Arab Open University

Arab Open University
General Info.
Established	2002
Location	Kuwait City, Kuwait Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Ahsa, Hail, Medina) Bahrain Amman, Jordan Cairo, Egypt Beirut, Lebanon Oman
Founder	HRH Prince Talal ibn Abdulaziz
Phone	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.
Arab Open University Forum	Arab Open University students Forums
Website	Bahrain Egypt Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Saudi Arabia Oman
Global Membership	None.

Arab Open University (AOU, in Arabic الجامعة العربية المفتوحة) is a 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.

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
• Faculty of Educational Studies

Saudi Arabia Branches (SAB)

In 2003 a year after establishing the AOU, the first branch in Saudi Arabia was opened in Riyadh. it had around a 1500 student, the main reason for it getting all of that success is because; Saudi Arabia's universities mainly excepted national students, the other student usually get sent to another country to continue there education there. The AOU was a new useful idea, that covered the essential needs for more universities to cover the huge number of student the university went a long way since then. In 2008 the SAB gone even bigger and opened more types of certifications, instead of having only one option in each Department; the university started to offer three more programs, which attracted even more student to study in the university.

The AOU is a mixture between a distant learning system, and a normal university system. Students go to the branch very frequently; especially full time students might need to visit the branch 3 times a week. The university also offer each student the online Learning management System (LMS).where students can access assessment components, participants, and tutors online.

Academic Calendar

The AOU each year have three semesters:

• First Semester.
• Second Semester.
• Summer Semester.

See also

• List of Open University Alumni