WeSchool (Welingkar Education) is among India's most prominent and well-known institutions offering distance and online learning programs via hybrid learning mode. Welingkar University was established in 1977 and it is situated in Mumbai. To offer quality education to students with a lack of resources and availability of facilities the university came up with distance or hybrid learning programs meanwhile, these programs are pocket friendly and affordable for students and working professionals. 

The Welingkar Distance Learning was hailed by one of the oldest and most reputed trusts in India i.e. Shikshana Prasaraka Mandali. The institute is often called WeSchool or Welingka Distance University rather than its original name Prin. L.N.Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research.

The Welingkar Distance University offers various postgraduate diploma and certification programs in multiple specializations that help students build a secure career in their preferred domain and assist working professionals to upskill themselves with better future aspects. The Welingkar Distance University has two major campuses, situated in Mumbai and Bengaluru respectively.

The distance education offered at Welingkar University Distance Learning is globally accepted and recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of HRD, and Govt. of India. The main objective of setting up distance learning at the university is to assist working professionals with blended learning facilities.