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.
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
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