London - a world class university with 150 years heritage of providing degrees by flexible and distance learning.

Many hundreds of our students study their courses in India and take their exams locally. The majority are studying business related courses. Some students study independently but most choose to study at a local teaching institution. See the full list of teaching institutions that teach for our programme in India.

Our qualifications are internationally recognized and portable and many of our graduates have gone on to develop successful careers in business, commerce, law and other areas. Students study and take their exams locally through the British Council. However, if your work or family causes you to move you can take your studies with you as we have exam centres all over the world. Assessment is provided by Colleges which are part of the University of London, so you can be sure of the high quality of the University of London degree.

Many of our students are supported by classes at local institutions. Please see our Directory of Institutions to find out more.

Degrees for that competitive edge:

You can either browse our full list of undergraduate programmes (for holders of A levels, or of equivalent qualifications) or masters programmes or use our 'Find a course' facility.

If you don't hold A levels, we offer the Diploma in Economics. This qualification leads directly on to our degrees in economics, management, finance and the social sciences.

A degree with local recognition

The University of Mumbai has recently agreed to recognise the University of London International Programmes Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences undergraduate programmes, for the purposes of entry into their postgraduate programmes.

Student Ambassadors

Student Ambassadors are graduates who can assist new or prospective students with studying for a University of London degree through the External System. If you'd like to contact an ambassador please see the Alumni area of our website.

some key information translated:

You need english language skills in order to take one of our courses however the following translated sheets in Bengali [pdf: 1pg, 68KB], Hindi [pdf: 2pgs, 31KB]and Tamil [pdf: 1pg, 36KB] may help parents and sponsors.

latest news on recognition in india:

Following the recommendation of the Academic Council, the University of Delhi has decided that the BSc degrees in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences of the University of London International Programmes will be treated as equivalent to the undergraduate Honours degrees of the University of Delhi.

what our students say:

Shubro Mukherjee
BSc Information Systems and Management graduate, India.

Technology consultant,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, India.
“My motivation for studying this degree stemmed from my desire to avoid mainstream technology programmes and instead to look at the subject from a broader social, economic and political perspective. The programme satisfied this desire, making my choice of this subject the best decision I ever made.”