Online BA · Eligibility

Online BA Eligibility 2026: Marks, Age & Criteria

Online BA eligibility for 2026: minimum qualification, marks required, work-experience relaxations and entrance requirements.

Online BA eligibility

Educational qualification

A pass in 10+2 (or an equivalent qualification) from a recognised board, in any stream, subject to the individual university's requirement.

Minimum marks

University-specific. Some universities publish a minimum aggregate in Classes 10 and 12; others admit on the qualification alone, sometimes with a relaxation for reserved categories.

Subject background

Not usually required for the general BA. A few universities ask for a specific subject, such as English, to have been studied at the school level for particular specialisations.

Entrance examination

Most universities in this dataset admit directly on the qualifying marksheet, without a separate entrance test, though this can vary by institution and specialisation.

Eligibility criteria vary between universities and can change between admission cycles. Verify the current requirement for the specific university and admission year before you apply.

University-wise BA eligibility

Eligibility for the Online BA is not a single national rule — each university sets its own qualifying marks, relaxations and entrance requirement inside the UGC framework. 1 of 33 universities here reference an entrance or aptitude test (KUK CDOE); the rest admit directly on qualifying marks.

  • Amity Online

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • VGU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • LPU Online

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • DU SOL

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • IGNOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • Chandigarh University

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • NSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    4 years
  • KSOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • Subharti University

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • BAOU

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • Uttaranchal University

    Eligibility
    10+2 in any stream from a recognised board.
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • Parul University

    Eligibility
    10+2 in any stream from a recognised board.
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • SMU Online

    Eligibility
    10+2 or equivalent qualification
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    —
    Duration
    3 years
  • KUK CDOE

    Eligibility
    Completion of required senior-secondary (10+2) qualification from a recognised board, subject to programme-specific rules
    Minimum marks
    —
    Entrance
    Not required, as per the supplied admission information (admission based on eligibility, application, document verification and fee payment)
    Duration
    3 Years

If you fall just short of a marks bar at one university, check the next row before assuming you are ineligible — the same degree is often open elsewhere at a lower cut-off.

Universities offering Online BA

Amity University Online logo

Amity Online

Amity University Online

₹1,15,000 total

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Lovely Professional University Online logo

LPU Online

Lovely Professional University Online

₹98,400 total

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University of Delhi – School of Open Learning logo

DU SOL

University of Delhi – School of Open Learning

₹31,860 total

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Indira Gandhi National Open University logo

IGNOU

Indira Gandhi National Open University

₹13,200 total

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Chandigarh University Online logo

Chandigarh University

Chandigarh University Online

₹1,35,000 total

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More on Online BA

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Online BA FAQs

It is the Bachelor of Arts degree studied through a university's online mode, with digital classes, study material, assignments and university-specified examinations. The degree is awarded by the university itself.

Validity depends on the university and on the regulatory entitlement or approval that applies to that specific programme for your admission period. Verify the status for the exact university, programme and academic year before enrolling.

Recognition is programme-specific, not universal. Check the university's UGC entitlement status for the online mode, for the BA specifically, and for your admission year, rather than assuming it from the university's overall reputation.

Three years across six semesters in most programmes. Some universities publish a maximum permissible duration that allows completion over a longer period under a credit-based system.

A pass in 10+2 from a recognised board, in any stream, is the common requirement. Minimum marks and any subject-specific condition are set by each university.

Fees are set by each university, so the range is wide. The university comparison on this page shows the published figure for each programme in our dataset, and marks anything we could not verify as "Not specified".

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