If you are from South India, You must have heard the name of Anna University. The university main campus is located at Guindy, Chennai. Anna University is known as a technical university in Tamil Nadu.
Anna University was established in 1978 and offers both regular and distance education courses.
Globally, the trend of online learning or distance learning is increasing. Since the penetration of internet and the internet speed has increased, a lot of good solutions to deliver online education have come up in the market. Now universities are adopting them to offer distance education.
Anna University is not an exception in following this global trend. The university has created the centre for distance education for delivering distance learning courses to the masses.
With the centre for distance education, Anna University is offering professional courses to working professionals.
Anna University distance education MBA and the online MBA courses are most popular professional courses that university offers.
Both the distance education MBA and online MBA courses offered by Anna University are a 2 years degree programme.
The minimum duration to complete the courses is 2 years and maximum is 4 years.
In this article, we will discuss about the eligibility criteria, MBA specializations, admission process and other relevant details of the Anna University distance learning MBA and Anna University online MBA courses.
Anna University Distance MBA
The 2-year distance education MBA program offered by Anna University enables students to understand the key practices and functional areas of business management that will help them becoming a better leader in their respective field.
Anna University Distance MBA Specializations
The university offers the following MBA specializations to choose from
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Services Management
- General Management
- Technology Management
- Health Services Management
Anna University Distance MBA Eligibility Criteria
Student must be a graduate in any discipline in order to be eligible for Anna University distance education MBA course. The graduation degree must have been obtained after 10+2 or equivalent.
Students are also required to clear the Distance Education Entrance Test (DEET) conducted by the CDE, Anna University, Chennai.
Anna University Distance MBA Fee Structure
The total fee for distance education MBA from Anna University is INR 56150/-. The fee can be paid at the beginning of each semester.
At the start of the first semester, students need to pay INR 18650 as the first semester fee. In the subsequent semesters, students need to pay INR 12500 per semester.
More details about the Anna University distance MBA fee is mentioned in the below table.
| First Semester | Every Subsequent Semester | ||
| Admission Fee | Rs. 850 | Tuition Fee | Rs. 3000 |
| Tuition Fee | Rs. 3000 | Learning Material Development | Rs. 1000 |
| Cost of Regulation & Syllabus Book | Rs. 300 | Learning Aids | Rs. 3000 |
| Course Development Fees | Rs. 4000 | Course Development Fees | Rs. 4000 |
| Refundable Caution Deposit | Rs. 5000 | Facilitation fee | Rs. 1500 |
| Facilitation fee | Rs. 1500 | ||
| Learning Material Development | Rs. 1000 | ||
| Learning Aids | Rs. 3000 | ||
| Total | Rs. 18,650 | Total | Rs. 12,500 |
Fee is payable in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of the “Director, Centre for Distance Education, Anna University Chennai” and payable at Chennai.
Students who have obtained their graduation degree from outside Tamil Nadu, an admission fee of Rs. 400 has to be paid as recognition fee at the time of admission.
Admission Procedure
Students who meet the eligibility criteria of Anna University distance education MBA program can apply for admission.
There will be two admission cycles every year i.e Academic year cycle and Calendar year cycle. That means students can apply for admissions twice in a year.
All admission will be given based on the performance in the Distance Education Entrance Test (DEET).
All students, who will clear the Distance Education Entrance Test (DEET), will be provisionally selected for admission. The university will prepare a rank of all the students how have qualified the DEET and final selection will be done based on the rank obtained in the entrance examination.
For students who have qualified the TANCET examination, a separate list will be prepared and published.
Special Note to Students
- It is required to produce all the mark sheets and provisional or original degree at the time of admission. No admission will be provided without producing these documents.
- Students who have obtained their graduation degree in “Off Campus” system are not allowed for admission.
- Students who are already pursuing any other P.G course from Anna University or any other university are not allowed for admission.
Contact Details
Centre for Distance Education
Anna Univeristy
Chennai
600025
Anna University Online MBA
The online MBA program offered by Anna University is a 100% online program that enables students to pursue a MBA degree from the comfort of their home.
The online MBA course was started by the university to keep up with growing popularity of online courses in India.
The course is offered by the online cell of center of distance education at Anna University.
Similar to the distance MBA program, it is also a 2-year (4 semester) MBA course that is offer General MBA and MBA in Business Analytics as specializations to students.
The Online MBA from Anna University includes more than 700 hours of learning in each semester.
The study material includes audio and video content, digital self-learning material, digital forum, and assessments.
Eligibility Criteria for Anna University Online MBA
Students with 3 years or 4 years graduation degree after completing 10+2 from a recognized board are eligible for the Anna University online MBA program.
All students seeking admission in the online MBA program are also required to clear the Online Education Entrance Test (OEET). The test will be conducted by the Anna University.
Fee Structure for Anna University Online MBA
The total fee for Anna University online MBA program is INR 1,00,000/-. Students can pay INR 25,000 at the begening of each semester.
Admission Procedure for Anna University Online MBA
The admission process for Anna University online MBA is completely online. Students seeking admission need to visit the Anna University official website to start the registration process.
As we mentioned above that eligible students need to clear an entrance exam to qualify for admission.