YCMOU – Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University is the first Open University in India to be conferred the prestigious ‘Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement’ for the year 2002 by ‘The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)’ Canada.

It is a member of various prestigious associations and bodies like the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada to name a few.

 

The University offers undergraduate, post graduate, certificate and diploma courses. YCMOU schools of study include School of Academic Services Division, School of Agricultural Science, School of Architecture, Science and Technology, School of Commerce and Management, School of Computer Science, School of Continuing Education, School of Education, School of Health Science, and School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

 

Admission criteria for any course are on the basis of the applicant’s performance in the admission test. In the circumstances that no test in conducted, admission would be made on the basis of aggregate total marks secured by the candidate in the qualifying examination and marks obtained by the candidate in eligibility subject.