IGNOU Bachelor’s Degree Courses After 12th

Last Updated on July 31, 2023 by Vishnu Nambiar

Have you passed 12th standard? Are you interested in pursuing a good Bachelor’s Degree course through distance learning? If yes, this article will be of help to you. Here, I’ve listed down some of the best distance learning programs (Bachelor’s Degree) offered by IGNOU.

IGNOU stands for Indira Gandhi National Open University. It is the most popular Open University in India. Students from around India pursue various academic programs through IGNOU’s distance learning programs.  

  IGNOU is known to cater to the needs of 8th pass, 10th pass, 12th pass, Graduates and PG candidates. This article will be of help to 12th (Arts, Commerce and Science) pass students! Also check – IGNOU Diploma courses after 12th.   Before heading to the meat of the matter – IGNOU’s Bachelor’s Degree courses after 12th – let us check out some basic details about the different types of courses offered by this open University. Here they are –

Types of Degrees offered by IGNOU

As I mentioned before, IGNOU caters to the needs of students belonging to the following levels – 8th pass, 10th pass, 12th pass, Graduates and Postgraduates.   IGNOU offers Degrees belonging to the following levels –

• UG (Undergraduate)
• PG (Postgraduate)
• Doctoral

Apart from that, IGNOU also offers non-credit programs. But I’m not mentioning them in this article.   IGNOU’s distance programs are available in the following domains and disciplines –

• Science
• Agriculture & Allied areas
• Law
• Management
• Business
• Commerce
• Arts
• Education
• Languages
• Social Science
• And more….

Let us check out the course formats now. Here they are –

Course formats

IGNOU offers the following types of courses –

• Certificate courses (UG)
• Diploma courses (UG)
• Bachelor’s Degree courses (UG)
• PG Diploma/Advanced Diploma courses (PG)
• PG Certificate courses (PG)
• Doctoral Degree courses (PG)

In this article, we will focus on Bachelor’s Degree courses only. Students who have passed 12th standard are eligible to pursue these programs.

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  Here’s the list of distance education courses –

List of IGNOU Bachelor’s Degree courses after 12th

• B.Sc. [General] (12th science stream pass)
• B.Sc. [Honors programs]
• BA [General] (12th pass)
• BA [Honors programs] (12th pass)
• BCA (12th pass)
• B.Com. (12th pass)
• B.Com. [Honors programs] (12th pass)
• BBA (12th pass)
• BBA [Specialization programs] (12th pass)
• Bachelor of Social Work (12th pass)

Duration

• B.Sc. (General and Honours) programs have a course duration of 3 years.
• BA (General and Honours) programs have a course duration of 3 years.
• B.Com. (General and Honours) programs have a course duration of 3 years.
• BBA (General and Specialization) programs have a course duration of 3 years.
• BSW course is 3 years long.