NOU: Courses, Fees, Contact Details, Facilities

Noora Salam

Nalanda Open University, [NOU] Patna is one of its kind in its region to be an open university and provides distance education. NOU was established in March 1987. Moreover, NOU is the only open university in the state of Bihar, opened to provide education to the people who didn't have the opportunity to attend college. The university accepts various entrance examination scores at the time of admission. A few of the exams accepted by the university are B.Ed. CET/UGC NET/SLET/GATE/UGC-CSIR NET/UGC JRF etc.

Nalanda Open University Patna was named after the famous ancient Nalanda University. Nalanda Open University Patna, Bihar offers academic courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. NOU Patna offers Post Graduate Degree programs, Post Graduate Diploma Programmes, Graduate Degree Programmes, Intermediate programs, and certificate programs. The university also offers placement assistance after the completion of the course.

Table of Contents

• Nalanda Open University Quick Insights
• Nalanda Open University Admission Dates 2024
• Nalanda Open University Courses
• Nalanda Open University Departments
• Nalanda Open University Admission
• Why Choose Nalanda Open University?
• Nalanda Open University Affiliated Colleges
• Nalanda Open University Cut Off
• Nalanda Open University Result
• Nalanda Open University Infrastructure
• Nalanda Open University Placement
• Nalanda Open University Scholarships
• Nalanda Open University Faculty
• Nalanda Open University Alumni

Nalanda Open University Quick Insights 

Nalanda Open University Patna was established in the year 1987 to provide a standard of education as the global requirement, they offer many UG, PG, Certification, and Diploma programs of all disciplines. Here are some of the highlights of Nalanda University Patna that are been simplified to more information about NOU Patna. 

Nalanda Open University Admission Dates 2024

Nalanda Open University admission is done online. Candidates can fill out the application form and submit them along with the application fee of INR 450. The candidates selected for further procedures of admission will be contacted by the team. A few of the tentative dates related to admissions are tabulated below.

Nalanda Open University Courses 

Nalanda Open University offers courses for Undergradution, Postgraduation, certification, etc courses under certain disciplines. The different Courses offered at Nalanda University Patna under various disciples are as follows.

Nalanda Open University Fee Details

Nalanda Open University fee details for a few of the courses are mentioned below.

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Nalanda Open University Departments 

Nalanda Open University has 105 courses and 145 study centres. The University comprises 10 schools/faculties to offer its courses. Some of them are tabled below.

Nalanda Open University Admission 

Nalanda Open University Patna online admission 2024 can be done on the official college website of NOU. For the Nalanda Open University Admission, the forms can be obtained by paying INR 350 through DD from the sales counter of the Nalanda Open University Patna or Candidates can send a demand draft of INR 400 by registered post, in favour of Nalanda Open University, payable at Patna. Candidate admission can also be done online on the Nalanda Open University Patna official website. The applicants have to appear for the Nalanda Open University test of admission. The selected candidates will be called for a personal interview at NOU Patna. When admission is given to successful candidates, a post will be sent to the mentioned address as the admissions are confirmed.

Nalanda Open University Eligibility Criteria

Nalanda Open University Patna various courses under multiple disciplines, and each of the courses has its own eligibility criteria for admission. The eligibility criteria for admission at Nalanda Open University Patna for different courses at NOU Patna are mentioned below.

BA Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate must have passed class 12 with any subjects.

MA Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate must have a bachelor's degree or any equivalent degree in any subject.

PG Diploma Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate must have a Bachelor's degree or any other equivalent degree.

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Why Choose Nalanda Open University?

Founded in the 5th Century A.D., Nalanda is known as the ancient seat of learning. 2,000 Teachers and 10,000 Students from all over the Buddhist world lived and studied at Nalanda, the first Residential International University in the World. It has a built-up area of 60,000 square feet. NOU is also the first open university in Bihar to launch its own mobile Service App through which it can provide all kinds of information to students and people. The mode of teaching at Nalanda Open University Patna is in Hindi and English. But for some subjects, the teaching language can vary at NOU Patna.

Nalanda Open University Academic Advantages

NOU Patna has 57 study cum counselling centres throughout Bihar. It has excellent teaching faculty, most of them being PhD holders and many of them are having years together of teaching experience in the teaching profession. Some of the academic advantages are:

• Nalanda University Patna have all the relevant facilities required for their students to create a better study atmosphere
• They have collaborated with many global universities to adapt them to the change in the standard of education
• Nalanda Open University is also in partnership with many global companies to offer an internship program for their final year students which helps to prepare a research topic, and also provides placement facilities for their students.

Nalanda Open University Affiliated Colleges

Nalanda Open University has different colleges tied up with it as study centres. These affiliated centres are used for conducting classes and are also considered examination centres. A few of the institutes tied up are listed below.

Nalanda Open University Result

NOU result 2022 will soon be released for various UG and PG Courses on its official website available in PDF format. Students who took the exam can look up their percentage and result status online. If a student reaches the minimum qualifying marks, he or she is deemed qualified to pass the exam. All students who took the exam will receive a mark sheet from the university. The results generally get published around 2 months after the exams get over. If the student isn’t satisfied with his/her result, they can apply for revaluation. Students can even choose to apply for a photocopy of the answer script.

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Nalanda Open University Infrastructure

NOU is spread over 40 acres. The university has a well-equipped and fully automated modern office of approximately 60,000 sq. feet, which houses an examination centre for about 1000 students, a state-of-the-art library with about 50,000 titles, and a computer laboratory with about 300 IBM Pentium-4 computers. The NOU Patna library is equipped with a big-size plasma TV screen and DVD to display education-related audiovisuals and computerised projection of other teaching materials.

Some of the facilities offered by the institute are as given below.

• Well-organised and furnished classrooms
• Digital boards to ensure a student has a better learning experience.
• Library
• Gym
• Wi-Fi Campus

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Nalanda Open University Placements

Nalanda Open University offers placement assistance to students seeking challenging jobs in the industry. Along with that, the college also provides training and career guidance services to shape the career of students by developing their personalities. The institute organizes various programs for enhancing the skills of the students and making them prepare for upcoming challenges so that the students can enhance their communication, logical and reasoning, and presentation skills. However, as the university is an open university, no companies visit the university campus for placements. 

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Nalanda Open University Scholarships

Nalanda Open University Patna is a prestigious college that believes in creating an education free of boundations like money. It offers scholarships to students with exemplary academic performance. In addition, the college offers scholarships to economically weaker students. Candidates must meet the eligibility criteria set by the college committee to avail of the scholarships. The university offers a 25% discount to all women candidates who have enrolled in any program offered by the university except PhD programs.

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Nalanda Open University Faculty

Nalanda Open University has around 25 faculties covering all the courses. All the faculties are PhD holders and highly experienced in distance teaching and offline teaching in their respective subjects. The teachers are also highly experienced in guiding students in their research. The faculties have also published their papers in different national and international mediums. Most of the faculties are also authors of great books.

Nalanda Open University Alumni

Nalanda Open University has an alumni association comprising passed-out students from the open university. The alumni association aims on organising meetings and other programs with the members. The convenor and co-convenor of the alumni association are mentioned below.