IGNOU offers a number of scholarships to its students, which include Government-funded scholarships:

  • Government of India Scholarships: IGNOU students who belong to reserved categories, such as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), are eligible for government scholarships. These scholarships are offered by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the University Grants Commission (UGC).
  • IGNOU Internal Scholarships: IGNOU also offers a number of internal scholarships to its students, such as the IGNOU Merit Scholarship, the IGNOU Need-Based Scholarship, and the IGNOU Sports Scholarship. These scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit, financial need, and/or sporting achievement.
  • Scholarships from other organizations: There are also a number of scholarships offered by other organizations, such as the National Scholarship Portal (NSP), the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), and the State Governments. These scholarships are open to all students, regardless of whether they are studying at IGNOU or another university.

To find out more about the scholarships that are available to IGNOU students, please visit the IGNOU website or contact your Regional Centre.

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Overall Rating (Out of 5)

3.6

Based on 630 Verified Reviews

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3.1
Infrastructure
3.5
Faculty & Course Curriculum
3.8
Crowd & Campus Life
3.4
Value for Money
4.1
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Rahul kumar | Master of Commerce (M.Com.) (MCOMOL) - Batch of 2023
Offered by Centre for Online Education, IGNOU
Reviewed on 21 Apr 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Value for Money 5
The classes are clean with big windows providing good ventilation.

Learning Experience: Everyone will get placement based on the knowledge and how they used to prepare what they have to taught so placement is completely on their self preparations they provide the support but we have to prepare and we have to select for that interview that is important and placement provided by that college

Placements: From 7th semester students become eligible for campus placements. Infosys, zscalar ,TCS and many more companies visits. Highest package is - 15- 20 lakhs . 70% of students get placements from our ...

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Adya Chaturvedi | Master of Arts in Population and Family Health Studies - Batch of 2023
Reviewed on 18 Apr 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Value for Money 5
College provide industrial visit frequently.

Learning Experience: offers internship opportunities in following companies- Google Kaggle NPTEL Capgemini Hacker Rank etc. These intership span multiple discipline, provide students with practical experience with industry exposure.

Placements: Placement of college is very good and one of the best in chhattisgarh, highest 28 LPA and average is 6.5 Lacs Per Year. 80% Students get placed, major recruiters are Microsoft, Adobe,Hacker Rank, Tech Mahendra.

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Anonymous | Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 19 May 2024
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2.6
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 1 Value for Money 3
The college is good if your purpose is to join distance education.

Placements: There is no such assurance of placement with IGNOU but there are many career options like that of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor. The best thing about the college is that I can pursue my graduation while I work full time. There is no such thing as internship provided by the campus, you will have to do everything on your own. The college will only provide you with the course and exam details, that's it.

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Gaurav Vashisht | B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science - Batch of 2022
Reviewed on 18 Apr 2025
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1.0
Placements 1 Faculty & Course Curriculum 1 Value for Money 1
Mat lenaMat lena yahan admission—na padhai, na placement, sirf time barbaad.

Learning Experience: Worst university I've ever seen?poor facilities, bad faculty, zero support.

Placements: Bilkul bhi placement nahi hai?na guidance, na opportunities. Total scam.

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Subhkumar Sharma | BBA in Retailing - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 17 Apr 2025
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5.0
Placements 1 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Value for Money 5
Great for working pros aiming for top roles or retail sore entrepreneurs or family business.

Learning Experience: This course contains deep knowledge of retails traditional and online both gives deep insights of How retail sector words, and the best part is this also gives you practical experience through their practicals and intenship required for this course.

Placements: Placement is not the key here they help with it but practically speaking this degree is for people who area already working and want degree to qualify for top roles and examination.

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Yashika gupta | Integrated B.A.. + B.Ed. in Special Education - Batch of 2026
Reviewed on 26 May 2024
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2.6
Placements 1 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 3
Review of Indira Gandhi National Open University.

Placements: It is an open university so you can get any placement here. So I would recommend that if someone wants to live a college life, they should opt for a regular college, not this one. Because here, you won't experience anything. And classes are not good as well. It is not worth it.

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Q:   How can a student avail scholarships at IGNOU University?
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Students of IGNOU can collect the scholarship forms from the Directorate of Social Welfare (DSE) or the office of the Social Welfare Officer (SWO) in their state, fill them out, and submit them to the Regional Director at the Regional Centre where they are admitted/registered for the programme. In the next step, the Regional Director will then certify the forms. After certification, the students can collect the forms from the Regional Centre and resubmit them to the Social Welfare Officer or Directorate of Social Welfare in their state for scholarship or reimbursement of programme fees.

Q:   Does IGNOU offer scholarship to its students?
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Yes, IGNOU offers scholarships to students based on both need and merit basis. IGNOU students belonging to reserved categories, such as Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), are eligible for fee exemption or reimbursement from IGNOU. However, all of it depends on the IGNOU university scholarship rules and regulations. Additionally, all these students are eligible for government scholarships as well.

Q:   Does IGNOU offer scholarships to SC/ST or other categories?
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IGNOU students, who belong to the SC/ ST/ OBC/ Minority/ PWD categories, may be eligible for fee waiver/ exemption/ reimbursement/ scholarship schemes offered by the MHRD/ UGC/ various state governments/ government departments depending upon the eligibility criteria of the students. For eligibility and procedural details, interested students should contact the concerned agencies. More information can be found in the latest IGNOU Common prospectus, which is available on the IGNOU website.

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