The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is a public university in Islamabad, established in 1974. The university has more than 1000 regional campuses and centers throughout Pakistan. The university offers Online learning, mostly offered free or at a minimal cost to the students. It is first university located in Asia with a strong emphasis on providing distance education.
It was initially named as the People’s Open University, renamed as Allama Iqbal Open University in 1977 at the eve of the first centenary of the national poet and philosopher, Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
Faculties in AIOU
- Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Sciences
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Contact Detail
| 2 Ashfaq Ahmed Rd, H-8/2 H 8/2 H-8, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan |
| https://aiou.edu.pk/ |
| +92-(051) 111-112-468 |