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==Faculties and departments==
===Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies===
Established in 1974, the faculty was upgraded as the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1998, with the following departments:
* [[Arabic Language]] and [[Arabic literature|Literature]] 
* [[Hadith]] and [[Seerah]] 
* [[Fiqh|Islamic Law (Fiqh)]] 
* [[Islamic philosophy|Islamic Thought]], [[Islamic history|History]] and [[Islamic culture|Culture]]
* [[Qur'an]] and [[Tafsir|Tafseer]]
The Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies also operates an Indexing and Abstracting Agency "Islamic Research Index". The Islamic Research Index is the first and largest repository of Arabic and Islamic Studies Research Journals.

===Faculty of Education===
Established in 1984, the Faculty of Education's origin predates the university. A [[National Institute of Education]] was established in 1973 as a part of the Federal Ministry of Education, to improve education at school levels through in-service training of Master Trainers. This institute became a part of the university in June 1975.

The Faculty of Education has the following departments:
* Adult and [[Continuing Education]]<ref name=paknetmag/> 
* Distance and Non-Formal Education<ref name=paknetmag/> 
* Educational Planning and Management 
* Science Education 
* [[Special Education]] 
* Teacher Education (Secondary) 
* Teacher Education (Elementary)

===Faculty of Sciences===
Renamed as Faculty of Sciences, the Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences was established in 1982. It comprises the following nine departments:
* [[Agricultural Sciences]] 
* [[Biology]]
* [[Botany]]<ref name=BR/>
* [[Chemistry]]
* [[Information Technology]]
* [[Computer Science]]<ref name="BR">{{cite news |author=Fayyaz |first=Usama |date=22 July 2019 |title=Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) launches four-year BS programmes |newspaper=[[Business Recorder]] |url=https://www.brecorder.com/2019/07/22/511608/aiou-launches-four-year-bs-programmes/ |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
* Engineering and Technology (Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunications)
* [[Environmental Sciences]]<ref name=BR/><ref name=Tribune/> 
* Home and [[Health Sciences]] 
* [[Mathematics]] and [[Statistics]]<ref name=Tribune/><ref name=BR/> 
* [[Physics]]<ref name=BR/><ref name=Tribune/>
* [[Telecommunications]]<ref name=APP>{{cite web|url=http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46970 |archive-date=23 June 2015|date=1 May 2014|title=Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) gets accreditation of BE Telecom from Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623205636/http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46970 |website=Associated Press of Pakistan website|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

===Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities===
The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities was established in 1982. The 16 departments of the faculty are: 
* [[Business Administration]]
* [[Management Sciences]]<ref name=Tribune/>
* [[Commerce]]
* [[Economics]]
* [[English major|English Language]] and [[Applied Linguistics]]
* [[History]]
* [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal Studies]]
* [[Library and information sciences]]
* [[Mass Communication]]<ref name=BR/>
* [[Pakistan Studies]]
* [[Pakistani languages]]
* [[Sociology]], [[Social Work]] and [[Population studies|Population Studies]]
* [[Gender and Women's Studies]]

===Future goals of AIOU===
* BS (4-Years) Specialization in Distance
* Non-Formal and Continuing Education
* Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Technology
* Postgraduate Diplomas in Distance Education
* Postgraduate Diplomas in Non-Formal Education