| Vardhman Mahaveer Open University | |
| Type: | Public, open |
| City: | Kota |
| State: | Rajasthan |
| Country: | India |
| Chancellor: | Governor of Rajasthan |
| Vice Chancellor: | Dr. Kailash Sodani |
| Affiliations: | UGC[1] |
Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU), formerly Kota Open University, is an open university in Kota, Rajasthan, India, established in 1987.[2] VMOU offers courses particularly in the humanities, commerce, library science and informatics.[3] It is geographically distributed throughout Rajasthan, with regional centres in Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur and Bharatpur, and several tens of study centres in other cities, in addition to a special centre at New Delhi. Ratan Lal Godara was appointed vice chancellor of VMOU in 2019.[4]