AIOU to start programs for overseas students

Islamabad: Allam Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Ali Asghar Chishti announced that soon the university will start new programs especially for abroad students.

The AIOU VC informed this while talking to media that from semester autumn 2014 the AIOU will start new program including LLM, MS and PhD in Shari’ah which is being initiated especially for overseas students. There were demands of overseas students from various countries including Saudi Arabia, Dubai, UK.

As many as 600 overseas students could get benefit from these programs in the start,” Dr. Ali Asghar Chishti said.

Besides these overseas programs the university is also going to initiate new programs for Pakistani students in PhD in Mass Communication and two years face-to-face Master Degree program in TV production from spring semester. The program will give awareness to aspirants for professional field to firm the electronic media. Dr. Ali Asghar Chishti said will start its new regional offices in Mardan and Kohat after Eid to provide facility to students.

AIOU has a vast network of regional centers across the country which is providing educational services in Pakistan in the Middle East. AIOU is a Distance Education institution which is offering multi-disciplinary education from basic to doctoral level programs.

The university has established 36 regional campuses and centers across the country to manage and facilitate efficient system of education of the university. The qualified teachers and experts of several fields of study in their area and the university hire them as part-time tutors. Each group of students is assigned to a tutor for guidance.

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