The School of Distance Education of Mother Teresa Women's University was started in 1988 at Kodaikanal.Mission: It's Mission is to empower women through education, especially women who for some reason are deprived of studying through the regular mode.
          The School of Distance Education is a boon, to career women who aspire to enhance their personal and professional competence to home bound women who wish to profitably use their time and resource to satisfy their deferred academic aspirations to the rural girls who have no access to the mainline educational system Further the Open University Scheme seeks to open the avenues of education to school dropouts, women entrepreneurs and artists, among others, who wish to enhance their natural expertise and aptitudes through formal learning.The School Of Distance Education now functions from Kodaikanal and has also many study centers in major cities and towns to reach out to more women and to offer more academic support to them. Keeping in mind the changing needs of our society, the School Of Distance Education offers courses to equip women to enter new arenas in the world of Management, Business Administration, Information Technology in addition to offering research programmes in traditional disciplines. It has also extended its frontiers by offering Diploma and Certificate courses to those who work, among the women at the grass root level in NGO management, Self Help Groups, Community Health Workers and Women Leaders in Political and Civic Administration.