Annamalai University is one of the best known universities in India which has laid its Distance Learning Authority in the year 1979. Annamalai University has laid it foundation as Distance Learning Authority with the motive of providing almost all programs via mode of distance learning.

Annamalai University Distance Education offers approx 200 distance learning program in the stream of science (botany, applied psychology, physics, chemistry, zoology, bioinformatics), commerce, computer applications, hotel management, yoga, music, retail management and so forth.