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Arab Open University

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Type
  
Private

President
  
Prof. Moudi Al-Humoud

Phone
  
+968 24 957300

Rector
  
Musa Mihsein

Established
  
2002

Address
  
Muscat, Oman

Founded
  
2002

Chairman
  
HRH Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz

Location
  
Al-Hasa Dammam Hail Jeddah Medina Riyadh Amman, Jordan Bahrain Beirut, Lebanon Aardhiya, Kuwait Cairo, Egypt Oman Khartoum, Sudan

Website
  
Bahrain Egypt Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Saudi Arabia

Founder
  
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Motto
  
Towards a promising future

Subsidiaries
  
Arab Open University, Jordan

Similar
  
Open University, Gulf University for Scienc, Arab Open University - Egypt, Kuwait University, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud

The Arab Open University (AOU) is a non-profit university. The inception of AOU is a personal initiative by HRH Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Chairman of the AOU Board of Trustees. In December 2000, Kuwait was designated to host the Headquarters of AOU.

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The AOU first phase was launched in October 2002 in three branches: Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan. Branches in Bahrain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were opened in 2003. Branches were opened in Oman in February 2008 and in Sudan in September 2013. In May 2015, AOU signed an agreement of opening a new branch in Palestine with the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education.

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Academic programs

Under the partnership agreement with the Open University, UK, AOU offers a range of academic programs taught in English:

Undergraduate Programmes

  • BA Programme (Hons) in Business Studies (BS), offered in one of the following tracks:
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Accounting
  • Accounting (Arabic)
  • Economics
  • Systems Practice
  • Finance/ Microfinance
  • HR
  • BSc Programme (Hons) in Information Technology and Computing (ITC), offered in one of the following tracks:
  • Information Technology and Computing (ITC)
  • Computing (C)
  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
  • Computing with Business (CwB)
  • BSc Programme (Hons) in Graphic and Multimedia Design (in some of AOU’s branches)
  • BA Programme (Hons) in English language & Literature (ELL):
  • Translation Track
  • BA Programme (Hons) in English Language and Literature with Business (ELL with BS)
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Media is offered in the following specializations (Egypt Branch):
  • Electronic Media
  • Radio and Television
  • Public Relations
  • And offered in the following tracks:
  • Electronic Media (Track) (Jordan & Lebanon)
  • Public Relations (Track) (Jordan)
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Education in Elementary Education
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Special Education / Learning Disabilities
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Special Education, offered in two tracks:
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Mental Retardation
  • Postgraduate Programmes (in some of AOU’s branches)
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • MSc. in Computing Programme
  • MSc in Computing – Information Security and Forensics
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Computing*MA in English Literature*High/General Diploma in Education
  • Master of Education in Education Technology
  • Master of Education in Educational Leadership

    • Branches

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Kuwait
  • Egypt
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Bahrain
  • Oman
  • Sudan

    • References

    Arab Open University Wikipedia
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