/ Dentistry/ Agriculture Science are eligible.
• For P.G. Diploma in Industrial Safety, candidates having graduation in any of the Science/ Engineering/ Medicine fields are eligible. 

M.B.A. Programme :

• Any Candidate who has passed the three years Degree Examination of this University or any other University considered as equivalent thereto and has secured not less than 45% of the marks in aggregate in the examination for the declaration of class, is eligible for admission to MBA Programme. 
• The candidates must have qualified in the Entrance Test conducted by this University. The weightage for the qualifying Exam and the Entrance Test shall be 50:50. 

Entrance Examination: Entrance Examination will be conducted in select places (towns/cities), details will be intimated to the candidates who apply for admission to the MBA Programme. 

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