Kerala University distance education offers 26 programmes through distance mode, including UG and PG under the department of Science, Commerce, Humanities, Literature, Library and Information Science. The basic eligibility criteria for undergraduate programmes is that the candidates must have passed 10+2 from a recognised board. Whereas, the eligibility criteria for postgraduate programmes is graduation in a relevant discipline from a recognised university. Candidates are selected based on their merit in the qualifying examination for admission.