AIOU to start MS, MPhil & PhD exams from April 25

Islamabad, The final examinations of Autumn Semester 2012 of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) are going to held from April 25. AIOU will conduct the exams of MS, MPhil and PhD programs all over the country at the same time.  

The declaration was made by AIOU Controller of Examinations Dr. Hamid Khan Niazi. For this purpose the roll number slips have been sent to all the respective candidates at their mentioned addresses by postal mail service.

If any student has not obtained roll number slip yet he/she can contact the nearest Regional Office of the University or Deputy Controller of Exams (Conduct), Abid Hussain Satti.

The University with its main campus at Islamabad and huge network of regional centers spread all over the country is serving its custom all over Pakistan and in the Middle East. AIOU is a Distance Education institution, which provides multi-disciplinary education from basic to doctoral level programs.

The university has established 36 regional campuses and centers in several parts of the country to coordinate and facilitate decentralized system of education of the university. The regional directors keep a schedule of qualified teachers and experts in each field of study in their area and enlist them as the university’s part-time tutors. Each group of students is assigned to a tutor for guidance.

AIOU already has 36 to 40 campuses all over the country, the number of these campuses will be increased to 39 within this year, the VC added. He appreciated the gesture of some public representatives and well-to-do people who had offered land to the university free of cost for building new campuses and study centers in various regions.

AIOU has been focusing on expanding its academic network to wide-ranging areas and providing education to the neglected regions of the society.