Karnataka State Open University is a distance learning university founded in 1996, located in Mysore, Karnataka, India to provide education to people who cannot attend full-time or part-time educational courses offered by universities.

Yes, Karnataka State Open University Mysore is ranked among the top Distance/ Open Universities in India. The top Distance/Open Universities in India are as follows:

Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi

Yashwantrao C Maharashtra Open University
Nasik

Sikkim Manipal University
Gangtok

IMT Distance and Open Learning Institute
Ghaziabad

University of Mumbai
Mumbai

Maulana Azad National Urdu University
Hyderabad

Dr B R Ambedkar Open University
Hyderabad

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
Pune

Dr BabasahebAmbedkar Open University
Ahmedabad

Annamalai University
Annamalainagar

Netaji Subhas Open University
Kolkata

Osmania University
Hyderabad

Shivaji University
Kolhapur

M P Bhoj (Open) University
Bhopal

University of Delhi
New Delhi

Maharishi Dayanand University
Rohtak

AcharyaNagarjuna University
Guntur

SNDT - Women's University
Mumbai

Alagappa University
Karaikudi

Andhra University
Vishakhapatnam

University of Madras
Chennai

Himachal Pradesh University
Shimla

U P Rajarshi Tandon Open University
Allahabad

Tamil Nadu Open University
Chennai

Karnataka State Open University
Mysore

Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai

Vardhman Mahaveer Open University
Kota

Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra

University of Calicut
Kozhikode

Kakatiya University
Warangal