Type Public Vice-Chancellor Dr. Shahid Siddiqui Campus Urban Phone +92 312 4145444 Chancellor President of Pakistan Motto Education for All | Established 1974 (1974) Academic staff 2899 Address Lahore, Pakistan Founded May 1974 Number of students 1,326,266 Colors Sky Blue, Orange | |
Location Islamabad, Islamabad CT, Pakistan Notable alumni Ilyas Kashmiri, Pir Syed Muhammad Binyamin, Farhat Abbas Shah, Nazar Abbas Kazmi Similar University of the Punjab, University of Sargodha, International Islamic University, Qayid‑i‑Azam University, Bahauddin Zakariya University | ||
Allama iqbal open university admission
Allama Iqbal Open University (Urdu: کهل هوا جامعہ علامہ اقبال) or AIOU is a public research university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. The university is the fourth world's largest institution of higher learning, with an annual enrollment of 1,121,038 students (as of 2010), the majority of them women, and Course Enrollment of 3,305,948 (2011).
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- Allama iqbal open university admission
- Administration and governance
- Faculties and their departments
- References
Established in 1974, it is also Asia's first open university with a strong emphasis on providing distance education in engineering, law, philosophy, natural and social science. It is considered the most attractive university in the country and has the most applicants per year. The university offers extensive undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programmes in various academic disciplines. After witnessing the success of Open University in the United Kingdom, the university was established as a public university in 1974.
It is noted for its cost-effective policy to provide higher education at a minimum cost through a specialized university fund managed by the government.
Administration and governance
Faculties and their departments
Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Established in 1974, the faculty has been upgraded as the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1998, with the following departments:
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 thirteen departments of the faculty are: