YCMOU 2025: Courses, Admissions, Fees, Placements & Rankings

Did you know: The university’s scenic 147-acre campus near Gangapur Dam, Nashik, is uniquely named "Dnyangangotri", meaning River of Knowledge.

The headquarters of the University is located in Nashik. It is the Fifth Open University in the nation. The vision of YCMOU is to become a mass varsity, reaching out to people across the country. 

Key Highlights of YCMOU

The Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University offers several courses. These courses are provided at the UG and PG levels in course disciplines, like Science and Business & Management Studies, etc. Applicants seeking YCMOU admission may go through the table given below, offering course-wise eligibility and fees information:

The University adopts the Scholarship Schemes of the Government of India and Government of Maharashtra for students falling under Scheduled Cast (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backwards Classes (OBC), Special Backwards Classes (SBC), Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribe (VJNT), Poor Class from the General Category for pursuing higher education. The prominent Schemes are –

1. Government of India Post Matric Scholarship

2. Post Matric Scholarship to OBC Students

3. Post Matric Scholarship to SBC Students

4. Post Matric scholarship to VJNT Students

5. Rajashri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Shikshan Shulka Shishyavrutti Yojana

These schemes are monitored by the following Departments:

1. Social Justice and Special Assistance Department

2. Tribal Development Department

3. OBC, SBC, VJNT and SBC Welfare Department

4. Directorate of Higher Education.

Currently, the scholarships under these schemes are provided for pursuing the following educational programmes:

1. Bachelor of Arts (BA)

2. BA (Mass Communication & Journalism)

3. Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

4. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

5. Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

6. Bachelor of Library & Information Science (B.Lib)

7. B.Ed Special Education

8. Master of Arts (English)

9. Master of Computer Application (MCA)

10. Master of Commerce (M.Com)

11. Master of Library & Information Science (M.Lib)

12. M.Sc. (Environment Science)

13. Master of Business Administration (MBA)

National Service Scheme

The University introduced the National Service Scheme (NSS) in 2006. Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University is the pioneering Open University to have been bestowed the honour of introducing the National Service Scheme among all National and State-level Open Universities. The activities of NSS are primarily focused on –

1. Increasing women's enrollment in education and integrating them into the mainstream of education.

2. Generating social awareness, comprehension in society and inducing people to take up collective efforts to eliminate problems.

3. Building leadership traits and skills among students and equipping them with the capacity to lead people for socially beneficial purposes.

4. Weakening the social evils such as dowry, superstitions, tobacco & alcohol usage, etc.

5. Building the personality of students with a social orientation, attitude & philanthropic nature.

The NSS units have planned different activities in the areas according to social & economic conditions and the needs of local people. These conditions are area & region-wise different, and therefore area & conditions-based activities are prioritised. Some of the prominent activities are

1. Generation of awareness regarding the need for cleanliness & inducing people to join the cleanliness drive.

2. Women empowerment programs, girls & women education, and avoidance of child labour.

3. Conservation of the environment, plantation of trees, conservation of water resources & safeguarding them from any form of pollution, prohibition on the use of plastics & embracing environmentally friendly ways of living.

4. Blood donation camps, Eye donation camps & general health awareness camps

There are 2,700 NSS units in all 8 regions, and activities are planned in the locality and study centre area. The University gets a grant from the Government of Maharashtra for running different socially useful activities through the National Service Scheme.