Allama Iqbal Open University

Allama Iqbal Open University
علامہ اقبال اوپن یونیورسٹی
Other name
AIOU
Motto'Education for All'
TypePublic
Established1974; 50 years ago (1974)
EndowmentGovernment of Pakistan
ChancellorPresident of Pakistan
Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Nasir Mahmood[1]
Academic staff
2899
Students1,326,266
Location
Islamabad-44000
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33°40′58″N 73°03′26″E / 33.68285319081896°N 73.05725156600758°E / 33.68285319081896; 73.05725156600758
CampusUrban
ColoursSky blue, orange, white
   
AffiliationsHigher Education Commission (Pakistan)[2]
Pakistan Engineering Council[3]
Websitewww.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]

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 Millat Road, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan.[2][6][7]

  1. ^ "Dr Nasir appointed acting VC of AIOU". The News (newspaper). 24 November 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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  5. ^ "Programmes". aiou.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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  7. ^ Malik, Fahad (1 September 2016). "Online learning". Dawn. Retrieved 9 June 2022.