Jamia’s distance edu centre launches prospectus for academic session 2025-26

The Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), has launched its prospectus and announced admissions for a wide range of distance and online mode programmes for the academic session 2025-26. The prospectus was released on August 8.

Established in 2002, CDOE currently has more than 20,000 learners enrolled in its programmes. The prospectus was released by Vice-Chancellor Mazhar Asif and Registrar Md Mahtab Alam Rizvi in the presence of M Moshahid Alam Rizvi, Dean, CDOE, and three members of the Prospectus Committee.

CDOE has opened admissions for sought-after postgraduate programmes such as masters in Hindi, Urdu, English, education, geography, history, Islamic Studies, political science, public administration, sociology, commerce, MBA, and MA (HRM), along with undergraduate courses including BEd, BA, BCIBF, BCom and BBA. It is also offering PG Diplomas in guidance and counselling and geoinformatics, along with seven advanced diplomas in areas like logistics and supply chain management, public policy and governance, international relations and global governance, educational media production, mass media (Hindi), mass media (Urdu) and taxation.

This year, two new certificate programmes have been introduced — certificate in information technology and certificate in computer hardware and network technology.

Prospective applicants can access the detailed prospectus and apply online through the official website of the Controller of Examinations at www.jmicoe.in. Applications for non-entrance-based programmes close on August 31, 2025, while MBA and B.Ed. applicants, which require entrance tests, must apply by August 21, 2025.

Appreciating the efforts of the prospectus committee, Vice-Chancellor Asif recommended to the Dean, CDOE, to extend the learner support base throughout the length and breadth of the country and increase the student enrolment of CDOE to better serve the nation as per the New Education Policy (NEP).

Registrar Rizvi congratulated the Dean and assured all possible support to the Centre in realising its objective of catering to the marginalised sections of society.

Rizvi expressed gratitude to the JMI administration for its unwavering support in meeting the requirements for academic and structural strengthening of CDOE, adding that it was due to their guidance that CDOE had succeeded in introducing seven new programmes and establishing two new Learning Support Centres in the last six months.