IGNOU 38th Convocation 2025 date announced, Apply for convocation degree.

 38th IGNOU Convocation in 2025: Date & Venue

IGNOU has announced the 38th Convocation date via official notification. IGNOU 38th Convocation scheduled to be held on date of 5th March 2025. This date was most awaited for the students seeking for degree certificate. The students who have completed course in June 2024 and December 2023 are eligible for 38th Convocation. Degree can be downloaded from DigiLocker online after convocation function.

IGNOU Convocation will be organized at IGNOU Head Quarters and simultaneously at 39 Selected Regional Centers across the country. The function was widely telecasted on Gyandarshan Channel, YouTube live and IGNOU’s Official Facebook page for watching.

Eligibility for Gold Medal, check IGNOU 38th Convocation Gold medalist

Students who has completed their entire programme successfully in December 2023 or June 2024 TEE Examinations are eligible for 38 Convocation. No academic activity should be pending in terms of Assignment , Exam, Practical/ Project (if any). The "Status" Column of each subject should reflect as "Completed" in the Grade Card. Nearly 3 Lakhs students are eligible for convocation 2025. This count includes the student from various Degrees /Diplomas/ Certificates Programmes and Ph.D Programmes.

In 38th convocation of IGNOU, total 63 candidate are selected for  gold medal. The name of programme under which gold medal to be given are MEG, MAAN, MACSR, MAPC, BAHIH, BED, MAEDU, MAH, BAECH, MBF, MCA_NEW, MSCIS, MSCRWEE, MTTM, BAG, MAJY, BCA, MADP, MHA, BAVTM, BHM, MADVS, MCOM, BSCG, MAUS, MBAHM, BSCANH, BSWG, MSW, MHD, MLIS, MSCCFT, BED, BED, BLIS, MBAMM, BASOH, MAPY, MEC, BSCBCH, MAUD, MPS, MSK, BBARL, BCOMG, MBAFM, MSCENV, BTS, BAHDH, MARD, MPA, MSO, BED, BAPSH, BAPCH, MGPS, MSWC, BAPAH, MAARB, BSCN, MBAOM, BAEGH, PGDAW. 

To secure the IGNOU convocation degree various evaluation components are given a proportionate amount of weight when determining the final grade. When a learner successfully completes the required credits for a given programme, they are granted certificates, diplomas, or degrees during the Convocation in the headquarters and at Regional Centres simultaneously. In all the programmes of the university, outstanding students who complete their programmes within the minimum stipulated time are awarded gold medals.

Convocation application Last date and fee.

According to convocation notification, last date of online portal for registration and remitting the requisite fee will be remain open till 25th February, 2025. The eligible students who have not paid the requisite registration fee of Rs.600/- per certificate online for the 38th Convocation, so far, may pay the requisite fee through official link  https://onlineservices.ignou.ac.in/convocation/ or online as and when the portal opens.

Student need to apply online for convocation and pay the fee to receive the degree. All those eligible students who have not applied for IGNOU Convocation 2025 can apply fast before the closure of link.

IGNOU Convocation fee for PG Certificate/ Certificate programmes (6 months duration) is Rs. 200/- and for Ph.D / M.Phil/ Master Degree/ Bachelor Degree/ PG Diploma/ Diploma programmes is Rs.600/- .

How to apply for IGNOU Convocation 2025

38th IGNOU Convocation registration form is open. Student can apply for IGNOU convocation before last date. Student can apply for convocation in just 6 steps. While registering for convocation, Students will be given option “To Attend Convocation in Person or receive Degree/Diploma by Post”. So you can select the option as per your convenience to procure degree in PRESENCE or ABSENTIA.

Below is the instruction and pictorial step for “How to Apply /Register for IGNOU Convocation”.

Step 1 : Visit the official ONLINE Portal for 38TH CONVOCATION.

Step 2 : Click on "New User Registration" Link.

Step 3 : Enter your  Email, Mobile and set a password for your account and submit the form.

Step 4 : Again login with by entering Your Enrollment and Password (created at above step).

Step 5 : Enter your Address and other details.

Step 6 : Upload required document, Pay the Fee and submit Form.

You are done with Convocation registration. Snapshot of convocation dashboard is pasted below.

Click here to apply for IGNOU Convocation 2025.

List of IGNOU Regional Center conduction 38th convocation

39 IGNOU Regional Centres are selected to organise the 38th convocation function. These centers are Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Cochin, Darbhanga, Dehradun, Deogarh, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Karnal, Khanna, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi-2, Panaji, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Saharsa, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Vatakara, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam.

Chief guest for IGNOU 38th Convocation

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister of Education will be the Chief Guest of the IGNOU Convocation 2025 at New Delhi.  In the previous year 2024, Sri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Hon'ble Vice-President of India, was  the Chief Guest for the function at IGNOU Hq New Delhi.

Invitation to students for Convocation 2025

As per notification issued for IGNOU 38th Convocation only selected students of UG and PG,  who have paid the fee online and consented to attend the function will be invited for function based on capacity of function hall. The parent Regional center will ensure that  venue can accommodate the expected number of students. Further only those students will be invited for local function whose degree has been received at Regional center. Students will be communicated by the concerned Regional Centre via email/ SMS / Website / social media etc.

How to Collect degree certificate after convocation.

The Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates can be collected from the next day of the convocation. It is to be collected from the parent Regional Centres. For paid cases if degree is not collected by student within 10 days time then certificate is sent by the concerned Regional Centres by post to the address of the students mentioned in the online portal.

Degree certificates will be dispatched to only those 

1. Eligible students who have paid the fees of Rs. 600/- of the Regional Centres where Convocation is not to be held,
2. Eligible students who have been invited to attend the convocation, but could not attend and
3. Eligible students who could not be invited.

Old Student who could not attend the IGNOU Convocation or has not pay the convocation fee can click here for guidance.

Degrees of students belonging to nearby Regional Centers (wherever Convocation is not happening), will be dispatched to the respective Regional Centers. The students need to collect their degree/diploma one day after the convocation either in person or by post from their Parent Regional Centers.

IGNOU Convocation 2025 for student of Delhi NCR Regional Center

Convocation function will be organized by RC Delhi-2 for NCR Students.. IGNOU RC Delhi-2 RC will coordinate the function. The selected students will be invited via email to attend the 38th convocation function at venue.

IGNOU 38th Convocation dress code issued

IGNOU has defined the dress code for male and female students. These students should wear the following dresses to attend the convocation ceremony.

Male Students should wear White / Off white or cream coloured Bharatiya Paridhan (Indian Dress) preferably made of Handloom / Khadi. While Female Students can wear  White / Off white or cream coloured Bharatiya Paridhan (Indian Dress) Sari or Salwar Kurta or Salwar Kameej, etc. preferably made of Handloom / Khadi in Convocation .

Student will be provided IGNOU Scarf at the payment of nominal security deposit (refundable). No robes or cap will be provided by IGNOU, however student can hire the same from rental costume shop.

Important points of IGNOU Convocation 38 in a nutshell

Report on 37th IGNOU Convocation 2024

IGNOU 37th Convocation 2024 was conducted on 20 February 2024 (Tuesday). Convocation timing was preponed to 9.30 AM at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Bhawan (Convention Hall). Earlier the timing was scheduled at 11.00 am. Sri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Hon'ble Vice-President of India, was  the Chief Guest for the function at IGNOU Hq New Delhi.

The proceedings of programme telecasted live on Gyan Vani, GyanDarshan, Swayam Prabha, Doordarshan, webcast through IGNOU Web Site and through social media platforms (facebook, twitter etc.) of the University. In 37th IGNOU Convocation nearly 3 Lakh student were eligible for conferring degree which is the highest number ever compared to previous convocations.

Report on IGNOU 36th Convocation 2023

36th Convocation of IGNOU was conducted on 3rd April 2023, Monday at 11 a.m. in the main venue at IGNOU HQs and through digital mode at 36 selected Regional Centers across the country. In this function the degrees were conferred to the eligible IGNOU learners. Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Hon'ble President of India was the Chief Guest at IGNOU HQ, New Delhi. Further, Each Regional centre invited a “Guest of Honor” (GOH) for convocation function at their centre locally.

Total students 279917 had successfully completed their Degree/ Diplomas/ Certificates in various disciplines offered by the Schools of IGNOU in 36th Convocation out of which 1,10,459 are in Master Degree, in Bachelor Degree, 50,357 in Diploma, 12,446 in Certificate, 4 in M.Phil and 108 in Ph.D.

Where to attend my Convocation ?

Candidates may attend the convocation in the concerned regional centre which they have selected for their course. Sometimes IGNOU make few RC as nodal RC for convocation, if the student is very less at some RC. If there is no convocation event organized at your RC then you can attend it at the nearby Nodal Regional centre in your neighbor city and get their certificate from any of the nearby regional centres. If you can’t attend your convocation but paid fees for it then your degree certificate will be sent to you by post after completion of convocation.

The past IGNOU Convocation dates are mentioned below. All convocation were conducted in Face to Face Mode except a few.

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