S S Correspondence College is an open education institute affiliated to Kuvempu University. The Academic Council, at its meeting held on 24th March, 1971, approved the report of its Committee and recommended to the Syndicate, inter alia, as under:
1. that Correspondence Courses in the Faculties of Arts and Commerce, with English as the medium of correspondence, instruction and examination, be started from June, 1971 for the First Year Arts and Commerce examinations and progressively thereafter up to the graduate level;
2. that enrolment be restricted to persons residing within the University area viz. Greater Bombay;
3. that eligibility requirements, the curricular content, the mode of examination and the Degree to be awarded be the same as for the regular day student of the University.
S S Correspondence College Courses for Correspondence Study and examinations at B.A./B. Com. level were introduced from 1971-72. Subsequently, after gaining Confidence and to help the 'Correspondence' students to further persue their studies, post-graduate Courses viz M.A./M.Com./M.Sc. (Maths)/D.F.M. & D.O.R.M. were introduced from the year 1975-76. Thereafter, considering the need of teachers by the colleges of education, post-graduate course viz. M. Ed. was started from the year 1990-91.
The Institute offers courses in B.A., B.Com, B.Sc IT, B.Sc Comp Science, B.Sc- natural tech, MA, M.A. education, M.com, M.Sc maths, M.Sc IT, M.Sc. Computer science, MCA, Post Graduate Diploma in Financial management (PGDFM), PGDORM. Examinations are held each year for all courses. UGC NAAC has awarded 5 STAR rating to the University of Mumbai. Amongst the 500 Universities in the World, and University with Potential for Excellence. Audio-Visual Centre located at Vidyanagari provides for listening and viewing of Curriculum based Audio-Video cassettes. Curricular content, mode of examination and the degree to be awarded are the same as applicable to the colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai.