Annamalai University, Directorate of Distance Education (AUDDE) was established in 1979 in the state of TamilNadu. It offers various programmes of study suitable to persons of all walks of life and of all ages. Since its inception this University has aimed at imparting education in all fields of knowledge to thousands of students from across the country and abroad.
Admission to UG and PG programmes are strictly done on the basis of merit. Candidates are further filtered on the basis of their performance in a counselling session.