Allama Iqbal Open University

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Allama Iqbal Open University
علامہ اقبال اوپن یونیورسٹی
Allama Iqbal Open University logo.png
Other name
AIOU
Motto'Education for All'
Type Public
Established1974;51 years ago (1974)
Endowment Government of Pakistan
Chancellor President of Pakistan
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood [1]
Academic staff
2899
Students1,326,266
Location
Islamabad-44000
,
Pakistan

33°40′58″N73°03′26″E / 33.68285319081896°N 73.05725156600758°E / 33.68285319081896; 73.05725156600758
Campus Urban
Colours Sky blue, orange, white
   
Affiliations Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) [2]
Pakistan Engineering Council [3]
Website www.aiou.edu.pk

Allama Iqbal Open University is a public university in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is named after Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the country's national poet. It is the world's fifth largest institution of higher learning in terms of enrolment, with an annual enrollment of 1,121,038 students (as of 2010), the majority are women and course enrollment of 3,305,948 (2011). [4] Students can gain admission in Matriculation, Intermediate, Bachelor, Master, MPhil and Ph.D. programmes at the university. [5]

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Allama Muhammad Iqbal, then president of the Muslim League in 1930 and address deliverer Iqbal.jpg
Allama Muhammad Iqbal, then president of the Muslim League in 1930 and address deliverer

The university has 44 regional campuses and centers throughout Pakistan including in Faisalabad, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan. [2] [6] [7]

Objectives and mission

Established in May 1974 under Act No. XXXIX passed by the Parliament of Pakistan, [8] it is Asia's first open university with a strong emphasis on providing distance education in philosophy, natural science and social sciences. [6] [7] [9] It has the most applicants per year of any university in Pakistan.

AIOU offers extensive undergraduate and post-graduate programs in academic disciplines. [10] After witnessing the success of the Open University in the United Kingdom, AIOU was established as a public university in 1974. [4]

AIOU is noted for its cost-effective policy to provide higher and lifelong education to people learning from their homes and places of work at a minimum cost through a specialised fund managed by the government. [6] [4]

AIOU is open to everyone and provides education to all without any discrimination. [6]

Administration and governance

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies

Established in 1974, the faculty was upgraded as the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1998, with the following departments:

The Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies also operates an Indexing and Abstracting Agency "Islamic Research Index". The Islamic Research Index is the first and largest repository of Arabic and Islamic Studies Research Journals.

Faculty of Education

Established in 1984, the Faculty of Education's origin predates the university. A National Institute of Education was established in 1973 as a part of the Federal Ministry of Education, to improve education at school levels through in-service training of Master Trainers. This institute became a part of the university in June 1975.

The Faculty of Education has the following departments:

Faculty of Sciences

Renamed as Faculty of Sciences, the Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences was established in 1982. It comprises the following nine departments:

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities was established in 1982. The 16 departments of the faculty are:

Future goals of AIOU

Commemorative postage stamp

Pakistan Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on 20 November 1999, on the university's 25th anniversary. [6]

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