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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="margin:0.5em;"
!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#336699" | <font color="#FFFFFF">'''Arab Open University'''
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!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#336699" | <font color="#FFFFFF">'''General Info.'''
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|bgcolor="#888888" | <font color="#FFFFFF"> '''Established''' || bgcolor="#efefef" | [[2002]]
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|bgcolor="#888888" | <font color="#FFFFFF"> '''Location''' || bgcolor="#efefef" |
*[[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
*[[Saudi Arabia]] ([[Riyadh]], [[Jeddah]], [[Dammam]], [[Ahsa]], [[Hail]], [[Medina]])
*[[Bahrain]]
*[[Amman]], [[Jordan]]
*[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
*[[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
*[[Oman]]
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|bgcolor="#888888" | <font color="#FFFFFF"> '''Founder''' || bgcolor="#efefef" | HRH Prince [[Talal ibn Abdulaziz]]
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|bgcolor="#888888" | <font color="#FFFFFF"> '''Phone''' || bgcolor="#efefef" |
*[[Bahrain]]: +97-340-7077.
*[[Egypt]]: +20-2-2671-1862.
*[[Jordan]]: +962-6-551-4851.
*[[Kuwait]]: +965-2471-0279.
*[[Lebanon]]: +961-1-392-139.
*[[Saudi Arabia]]: +966-1-274-2277.
*[[Oman]]: +968-246-99-444.
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|bgcolor="#888888" | <font color="#FFFFFF"> '''Arab Open University Forum''' || bgcolor="#efefef" |
[http://www.aoua.com/vb/ Arab Open University students Forums ]
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|bgcolor="#888888" | <font color="#FFFFFF"> '''Website''' || bgcolor="#efefef" |
*[http://www.aou.org.bh Bahrain]
*[http://www.aou.edu.eg Egypt]
*[http://www.aou.edu.jo Jordan]
*[http://www.aou.edu.kw Kuwait]
*[http://www.aou.edu.lb Lebanon]
*[http://www.arabou.org.sa Saudi Arabia]
*[http://www.aouoman.org Oman]
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|bgcolor="#888888" | <font color="#FFFFFF"> '''Global Membership''' || bgcolor="#efefef" | None.
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{{Infobox university
'''Arab Open University''' ('''AOU''', in Arabic الجامعة العربية المفتوحة) is a [[Non-profit organization|non-profit]] private university founded in [[2002]] in [[Kuwait]], [[Jordan]], and [[Lebanon]]. One year later it opened in [[Bahrain]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Oman]]. The AOU is affiliated with the UK [[Open University]] (UKOU). Agreements with the UKOU cover three major areas: licensing of materials, consultancies, accreditation, and validation.
| name = Arab Open University
| native_name = الجامعة العربية المفتوحة
| motto = ''Towards a promising future''
| established = {{Start date and age|2002|df=yes}}
| type = [[Private university|Private]]
| chairman = [[Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz]]
| president = [[Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Zakri]]
| city = [[Hofuf|Al-Hasa]] · [[Dammam]] · [[Ha'il]] · [[Jeddah]] · [[Medina]] · [[Riyadh]] · [[Amman]] · [[Bahrain]] · [[Beirut]] · [[Ardiya]] · [[Cairo]] · [[Oman]] · [[Khartoum]] · [[Al-Bireh]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]
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| website = {{plainlist |* [http://www.aou.org.bh Bahrain]* [http://www.aou.edu.eg Egypt]* [http://www.aou.edu.jo Jordan]* [http://www.aou.edu.kw Kuwait]* [http://www.aou.edu.lb Lebanon]* [http://www.aou.edu.om Oman]* [http://www.aou.edu.ps Palestine]* [http://www.arabou.edu.sa Saudi Arabia]* [http://www.aou.edu.sd Sudan]}}
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The '''Arab Open University''' ('''AOU''') is a non-profit, private university established in 2002. The university operates under the chairmanship of [[Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz]] and the presidency of Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Zakri. The headquarters of AOU is located in [[Kuwait]], designated in December 2000. The university has an academic partnership with the Open University, United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AOU-OU Partnership |url=https://www.arabou.edu.sa/partnerships/ou/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=www.arabou.edu.sa}}</ref>
It was established as a private university for Arabic speaking citizens in these countries.
It has the following faculties:
*Faculty of [[Information Technology]] & [[Computing]]
*Faculty of [[Language]] Studies (English language)
*Faculty of [[Business]] Studies


The AOU has a widespread presence with branches in several cities across the Middle East and North Africa, including [[Hofuf|Al-Hasa]], [[Dammam]], [[Ha'il]], [[Jeddah]], [[Medina]], [[Riyadh]], [[Amman]], [[Bahrain]], [[Beirut]], [[Ardiya]], [[Cairo]], [[Oman]], [[Khartoum]], and [[Al-Bireh]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]. The first phase of AOU was launched in October 2002 in Kuwait, [[Lebanon]], and [[Jordan]]. Subsequent branches were opened in Bahrain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia in 2003, in Oman in February 2008, and in Sudan in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=AOU will offer new undergraduate programmes to meet needs of labor market at some branches |url=https://www.arabou.edu.kw/old/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3355%3Aaou-will-offer-new-undergraduate-programmes-to-meet-needs-of-labor-market-at-some-branches&catid=36%3Aaou-news&Itemid=107&lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216052238/https://www.arabou.edu.kw/old/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3355%3Aaou-will-offer-new-undergraduate-programmes-to-meet-needs-of-labor-market-at-some-branches&catid=36%3Aaou-news&Itemid=107&lang=en |archive-date=16 February 2017 |access-date=15 February 2017 |publisher=Arab Open University}}</ref> In May 2015, AOU signed an agreement to open a new branch in Palestine with the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education.
==See also==
*[[List of Open University Alumni]]


The AOU offers a range of academic programmes taught in English.
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== Undergraduate programme ==
[[Category:Universities in Egypt]]
•BA (Hons) in Business Administration
[[Category:Universities in Kuwait]]
•BA (Hons) Business Studies/Accounting track
[[Category:Universities in Lebanon]]
•BA (Hons) Business Studies/Marketing track
[[Category:Universities in Jordan]]
BA* (Hons) Business Studies/ Finance track
[[Category:Universities in Bahrain]]
BA* (Hons) Business Studies/ Human Resources Management track
BA* (Hons) Business Studies/ Management track
*BSc Programme (Hons) in Information Technology and Computing (ITC), offered in one of the following tracks:
** Information Technology and Computing (ITC)
** Computing (C)
** Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
** Computing with Business (CwB)
*BSc Programme (Hons) in Graphic and Multimedia Design (in some of AOU's branches)
*BA Programme (Hons) in English language & Literature (ELL):
** Translation Track
*BA Programme (Hons) in English Language and Literature with Business (ELL with BS)
*BA Programme (Hons) in Media is offered in the following specializations (Egypt Branch):
** Electronic Media
** Radio and Television
** Public Relations
*And offered in the following tracks:
** Electronic Media (Track) (Jordan & Lebanon)
** Public Relations (Track) (Jordan)
*BA Programme (Hons) in Education in Elementary Education
*BA Programme (Hons) in Special Education / Learning Disabilities
*BA Programme (Hons) in Special Education, offered in two tracks:
** Learning Disabilities
** Mental Retardation
*Postgraduate Programmes (in some of AOU's branches)
*Master of Business Administration (MBA)
*MSc in Computing Programme
*MSc in Computing – Information Security and Forensics
*Postgraduate Diploma in Computing*MA in English Literature*High/General Diploma in Education
*Master of Education in Education Technology
*Master of Education in Educational Leadership


==Branches==
[[Category:Open universities]]
In alphabetical order:
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2002]]
* {{flag|Bahrain}}
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia]]
* {{EGY}}
[[Category:Education in Jeddah]]
* {{JOR}}
* {{KUW}}
* {{flag|Lebanon}}
* {{flag|Oman}}
* {{PLE}}
* {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
* {{flag|Sudan}}


==See also==
* [[List of universities in Kuwait]]


==References==
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{{Reflist}}


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[[ar:الجامعة العربية المفتوحة]]
[[ja:アラブ・オープン大学]]
A thesis from Nishad T M


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Research and Development


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Introduction
The Aim of this thesis is the following
1. Reduce the conflicts between religions.
2. Mould good human beings
3. Mould a peaceful world..
Key words
1. Research
2. Philosophy
3. God (Definition)
4. Eternal space
5. Mind
6. Soul
Research :It is to see what every body else has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. (Some statisticians give other definitions but this definition is enough for this papers purpose)
Philosophy: The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is
good are the two most important objects of philosophy.


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Theorem 1: God exists
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Proof: Negative, Zero, Positive are the main concepts used in the one dimensional space- the set of Real numbers (the real line)R in Maths.
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Note that though the zero (referred as origin vector) is not visible in concept, we cannot think about one dimensional or higher dimensional spaces, the subject mathematics, Engineering, etc. without that origin element. Though its value is considered as nothing (being it not visible), taking the general concept of Value of an object / thing, Value is the stage of importance given to an object / thing in a classification system. So the importance of origin is infinite in fuzzy measure showing satisfaction level. Commonly Vice originates from negative thought and virtue from positive.
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It is clear that the space universe exists. Hence the element origin of universe must exist. We shall call it God. Also we can conclude from the above logic that it is the origin of all vices and virtues of the universe.
[[Category:Universities in Bahrain]]
Note:This proof comes under deductive reasoning.
[[Category:Universities in Egypt]]

[[Category:Universities in Oman]]
Theorem 2. Eternal space exists
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Sudan]]
Proof: In Mathematics it is clear that 1 D C 2D C 3D C 4D C 5D and so on. That means one dimensional space is subset or equal to 2 dimensional space subset or equal to 3dimensional space subset or equal to 4 dimensional spaces and so on.
[[Category:Education in Amman]]
The fourth dimension is time. Our living space is 3D.This implies that our space is a subset of a higher dimensional space. Hence the eternal space must exist.
[[Category:Education in Beirut]]

[[Category:Education in Cairo]]
Mind:
[[Category:Education in Jeddah]]
Mind of a person P is the set of all thoughts of that person defined over the field of his back grounds.
[[Category:Education in Khartoum]]

[[Category:Education in Riyadh]]
The concept God in brief (Definition):
[[Category:2002 establishments in Saudi Arabia]]
God is a unique (one and only one) maximal element (not related to any other elements) having the following qualifications. Here the space under consideration is having dimension more than 4.
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1. * The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers and the blasphemers in this world and especially for the believers in the hereafter.
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* The Most Merciful

2. The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers.
* The most Compassionate

3. The One with the complete domain, the One whose domain is clear from imperfection.
* The King, the Monarch

4.* The One who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children and adversaries.
* The Holy one

5. * The One who is free from every imperfection.
* The Peace, the Tranquility

6. * The One who witnessed for Himself that no one is God but Him. And He witnessed for His believers that they are truthful in their belief that no one is God but Him.
* The One with Faith
* the Faithful, the Trusted

7. * The One who witnesses the saying and deeds of His creatures.
* The protector
* the vigilant, the controller

8. * The Defeater who is not defeated.
* The Mighty
*the almighty, the powerful

9. * The One that nothing happens in His Domain except that which He willed.
* The all Compelling

10. * The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures and from resembling them.
* The Haughty, the Majestic
* the Imperious

11. * The One who brings everything from non-existence to existence.
* The Creator, the Maker

12.* The Creator who has the Power to turn the entities.
* The Artificer, the Creator

13.* The One who forms His creatures in different pictures.
* The Fashioner
* The Organizer, the Designer

14. * The One who forgives the sins of His slaves time and time again.
* The Forgiving, the Forgiver

15.* The Subduer who has the perfect power and is not unable over anything.
* The almighty the Dominant

16. * The One who is Generous in giving plenty without any return.
* The Donor, the Bestower

17. * the Provider, the Sustainer

18. * The One who opens for His slaves the closed worldly and religious matters.
* The Opener, the Revealer

19.* The Knowledgeable; The One nothing is absent from His knowledge.
* The all Knowing, the Omniscient

20.* The One who constricts the sustenance.
* The Contractor, the Restrainer, the Recipient.

21. * The One who expands and widens.
* The Expander, He who expands

22. * The One who lowers whoever He willed by His Destruction.
* The Abaser, the Humbler

23.* The One who raises whoever He willed by His Endowment.
* The Raiser, the Exalter

24. * He gives esteem to whoever He willed, hence there is no one to degrade Him;
* The Honorer, the Exalter

25. * Degrades whoever he willed, hence there is no one to give him esteem.
* The Abaser, the Degrader, the Subduer

26. * The One who Hears all things that are heard by His Eternal Hearing without an ear, instrument or organ.
* The Hearer, The All hearing, all knowing.

27. * The One who Sees all things that are seen by His Eternal Seeing without a pupil or any other instrument.
* The Seer, The discerning, the All seeing.

28. * He is the Ruler and His judgment is His Word.
* The arbitrator, the Judge

29.* The One who is entitled to do what He does.
* The justice, the equitable. The Just.

30. * the Most Gentle, the Gracious.
* The One who is kind

31.* The One who knows the truth of things.
* The Aware. The Sagacious, one is who is aware.

32. * the One who delays the punishment for those who deserve it and then He might forgive them.
* The Gentle. The most patient, the Clement.

33. * The One deserving the attributes of Exaltment, Glory, Extolment, and Purity from all imperfections.
* The Great, Mighty

34. * The One who forgives a lot.
* The Forgiving, the Pardoner.

35. * The One who gives a lot of reward for a little obedience.
* The Grateful, the Thankful

36. * The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures.
* The most high, the exalted.

37. * The One who is greater than everything in status.
* The great, the big.

38. * The One who protects whatever and whoever He willed to protect.
* The Guardian, the preserver.

39. * The One who has the Power.
* The maintainer, The Nourisher

40. * The One who gives the satisfaction.
* The noble, The Reckoner

41. * The One who is attributed with greatness of Power and Glory of status.
* The Majestic. The honorable, the exalted.

42. * The One who is clear from abjectness.
* The most generous, the Bountiful .

43. * The One that nothing is absent from Him. Hence it's meaning is related to the attribute of Knowledge.
* The Guardian, the watchful. Watcher.

44. * The One who answers the one in need if he asks Him and rescues the yearner if he calls upon Him.
* The Responder. The respondent, one who answers.

45. * the Englober. The enricher, the Omnipresent, the Knowledgeable.

46. * The One who is correct in His doings.
* The most Wise, the Judicious.

47. * the Affectionate, the Loving.

48. * The One who is with perfect power , High Status, Compassion, Generosity and Kindness.
* The Glorious, the exalted.

49. * The One who resurrects for reward and/or punishment.
* The Resurrector, the Raiser from death.


50. * The One who nothing is absent from Him.
* The Witness

51. * The One who truly exists.
* The Truth, the Just.

52. * The One who gives the satisfaction and is relied upon.
* The Guardian, the Trustee

53. * The One with the complete Power.
* The powerful, the almighty, The Strong

54. * The One with extreme Power which is un-interrupted and He does not get tired.
* The Strong, the Firm

55. * The Supporter, the Friend, the Defender the master.

56. * the praised One who deserves to be praised.
* The Praiseworthy, the Commendable

57. * The One who the count of things are known to him.
* The Counter

58. * The One who started the human being. That is, He created him.
* The Beginner, the Creator, the Originator

59. * The One who brings back the creatures after death.
* The Restorer, the Resurrector.

60.* The One who took out a living human from semen that does not have a soul. He gives life by giving the souls back to the worn out bodies on the resurrection day and He makes the hearts alive by the light of knowledge.
* The Bestower, the Life Giver.

61. * The One who renders the living dead.
* The Bringer of Death. The Death Giver.

62. * The One attributed with a life that is unlike our life and is not that of a combination of soul, flesh or blood.
* The Living. The Alive, the ever living.

63. * The One who remains and does not end.
* The Self-Subsistent, The Eternal, the Self Sustaining.

64. * The Rich who is never poor. Al-Wajd is Richness.
* The all perceiving, the Opulent, the Finder.

65. * The One without a partner.
* The One, the Unique.

66. * The One who is Majid.
* The Noble, the illustrious.

67. * the only, the Unique.

68. * The Master who is relied upon in matters and reverted to in ones needs.
* The Perfect, the Eternal.

69. * The One attributed with Power.
* The Able, the Capable, the Omnipotent.

70. * The One with the perfect Power that nothing is withheld from Him.
* The Capable, The all Powerful

71. * He makes ahead what He wills.
* The Presenter, the Advancer, the Expediter

72. * The One who delays what He wills.
* The Fulfiller, the keeper behind, The Deferrer

73.* The One whose Existence is without a beginning.
* The First

74.* The One whose Existence is without an end.
* The Last

75. * The Apparent, the Exterior, The Manifest
* The One that nothing is above Him and nothing is underneath Him, hence He exists without a place.

76. * the Hidden, the Interior, the Latent

77. * The One who owns things and manages them.
* The Governor, the Ruler, the Master

78.* The One who is clear from the attributes of the creation.
* The Exalted, The most high, one above reproach.

79. * The One who is kind to His creatures, who covered them with His sustenance and specified whoever He willed among them by His support, protection, and special mercy.
* The Benefactor, the Beneficent, the Pious.

80. * The One who grants repentance to whoever He willed among His creatures and accepts his repentance.
* The Acceptor of Repentance, the Forgiver, the Relenting.

81. * The One who victoriously prevails over His enemies and punishes them for their sins. It may mean the One who destroys them.
* The Avenger

82.* The One with wide forgiveness.
* The Forgiver, the effacer, the Pardoner

83. * The One with extreme Mercy. The Mercy of Allah is His will to endow upon whoever He willed among His creatures.
* The merciful, the Ever Indulgent.

84. * The One who is Just in His judgment.
* The Just, the Equitable

85.* The One who gathers the creatures on a day that there is no doubt about, that is the Day of Judgment.
* The Collector, the comprehensive, Gatherer

86. * The One who does not need the creation.
* The rich, the all sufficing, Self-Sufficient

87. * The One who satisfies the necessities of the creatures.
* The Enricher, sufficer, the bestower.

88.* The Supporter who protects and gives victory to His pious believers. Al-Mu'tiy
* The Withholder
* The Preventer, the prohibiter, the defender.

89.* The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed.
* The Distresser, The afflictor, the bringer of Adversity.

90.* The One who gives benefits to whoever He wills.
* The Beneficial Benefactor

91.* The One who guides.
* The Light ( in deep sence)

92. * The One whom with His Guidance His believers were guided, and with His Guidance the living beings have been guided to what is beneficial or them and protected from what is harmful to them.
* The Guide

93.* The One who created the creation and formed it without any preceding example.
* The Wonderful, the maker, Incomparable

94. * The One that the state of non-existence is impossible for Him.
* The Enduring, the Everlasting, the eternal

95. * The One whose Existence remains.
* The Inheritor, the Heir

96. * The One who guides.
* The Rightly Guided, the Conscious, the Guide

97. * The One who does not quickly punish the sinners.
* The most Patient, the Enduring.

98. * The One who controls the Dominion and gives dominion to whoever He willed.
* The Ruler of the Kingdom, king of the Universe

99. The One who deserves to be Exalted and not denied.
* Lord of Majesty and Generosity
The above are the brief explanation of names of God used in Quran.Islam followers use the name Allah to call the above qualified God.

Soul: Soul is tough to explain but I will give an example. Education is the soul of society.
It is a fact that there is no short cut to success except hard work. To nourish the soul and succeed in here after, the Islam followers practice their prayers and contemplation.

Note:1 The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.
Note:2 The above definition is only for human beings but for other creatures in higher dimensional space the meanings will be different.It is because the stem of some meanings of names of God like patience ,mercy ,etc are related with time,other creatures in higher dimension will be given the power to defeat time , so for them the definition will be different.

Why Prohpet Mohammed ‘s Vision is used in definition?
Reason:Last Prophet can say the advanced version of the concept.

How can we prove Prophet Mohammed is the last?

Proof: Refer, confer and infer the following equality:
Last incarnation Kalki = Last Prophet Mohammed
Next Buddha Mythreyya = Last Prophet Mohammed
Parakletus after Jesus Christ = Last Prophet Mohammed
Prophet similar to Mosa mentoned in Thourath = Last Prophet Mohammed
Conclusion:
This equality shows that all the religions are subset of a super set Islam religion. So if the contemplations and prayers are not in the prescribed manner of syllabus of Islam, a human being has more chance to fail in here after.
Refer the meaning of Islam, Prayer ,contemplation etc.in wider sence.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I would like to thank all the small virtues of this world.

References;
1. Bhagavath, Bhavishyath Puran, Kalki Puran
( Translation of name of parents of Kalki Vishnubhakth and Soumyavathi etc. in arabic)
2. Adharvaveth, Kundapasooktha
(Relate it with meanings Kundapam and Makka and know the Maharshi mentioned in it)
3. Gospel of Buddha
( Refer next Buddha and realize Rahmath-Mohammed)
4. Dasatheer
(Just go through the arrival of Islam religion and the properties etc)
5. Bible
(Refer Bible in Aramic language and identify Parakletus-Mohammed ,or refer Benjamin Keldanis Mohammed in the Bible)
6. Quran,Hadees ,related scriptures
(Just refer the meanings of names Sura Isra miaraj and connect it with the Black hole in the universe about 3500light years of distance from earth and the milky way to other space by Hawkings Bigbang Theory, then refer the distance between the skies given in Quran related scriptures and the existence of 7 skies. )
7. Thourath
(Refer the last portions to know the arrival of next prophet -married man and from which tribe)
8. The Monk who sold his Ferrari, Auther: Robin S Sharma’
( Refer Mantras-invocations and relate with meanings of name of God used in Quran and its psychological application)
9. The Road to Makkah , Author:M.Asad
(Go through the European’s discovery of Islam)
10. The story of my experiment with truth Author M.K.Ganghi
(Refer the chapter Farewell and identify the example that an ordinary man can become a light of the world by trying to approach (reduce) to zero (the origin of universe in wider sense), he has to possess patience, love, mercy etc up to an extent level when he traversed to zero.).
11.Big Bang Theory,Stephen W Hawkings.

Revision as of 12:44, 8 May 2024

Arab Open University
الجامعة العربية المفتوحة
MottoTowards a promising future
TypePrivate
Established2002; 22 years ago (2002)
ChairmanPrince Talal bin Abdulaziz
PresidentMohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Zakri
Location
Al-Hasa · Dammam · Ha'il · Jeddah · Medina · Riyadh · Amman · Bahrain · Beirut · Ardiya · Cairo · Oman · Khartoum · Al-Bireh, Palestine
Website

The Arab Open University (AOU) is a non-profit, private university established in 2002. The university operates under the chairmanship of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz and the presidency of Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Zakri. The headquarters of AOU is located in Kuwait, designated in December 2000. The university has an academic partnership with the Open University, United Kingdom.[1]

The AOU has a widespread presence with branches in several cities across the Middle East and North Africa, including Al-Hasa, Dammam, Ha'il, Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Ardiya, Cairo, Oman, Khartoum, and Al-Bireh, Palestine. The first phase of AOU was launched in October 2002 in Kuwait, Lebanon, and Jordan. Subsequent branches were opened in Bahrain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia in 2003, in Oman in February 2008, and in Sudan in September 2013.[2] In May 2015, AOU signed an agreement to open a new branch in Palestine with the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education.

The AOU offers a range of academic programmes taught in English.

Undergraduate programme

•BA (Hons) in Business Administration •BA (Hons) Business Studies/Accounting track •BA (Hons) Business Studies/Marketing track BA* (Hons) Business Studies/ Finance track BA* (Hons) Business Studies/ Human Resources Management track BA* (Hons) Business Studies/ Management track

  • BSc Programme (Hons) in Information Technology and Computing (ITC), offered in one of the following tracks:
    • Information Technology and Computing (ITC)
    • Computing (C)
    • Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
    • Computing with Business (CwB)
  • BSc Programme (Hons) in Graphic and Multimedia Design (in some of AOU's branches)
  • BA Programme (Hons) in English language & Literature (ELL):
    • Translation Track
  • BA Programme (Hons) in English Language and Literature with Business (ELL with BS)
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Media is offered in the following specializations (Egypt Branch):
    • Electronic Media
    • Radio and Television
    • Public Relations
  • And offered in the following tracks:
    • Electronic Media (Track) (Jordan & Lebanon)
    • Public Relations (Track) (Jordan)
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Education in Elementary Education
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Special Education / Learning Disabilities
  • BA Programme (Hons) in Special Education, offered in two tracks:
    • Learning Disabilities
    • Mental Retardation
  • Postgraduate Programmes (in some of AOU's branches)
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • MSc in Computing Programme
  • MSc in Computing – Information Security and Forensics
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Computing*MA in English Literature*High/General Diploma in Education
  • Master of Education in Education Technology
  • Master of Education in Educational Leadership

Branches

In alphabetical order:

See also

References

  1. ^ "AOU-OU Partnership". www.arabou.edu.sa. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  2. ^ "AOU will offer new undergraduate programmes to meet needs of labor market at some branches". Arab Open University. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

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