Ans- Certainly. They are as acceptable or recognized at par by UGC with those issued by other conventional universities. The UGC notification can be accessed from this link https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/5628873_UGC-public-Notice---treating-all-degrees.pdf.

All the programmes and courses offered by UPRTOU have received approval from the concerned statutory regulatory authority (SRA) like;

• The Government of Uttar Pradesh
• University Grants Commission-Distance Education Bureau (UGC – DEB)
• All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
• Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
• National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE)

Ans.    In Distance Education, a learner completes his/her education by studying the study-materials provided by the university sitting at home or other convenient places. There are no regular classes as in other traditional universities.

Ans.    In Distance Education, self-study material is the basis of the whole learning process. Despite the geographical or physical distance between learners and their teachers, a brief contact session or interaction is made through various other means.

Ans.    No. In Correspondence education a learner has to do everything sitting at home. While in Distance Education one has to attend counselling sessions, take practical exams, complete one's assignments and be a part of other related activities. Besides one can also avail university's library facilities.

Ans.    12 regional centres, they help in maintaining liaison between study centres coming under their jurisdiction and the university.

Ans.    They are situated in Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Kanpur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Jhansi, Agra, Ayodhya and Azamgarh.

Ans.    Yes, of course. As Distance learning system is gaining popularity, the number of students going for it is increasing and therefore new regional centres may likely to open in future.

Ans.    University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020 in the Gazette on 04/09/2020. The same can be accessed on UGC website at
https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/221580.pdf

Ans.    The year-wise recognition status of universities approved to offer education through distance mode along with the approved programmes is already in public domain and can be accessed at UGC website www.ugc.ac.in/deb. Kindly make sure to read the notifications at Notice Board before taking admission anywhere. The same can be accessed through website at the following link:

http://www.ugc.ac.in/deb/notices.html

However, the student must confirm recognition status of HEI for ODL system for the session opted for admission. Recognition status of HEI for previous year does not indicate recognition status for next session also.

Ans.    During the period of institutional recognition, the University was required to offer programmes approved by the statutory bodies of the University, after seeking approval of the concerned Regulatory bodies, wherever required. Seeking approval from the respective Regulatory bodies was the responsibility of the university concerned.

Ans.    No institution is allowed to offer technical programme except MBA and MCA through distance mode. AICTE also does not recognise technical qualification except MBA and MCA acquired through distance mode.

Ans.    MBA, MCA, B.Ed. and B.Ed.(Special) are some of the professional programmes.

Ans.    Whole Uttar Pradesh.

Ans.    Yes, University offers admission to pursue Ph.D. programme only through regular mode.     

Ans.    Yes, the admission process begins in January & July in two sessions.

Ans.    No.

Ans.    No, same online process will be adopted followed by verification done by the study centre.

Ans.    These sessions will be referred as July and January sessions respectively.

Ans.    Candidate has to visit the University website www.uptrou.ac.in on the top of Right hand side in Home page Admission panel given. One has to click it and to fill details given.

Ans.    No.

Ans.    No.

Ans.    Admission process is completely online. One has to visit the university website and take admission http://www.uprtou.ac.in/admission_detail_info.php .

Ans.    Students admitted in the first year of July session can't be promoted as a second-year student until next July. Similarly for the January session the admission process is similar to the one followed for 1^st Year.

Ans.    Yes, there is. The students of second and third year can seek admission in their second and third year without having to wait for the results of the first and second year.

Ans.    There is no fee for admission form. The admission to all programmes is done through on-line admission portal which can successes http://admission.onlineuprtou.in/ .

Ans.    No, for these programmes, separate brochures are published and available online.

Ans.    At present 127 programmes are offered by UPRTOU. Some new programmes of UPRTOU have been sent for UGC-DEB approval and will start after this approval.

Ans.    Yes. But one can't choose the programme of the same nature, type or degree he/she is pursuing from another university. And it is mandatory for a learner to inform UPRTOU of his/her admission to another university.

Studying at another institute or university one can choose the following programmes –

Ans.    Yes, a graduate/post graduate learner can choose a diploma or a certificate programme, and a candidate with a PG diploma can choose a certificate programme. But for each programme a separate online application form has to be filled by the candidate. The learner has to also inform the university about his/her another programme.

Ans.    In a particular academic session, the learners are eligible to choose the combination of programmes as mentioned below-

·         A diploma or certificate course along with a graduation programme.

·         A diploma or certificate course along with a post graduation programme.

·         Only one certificate programme along with a diploma course.

·         Two PG Diploma Programmes.

·         Two Diploma Programmes.

Two Certificate Programmes.

Ans.    Yes, two P.G. Diploma Programmes/ two Diploma programmes/ two certificate programmes can be opted at the same time.

Ans.    No.

Ans.    Yes.

Ans.    Bachelor of Science programme in Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Physics, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics.

Ans.    No, these programmes are not offered by the university at PG level.