It is extremely gratifying and humbling to reflect upon the past year and review the accomplishments of staff and students of the Islamic Online University. May Allah accept our deeds and efforts, forgive us our shortcomings, and guide us to His pleasure.
Your feedback, support, and prayers enabled us to make significant progress toward our vision of changing the nation through education. May Allah reward you all.
This look-back newsletter can’t possibly cover all the exciting things of the year of 2015 in detail. Hopefully, it presents enough to make you as pleased and amazed as we are of the progress and challenges we have conquered with the blessings and support of Allah.
Here are some of our accomplishments in the year of 2015:
1) New Affiliation, Memberships, and License
The Islamic Online University renewed its university license in Somalia, signed Memorandums of Understanding with 14 universities across the globe, and became an associate member or a full member of 4 international higher education institutions and 3 international education quality assurance networks.
2) New Programs
In 2015, the Juz 26-30 Hifdh with complete khatma recitation under GQMC was introduced for the benefit of the students of the Quranic memorization, and newly redesigned Youth Dual Credit Program Associate's Degree pleased our younger generation. Certificate and Diploma in Department of Business Administration, and Certificate and Diploma in Department of Information Technology expanded our program selection.
3) New Courses in the Diploma Section
The Free Diploma section was enhanced with YL360: 360 Degree Young Leadership Development Program, Arabic Speech Simplified, Soul of Hajj, Tajweed Made Easy new batch, The Seven Gems, and Islamization of Education courses.
4) New Services and Features
IOU Degree students welcomed free access to JSTOR and Oxford University Press database, Office 365 ProPlus, Microsoft's DreamSpark, Darussalam Publishers & Distributors discount accounts. Their study experience was enriched by various policies, Helpdesk Contact Form, IOU Help Center, plagiarism detection service, graduation application system, PayPal & PayTab online options, Fees portal, automated transcript and other systems.
5) IOU Conferences and Activities
Our first ever online conference on psychological well-being “Solace 2015” was very inspiring and enlightening, as well as IOU Awareness Week conducted in 5 countries. Additionally, IOU global representatives shared their experience at the IOU Global Representative conference.
In Spring and Fall 2015, IOU Orientation session welcomed 3549 graduate program students from 107 countries. This year we held 14882 online classes and answered 54,853+ queries via chat. The total number of IOU registered students is now over 225,000 from 229 countries. IOU students have received an onground support from 55 student committees and representatives spread over 38 countries all over the world.
IOU students have attempted their exams in one of the 1083 various exam centers registered worldwide, as well as benefited their communities by providing a total of 63,850 approved community service hours. Finally, we would like to congratulate our 98 graduates from 33 different countries, and also our first 4 Ijaza graduates from 4 different countries. May Allah accept their efforts.
Alhamdulillah, IOU staff, whose skills are being improved by monthly workshops, is always here for you to answer all your queries and requests, and facilitate your study experience. We pray that we have made your 2015 study experience pleasant.
We will be very blessed if you decide to support IOU financially so we may continue to change the nation through education. May Allah reward you for your donation for His sake and your du’as. For the donation page, please visit:
It is extremely gratifying and humbling to reflect upon the past year and review the accomplishments of staff and students of the Islamic Online University. May Allah accept our deeds and efforts, forgive us our shortcomings, and guide us to His pleasure.
Your feedback, support, and prayers enabled us to make significant progress toward our vision of changing the nation through education. May Allah reward you all.
This look-back newsletter can’t possibly cover all the exciting things of the year of 2015 in detail. Hopefully, it presents enough to make you as pleased and amazed as we are of the progress and challenges we have conquered with the blessings and support of Allah.
Here are some of our accomplishments in the year of 2015:
1) New Affiliation, Memberships, and License
The Islamic Online University renewed its university license in Somalia, signed Memorandums of Understanding with 14 universities across the globe, and became an associate member or a full member of 4 international higher education institutions and 3 international education quality assurance networks.
2) New Programs
In 2015, the Juz 26-30 Hifdh with complete khatma recitation under GQMC was introduced for the benefit of the students of the Quranic memorization, and newly redesigned Youth Dual Credit Program Associate’s Degree pleased our younger generation. Certificate and Diploma in Department of Business Administration, and Certificate and Diploma in Department of Information Technology expanded our program selection.
3) New Courses in the Diploma Section
The Free Diploma section was enhanced with YL360: 360 Degree Young Leadership Development Program, Arabic Speech Simplified, Soul of Hajj, Tajweed Made Easy new batch, The Seven Gems, and Islamization of Education courses.
4) New Services and Features
IOU Degree students welcomed free access to JSTOR and Oxford University Press database, Office 365 ProPlus, Microsoft’s DreamSpark, Darussalam Publishers & Distributors discount accounts. Their study experience was enriched by various policies, Helpdesk Contact Form, IOU Help Center, plagiarism detection service, graduation application system, PayPal & PayTab online options, Fees portal, automated transcript and other systems.
5) IOU Conferences and Activities
Our first ever online conference on psychological well-being “Solace 2015” was very inspiring and enlightening, as well as IOU Awareness Week conducted in 5 countries. Additionally, IOU global representatives shared their experience at the IOU Global Representative conference.
In Spring and Fall 2015, IOU Orientation session welcomed 3549 graduate program students from 107 countries. This year we held 14882 online classes and answered 54,853+ queries via chat. The total number of IOU registered students is now over 225,000 from 229 countries. IOU students have received an onground support from 55 student committees and representatives spread over 38 countries all over the world.
IOU students have attempted their exams in one of the 1083 various exam centers registered worldwide, as well as benefited their communities by providing a total of 63,850 approved community service hours. Finally, we would like to congratulate our 98 graduates from 33 different countries, and also our first 4 Ijaza graduates from 4 different countries. May Allah accept their efforts.
Alhamdulillah, IOU staff, whose skills are being improved by monthly workshops, is always here for you to answer all your queries and requests, and facilitate your study experience. We pray that we have made your 2015 study experience pleasant.
We will be very blessed if you decide to support IOU financially so we may continue to change the nation through education. May Allah reward you for your donation for His sake and your du’as. For the donation page, please visit:
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