IGNOU admissions 2018: In the current academic session 2018, less than a lakh of female candidates got enrolled at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) against admissions of over two lakh male. According to recent data by IGNOU, less than 40 per cent female students got enrolled for various Bachelor's courses in both open and distance learning programmes. However, the scenario is quite different in post-graduate (Masters programmes) wherein certain disciplines like Master of Arts, Master of Commerce, female enrollment is much higher as compared to male students. In Master of Commerce, out of 22,100 enrolled students, 12,768 students are female and 9,332 students are male. In Master of Arts (Women and Gender Studies), out of 174 enrolled students, 147 are female and 27 are male. IGNOU admissions 2018: Course-wise admission data Bachelor of Arts (BA) Number of male students 1,02,560 Number of female students 64,813 Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Number of male students 596 Number of female students 141 Bachelor of Commerce Number of male students 12,780 Number of female students 7,188 Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy and Finance) Number of male students 1,699 Number of female students 657 Bachelor of Commerce (Corporate affairs and administration) Number of male students 55 Number of female students 41 Bachelor of Commerce (Financial and Cost Accounting) Number of male students 99 Number of female students 47 Bachelor of Computer Applications Number of male students 8322 Number of female students 2213 Bachelor of Science Number of male students 9,631 Number of female students 6,291 Bachelor of Social Work Number of male students 2102 Number of female students 1630 Bachelor of Library and Information Science Number of male students 4928 Number of female students 4344 IGNOU admissions 2018: Post graduate degree programs Master of arts (Women and gender studies) Number of male students 27 Number of female students 147 Master of Arts (Adult education) Number of male students 47 Number of female students 90 Master of Arts(Anthropology) Number of male students 287 Number of female students 254 Master of Arts( Development Studies) Number of male students 172 Number of female students 94 Master of Arts (Distance Education) Number of male students 133 Number of female students 244 Master of Arts (Economics) Number of male students 3183 Number of female students 3254 Master of Arts (Education) Number of male students 616 Number of female students 1140 Master of Arts (English) Number of male students 5482 Number of female students 11,112 Master of Arts (Gandhi and peace studies) Number of male students 46 Number of female students 21 Master of Arts (Gender and development studies) Number of male students 27 Number of female students 81 Master of Arts (Hindi) Number of male students 2,863 Number of female students 6,258 Master of Arts (History) Number of male students 5,949 Number of female students 6,381 Master of Arts (Philosophy) Number of male students 623 Number of female students 379 Master of Arts (Political science) Number of male students 8794 Number of female students 9914 Master of Arts (Psychology) Number of male students 2238 Number of female students 4712 Master of Arts (Public Administration) Number of male students 3348 Number of female students 1653 Master of Arts (Rural Development) Number of male students 2109 Number of female students 1395 Master of Commerce Number of male students 9332 Number of female students 12768. For details on admission related data, please check the official website, ignou.ac.in
