Street:Ashfaq Ahmed Road, Sector H-8

City:Islamabad

Post Code:44000

WWW:http://www.aiou.edu.pk

Public

Founded 1974 by Act of Parliament to provide equality of educational opportunities for the largest population. Acquired present title 1977.

June to April (June-October; December-April)

Intermediate or higher secondary certificate

National:700-26500 per semester (PKR)

Urdu;English

Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

co-ed

Head : Zia Ul-Qayyum

Job title:Acting Vice-Chancellor

Faculty : Arabic and Islamic Studies

Fields of study:Arabic, Cultural Studies, Education, History, History of Religion, Holy Writings, Human Resources, Islamic Law, Islamic Studies, Islamic Theology, Literature, Management, Marketing, Religion, Religious Education, Religious Studies

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Faculty : Education

Fields of study:Adult Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum, Distance Education, Education, Educational Administration, Educational Sciences, Leadership, Literacy Education, Primary Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Special Education, Teacher Trainers Education, Teacher Training

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Faculty : Sciences

Fields of study:Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Community Health, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Health Sciences, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Physics, Statistics

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Faculty : Social Sciences and Humanities

Fields of study:Applied Linguistics, Arts and Humanities, Banking, Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Demography and Population, Design, Economics, English, Finance, Fine Arts, Geography, History, Human Resources, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Journalism, Law, Library Science, Management, Marketing, Mass Communication, Modern Languages, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Regional Studies, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Urdu, Women's Studies

Bachelor's Degree

Fields of study:Biology, Business and Commerce, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Primary Education, Statistics

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Master's Degree/ M. Phil

Fields of study:Adult Education, Agriculture, Arabic, Botany, Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Chemistry, Computer Science, Distance Education, Education, Educational Administration, Educational Sciences, Educational Testing and Evaluation, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Gender Studies, History, Human Resources, Islamic Studies, Islamic Theology, Management, Marketing, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Public Health, Science Education, Sociology, Statistics, Urdu

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PhD

Fields of study:Agriculture, Arabic, Chemistry, Computer Science, Distance Education, Economics, Educational Administration, Gender Studies, Islamic Law, Islamic Studies, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Physics, South Asian Studies, Special Education, Statistics, Urdu

Also postgraduate diplomas in Women Studies; Mass Communication; Dietetics; Nutrition; English as a Foreign Language; Computer Science; Educational Administration; Public Administration; CYP-Youth in Develpoment Work; Environmental Design

Pakistan Journal of Education

Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences