Annamalai University's online and distance wing, the Centre for Distance & Online Education (CDOE) is located at the main Annamalainagar campus. But it is oriented towards students who are mainly accessed through digital tools and study centres instead of a regular classroom campus. Students learn from home with the help of printed books, online support and a few contact classes. The CDOE support centres located in different towns facilitate the processes of admission, exam forms, fees and doubt-clearing sessions.
The faculty of the online wing are the same highly qualified teachers who work in the normal departments of Arts, Science, Business Administration, Engineering and other faculties of Annamalai University. They also prepare the syllabus and self-learning materials for CDOE, create the assignments, set and evaluate the exam papers, and some of them additionally take contact classes or provide counselling during weekends or holidays for distance and online students.
