IGNOU December 2026 exams: date sheet, assignment last date, hall ticket, exam centre and January 2027 re-registration

IGNOU December 2026 date sheet

The date sheet is a 12-page PDF that lists every course code against a date and a session. The first papers are on Wednesday, 25 November 2026 and the last on Thursday, 14 January 2027. For example, BEVAE181 (Environmental Studies, CBCS bachelor's) is on 13 January 2027 in the morning session. The actual length of each paper is printed on the question paper, so a session can be shorter than three hours.

Points from the date sheet worth knowing:

• Objective papers. Some courses use an MCQ/OMR answer sheet: BSHF101 and FST01 (BDP, BTS, BCA, BSW), BLI011 and BLII012 to BLII014 (CLIS), PCO1, BEVAE181 and BSSS183 (CBCS bachelor's and honours) and DECE01 to DECE03. BNS041 and BNS042 are descriptive.
• No clash requests for grouped courses. Courses in the same group under the old BDP, CBCS and FYUP schemes are held at the same date and time on purpose. IGNOU says it will not change dates for them.
• Language. Answers in a language your programme is not offered in are cancelled without notice. You may write in Hindi for most courses even if you registered in English, except language programmes.
• Already passed a course? If you sit it again, the result will not be declared and the fee is not refunded. To improve your division, apply offline at the concerned section within six months of your marksheet being printed.

Keep a copy of the date sheet. IGNOU's disclaimer says it does not keep old date sheets for anyone. Our news report has the headline dates: IGNOU December 2026 exams run from 25 November to 14 January.

IGNOU assignment submission last date

The Assignment Section's notice of 1 October 2026 extended the last date for both hard and soft copies to 31 October 2026, for ODL and Online programmes, GOAL and EVBB learners.

This deadline decides whether your result comes out. The date sheet says your permission to sit the exam is provisional. It holds only if:

1. your registration for the course is valid and not time-barred;
2. you submitted the required assignments by the due date;
3. you have completed the minimum study period for the programme;
4. you paid the exam fee for every course you are taking.

If any of these is missing, the result of all such courses is not declared. Download the current assignments from webservices.ignou.ac.in/assignments, follow your regional centre's instructions on where and how to submit, and keep the receipt or acknowledgement.

IGNOU exam form and late fee

The online exam form for theory courses opened on 10 September 2026 at ₹200 per theory course, through the learner's login on the Samarth portal. The notice of 30 September 2026 extended the no-late-fee window to 7 October, and the late-fee window ran from 8 to 15 October 2026 at ₹1,100 extra. Both have closed, and no further extension had been announced as of 20 October 2026. Our earlier story: IGNOU extends its December exam form to 7 October.

Project, internship and practical courses are paid for separately, in your Samarth login, by 30 November 2026. The Common Prospectus for July 2026 sets these at ₹300 for up to 4 credits and ₹500 above 4 credits. The exam fee is not refundable, even if you miss the exam.

IGNOU hall ticket December 2026: release and download

IGNOU had not released the December 2026 hall ticket as of 20 October 2026. The date sheet says hall tickets "will be available on the University website soon", and the prospectus says they are uploaded 7 to 10 days before the exams begin. Counting back from 25 November, that points to roughly 15 to 18 November 2026, but IGNOU has not given a calendar date.

What happened last time: for the December 2025 TEE, which began on 1 December 2025, IGNOU's notice of 24 November 2025 said the hall tickets were already on the Samarth portal, a week before the first paper.

How to download the IGNOU admit card:

1. Go to ignou.samarth.edu.in (also linked from ignou.ac.in).
2. Sign in with the login ID you created when you filled the December 2026 exam form.
3. Open the hall ticket section and download the PDF.
4. Check your name, enrolment number, course codes, dates and the exam centre address, then print it.

Carry the printed hall ticket and your IGNOU identity card; IGNOU's December 2025 notice also named Aadhaar as an accepted ID proof. The prospectus says learners without a valid IGNOU ID card will not be allowed in, so apply to your regional centre for a duplicate now if you have lost yours. Leave your phone at home: IGNOU's notice of 17 November 2025 treats a mobile phone or smart watch in the exam hall as unfair means, whether used or not.

Exam centre: can you change it?

You chose your exam centre in the exam form. IGNOU's December 2025 notices said it tries to give learners the centre they opted for, may shift students between centres, and that a centre once allotted will not be changed and no requests will be entertained. The December 2026 date sheet adds that a centre can change at the last minute for unavoidable reasons, and asks affected learners to stay in touch with their regional centre.

So read the centre on your hall ticket carefully and check it again a day before each paper.

Learners in Gujarat are served by two regional centres listed in the prospectus. Ahmedabad (RC code 09) covers Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Anand, Bharuch, Valsad and the rest of mainland Gujarat, plus Daman and Dadra and Nagar Haveli ([email protected]). Rajkot (RC code 42) covers Saurashtra and Kachchh, including Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar and Morbi, plus Diu ([email protected]).

IGNOU re-registration for January 2027

Re-registration means paying the fee for your next year or semester on the portal at onlinerr.ignou.ac.in. As of 20 October 2026, the portal still showed the July 2026 session, whose last date was extended to 30 September 2026 with a ₹200 late fee. IGNOU had not announced dates or fees for the January 2027 session.

Last year's January cycle gives a fair guide:

How it works: register on the portal with your own mobile number and email ID, choose your courses from your Programme Guide, and pay by card, net banking or UPI. If a payment does not show up, wait a day before paying again; a duplicate payment is refunded. If you are near your programme's maximum duration, re-register before you fill any future exam form, or IGNOU will withhold the result. Fresh admissions use a different portal, which also asks for an APAAR ID; see our APAAR ID guide and the July 2026 admission story.

IGNOU result and re-evaluation

No date has been announced for the December 2026 result. Results are posted on IGNOU's Results page, through the Term End Exam and Re-evaluation Results link (termendresult.ignou.ac.in), and your grade card is at gradecard.ignou.ac.in.

Re-evaluation and answer-script copies are applied for online at onlineservices.ignou.ac.in/REEVALUATION once your result is out. The time limits come from IGNOU's notification of 6 April 2023:

• Re-evaluation: within 40 days of the result.
• Copy of the answer script: within 30 days of the result. You may apply for both together.

Re-evaluation covers theory TEE papers only, not projects, practicals, assignments or seminars, and it is not available for the MCQ/OMR courses listed above.

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