Increase in registration for online courses; BBA, MBA most popular says UGC

According to official data provided by UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar, the two most popular online undergraduate courses are bachelor's degrees in business administration (BBA) and computer applications (BCA). 13,764 students signed up for the BBA programme overall, 5,166 for the BCA programme, and 4,028 for the Bachelor of Arts programme.

Meanwhile, for postgraduate courses, Masters of Business Administration (MBA) remains the most preferred online programme with 28,956 students enrolled in the course. A total of 5,430 students enrolled in the Masters of Computer Application followed by Masters of Commerce with 3300 students enrolled. The enrolment data includes applicants from both India and abroad.

There has also been a significant increase in the number of students who enrolled in online courses from 2020-21 to 2021-22. In 2020-21, a total of 25,905 students registered for online programmes which nearly tripled to 72,400 enrolments in 2021-22.

“Online programmes provide a window of opportunity to many students who are unable to join physically in a college or University. There is a steady increase in the number of enrolments in online programmes. However, this will pick up further once we announce the National Digital University together with flexible online education regulations,” UGC Chaiman tweeted.

Deemed-to-be universities have received the maximum number of enrolments (36,860) followed by private universities (19,547) and central universities (6888).