The Indira Gandhi National Open University ( Ignou) has extended the last date for admission to January 2013 session to December 14, 2012 without late fee and January 8, 2013 with late fee of Rs 200. According to a press statement, earlier, the last date to apply for admission in the January 2013 session was November 30, 2012 without late fee and December 20, 2012 with late fee of Rs 200. The university also invites applications for admission to its MBA programme in banking and finance for January 2013 session.The last date to submit the filled-in application form for the programme at the concerned regional centre is December 20, 2012 and by post is December 5, 2012. Programmes specially offered only in January session are MSc mathematics with applications in computer science (MSCMACS), postgraduate diploma in hospital and health management ( PGDHHM), PG diploma in geriatric medicine ( PGDGM), PG diploma in HIV medicine (PGDHIVM), diploma in nursing administration (DNA) and diploma in critical care nursing (DCCN).

The university has also announced the admissions for masters of computer applications (MCA), MA in rural development, tourism management, English, Hindi, philosophy, Gandhi and peace studies, education, public administration, participatory development, social work, economics, history, political science, sociology, psychology, extension and development studies, gender and development studies, distance education, anthropology, MCom., MSc in dietetics and food services, library and information science.The university also invites applications for bachelor degree programmes like bachelor of computer applications (BCA), bachelor preparatory programme (BPP), BA in political science, history, economics, mathematics, public administration, philosophy, psychology, sociology, English, Hindi, Urdu, tourism studies, social work, library and information sciences, BCom, BSc in physics, chemistry, mathematics, zoology and botany and all diploma and certificate programmes. Student handbook and prospectus is available at all the regional centres of the university, City Centre in the YMCA Tourist Hostel at Connaught Place, as well as in the university's headquarters.