Symbiosis Worldwide Learning

One of the premier distance learning institutions in the world is SCDL (Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning) which is located in the heart of the premier educational centre of India, the city of Pune. SCDL's vision has always been to create a world campus environment that allows anyone to learn and achieve their goal for higher education and an exciting, satisfying career. SCDL's motto is 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', meaning that the whole world can become one family in their virtual campus. The mission of the institution is to provide each student with a way to achieve 'self paced, self styled learning', that is available to them anywhere and at any time. SCDL has worked hard to achieve an infrastructure that is custom designed to meet the needs of distance students as well as a skilled and very dedicated group of educators available to help students achieve their dreams.

The SCDL's global classmates hail from every part of India and also from forty two countries abroad. With this huge variety of students, widely varied educational and cultural backgrounds abound. SCDL seeks to unify students of all nationalities, regions, occupations and age groups under the virtual world campus through their method of open and distance learning (ODL). In terms of administration, SCDL is separated into several departments including enrollment, student care, evaluations, programs, e-learning, data support, academics and research, editorial, faculty development, finance and purchase, systems and web support, mail, stores, corporate development and central department. Each of the departments continually works in tandem to create an integrated support system for students. The overall goal of the system is to provide a quality education with excellent service for student support.

Symbiosis distance learning courses are part of a curriculum which is equal to full time traditional educational programs at the best colleges and universities. SCDL emphasizes constant changing cirriculum and strives to meet all identified needs of a fast growing and constantly changing economy global society. SCDL rolls out new and cutting edge programs every year intended to enable their students to meet and exceed the challenges they will face in life. SCDL is physically located in a fifty thousand square foot campus building that is very well appointed with state of the art technology services as well as educational facilities including video conferencing equipment, a training lab, class rooms, a fully equipped audio-visual presentation hall, various conference rooms, a complete library, communication centre, a corporate cell, a full service cafeteria, and more. Additionally, SCDL has opened study centers in Nashik( Maharashtra) and Bangalore(Karnataka). These SCDL centers provide an easy access for all students to all SCDL facilities.