علامہ اقبال اوپن یونیورسٹی | |
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Other name | AIOU |
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| Motto | 'Education for All' |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1974 |
| Endowment | Government of Pakistan |
| Chancellor | President of Pakistan |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood[1] |
Academic staff | 2899 |
| Students | 1,326,266 |
| Location | Islamabad-44000 , 33°40′58″N 73°03′26″E / 33.68285319081896°N 73.05725156600758°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Sky blue, orange, white |
| Affiliations | Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)[2] Pakistan Engineering Council[3] |
| Website | www |
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[update]), 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]
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]
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