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الجامعة العربية المفتوحة | |
Other name | AOU |
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Motto | Towards a promising future |
Type | Non-profit university |
Established | December 2000 |
Founder | Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
Academic affiliation | Open University |
Budget | $112,983,903 (2023)[1] |
Chairman | Abdulaziz bin Talal Al Saud |
President | Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Zakri |
Vice-president | Naif Almutairi, Omar Al-Jarrah |
Total staff | 869[2] |
Students | 55,170[3] |
Undergraduates | 54,497[4] |
Postgraduates | 673[5] |
Location | 29°16′56.6″N 47°54′46.4″E / 29.282389°N 47.912889°E |
Colors | Blue and White |
Website | Headquarters |
Arab Open University (AOU) (Arabic: الجامعة العربية المفتوحة) is a non-profit university system in the Arab world. Headquartered in Kuwait, the system is composed of 16 campuses across 9 countries: Ardiya in Kuwait, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Madinah, Ḥail, Al-Ahsa in Saudi Arabia,[6] Seeb in Oman, A'ali in Bahrain, Amman in Jordan, Al-Bireh in Palestine, Beirut, Antelias, Tripoli in Lebanon,[7] El-Shorouk in Egypt and Khartoum in Sudan.[8]
The university has a combined student body of 55,170 students, 869 staff members and 77,037 living alumni.[9][10]
The headquarters of the university is located in Kuwait, designated in 2000. The university has a long-standing academic partnership with the United Kingdom's Open University.[11]