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Allama Iqbal Open University

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is a public research university which is located in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was created in 1974 which provides Natural Science, Distance Education in Philosophy & Social Sciences. AIOU come 1st in Asia as well. It is considered the most attractive university in the country and has the most applicants per year.

The AIOU University is the world's 4th largest institution of higher learning with an annual being enrolled of 1,121,038 students in 2010, the majority are women and course being enrolled of 3,305,948 in 2011. This university has its 32 Regional Campuses and Centers throughout Pakistan. AIOU is pleasing option for common people who cannot pay for highly expensive education in private universities of Pakistan.


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Allama Iqbal Open University

Allama Iqbal Open University offers extensive undergraduate (Bachelor’s), post-graduate (Master) and doctoral programmes. After observing the progress of Open University in the UK, Allama Iqbal Open University was created as a public university in 1974 and 'open for everyone' and provides education to all without any prejudicial treatment.

This university is noted for its cost- effectual policy to provide higher & lifelong education to people learning from their homes & places of work at a at least cost through a involving detailed and specific knowledge fund managed by the Government.

Governance & Administration:


The AIOU Chancellor is (President of Pakistan), Pro-Chancellor (Federal Minister for Education, Ministry of Education), Vice Chancellor (Chief Executive Officer/Head of the institution), Executive Council (Governing Body), Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculties & departments.

The faculty was upgraded as the Faculty of Arabic & Islamic Studies in 1998, with the following departments which is mentioned below:


Faculty of Education Departments:
  • Science Education 
  • Adult & Continuing Education 
  • Special Education 
  • Distance & Non-Formal Education 
  • Educational Planning & Management 
  • Teacher Education (Elementary) 
  • Teacher Education (Secondary) 
  • Faculty of Sciences 

Renamed as Faculty of Sciences, the Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences were founded in 1982. It consists of the following 9th departments:
  1. Home & Health Sciences 
  2. Mathematics & Statistics 
  3. Information Technology 
  4. Engineering and Technology 
  5. Computer Science 
  6. Agricultural Sciences 
  7. Environmental Sciences 
  8. Chemistry 
  9. Physics 
  10. Biology 
  11. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities 

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities was founded in 1982. The thirteen (13) departments of the faculty which are mentioned below:
  • Pakistan Studies 
  • Pakistani Languages 
  • Gender and Women's Studies 
  • Economics 
  • History 
  • Commerce 
  • Iqbal Studies 
  • Library & Information Sciences 
  • English Language & Applied Linguistics 
  • Business Administration 
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  • Mass Communication 
  • Sociology, Social Work & Population Studies 

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