Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University (MPBOU), Bhopal was established in 1991.

The National Policy of Education (NPE) 1986, emphasized that distance education is an important medium for the development and promotion of higher education.

In this context, for the expansion and promotion of distance education the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), government of India took an important decision that in the VIIIth year plan every state should establish a state open university following the distance education pattern.

The university was established based on the objectives like to extend and expand higher education by reaching the un-reached through various flexible means suited to the open and distance education mode using emerging information and communication technology,.

To promote national integration and the integrated development of human personality for the well being of the community and to determine/maintain standards and promote distance education.