Editing Allama Iqbal Open University (section)

{{Short description|Public university in Islamabad, Pakistan}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Allama Iqbal Open University
 | native_name            = '''علامہ اقبال اوپن یونیورسٹی'''
 | image_name             = Allama Iqbal Open University logo.png
 | image_size             = 
 | motto                  = 'Education for All'
 | established            = {{Start date and age|1974}}
 | closed                 = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}} -->
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]]
 | endowment              = [[Government of Pakistan]]
 | chancellor             = [[President of Pakistan]]
 | vice_chancellor        = Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood<ref name=Tribune>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1013142-dr-nasir-appointed-acting-vc-of-aiou |newspaper=The News (newspaper) |date=24 November 2022|title=Dr Nasir appointed acting VC of AIOU
|access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref>
 | academic_staff         = 2899
 | administrative_staff   = 
 | students               = 1,326,266
 | city                   = [[Islamabad]]-44000
 | province               = 
 | country                = [[Pakistan]]
 | coordinates            = {{coord|33.68285319081896|73.05725156600758|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]
 | colours                = [[Sky blue]], [[Orange (colour)|orange]], [[white]]<br />{{color box|#87CEEB}}{{color box|#FF7F00}}{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 | other_name             = '''AIOU'''
 | mascot                 = 
 | affiliations           = [[Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)]]<ref name=BR/><br />[[Pakistan Engineering Council]]<ref name=APP/>
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.aiou.edu.pk/}}
}}

'''Allama Iqbal Open University''' is a [[public university]] in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]. It is named after [[Allama Muhammad Iqbal]], the country's national poet. It is the [[List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment|world's fifth largest]] institution of higher learning in terms of enrolment, with an annual enrollment of 1,121,038 students ({{as of|2010|lc=y}}), the majority are women and course enrollment of 3,305,948 (2011).<ref name="Brief history" /> Students can gain admission in Matriculation, Intermediate, Bachelor, Master, MPhil and Ph.D. programmes at the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Programmes |url=https://aiou.edu.pk/Ed_Programmes.asp |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=aiou.edu.pk |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926065445/https://aiou.edu.pk/Ed_Programmes.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Iqbal.jpg|thumb|right|[[Muhammad Iqbal|Allama Muhammad Iqbal]], then president of the [[Punjab Muslim League|Muslim League]] in 1930 and address deliverer]]

The university has 44 regional campuses and centers throughout Pakistan including in [[Faisalabad]], [[Multan]], [[Dera Ghazi Khan]], [[Dera Ismail Khan]], [[Bahawalpur]] and [[Rahim Yar Khan]].<ref name="BR" /><ref name="paknetmag" /><ref name="Dawn">{{cite news |author=Malik |first=Fahad |date=1 September 2016 |title=Online learning |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1281161 |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>