Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University is a public university located in the city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat. The university offers courses through distance education mode and the university got its name in honor of the Indian political leader Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. The university came into existence in the year 1994 and the university now has more than 100 thousand students. The university has established a regional centre on the campus of the South Gujarat University located in the city of Rajkot and has initiated the process of establishment of another regional centre in the campus of North Gujarat University located in Patan. The university has more than 507 study centers and its jurisdiction is spread over the whole state of Gujarat. The university offers education to all irrespective of sex, religion, creed, castes and classes.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University offers education under four different schools namely School of Humanities & Social Sciences, school of commerce and management, school of computer science and school of distance education and technology. The university offers courses under different categories like special B. Ed courses, vocational & Professional courses, PG courses, graduate courses, PG Diploma courses, Diploma courses, certificate courses and Bachelor’s preparatory programmes and the list of courses offered by the university under these categories is given below:

• Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme

Certificate Courses:

• Certificate in

o Food and Nutrition (CFN)

o Computing (CIC)

o Tourism Marketing (CTM)

o Tourism Management (CMT)

o Childcare and Development (CCCD)

o Personal Computer software (CPCS)

o Teaching of English (CTE)

o Environment Studies (CES)

o Participatory Forest Management (CPFM)

o Communication Skills in English : Level-I(CCSE1)

o Computer Concept - BAOU (CCC-BAOU)

o Traditional Birth Attendant (CTBA)

o Better Parenting (CCBP)

o Yog Science (CYS)

o Naturopathy (CIN)

o Human Rights (CHR)

o Panchayatiraj Institute Management (CPRIM)

o Environment Awareness (CEA)

o Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Life and Thought (CALT)

o Physiotherapy for the Blind people-1 (CPB-1)

o Physiotherapy for the Blind people-2 (CPB-2)

o Anganwadi Workers (CCAW)

o NGO Management (CNM)

Diploma Courses:

• Diploma in

o Creative writing in English (DCE)

o Creative writing in Hindi (DCH)

o Financial Management (DFM)

o Advance cost Accounting (DACA)

o Advance Accounting (DAA)

o Insurance (DIN)

o Operation Research (DOR)

o Mother & Child Health & Family Welfare (DMCH)

o Village Health Worker (DVHW)

o Patient care Assistant (DPCA)

Post Graduate Diploma Course:

• PG Diploma in Distance Education

Graduate Courses:

• Bachelor of Arts

• Bachelor of Commerce

• Bachelor of Education

• Bachelor of Library & Information Sciences

Postgraduate Courses:

• Master of Arts in

o English

o Hindi

o Sociology

o Gujarati

• Special Bachelor of Education

Vocational Professional Courses:

• Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

• BCA in Multimedia (BCA-MUL)

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

• BBA In Hotel and Tourism Management(BBAHT)

• BBA in Insurance & Banking (BBAIB)

• BBA in Air Travel Management (BBAAT)

• Bachelor in Media Graphic Animation (BMGA)

• Advance Diploma in Hotel and Catering Management (ADHC)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel and Catering  Management (APGDHC)

• Advance Diploma in Food Processing and Preservation(ADFP)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Food Processing and Preservation (APGDFP)

• Advance Diploma in Media Graphic and Animation (ADMA)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Media Graphic & Animation (APGDMA)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (APGDBA)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (APGDM)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Finance (APGDF)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource (APGDHR)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Insurance & Banking (APGDIB)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Foreign Trade (APGDFT)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (APGDI)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Airport Management (APGDAP)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Airline Management (APGDAR)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Hospitality Management (APGDHM)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Retail Management (APGDR)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Information System (APGDIS)

• Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Aviation Management (APGDA)

• Foreign Language Course

• Foreign Language German

• Foreign Language Spanish

• Foreign Language Japanese

• Foreign Language Chinese

• Foreign Language English

• Foreign Language French

Objectives of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University:

The main objectives with which the university has been established are given below:

• Promotion of educational well-being of the community

• Providing opportunities for higher education to a larger segment of the population

• Encouraging distance education system and open university system in the education pattern of the state of Gujarat

• Dissemination and advancement of knowledge and learning by a diversity of means inclusive of any communication technology