Hussein Rassool, the dean for the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, head of the Department of Psychology, Director of Research and Publications and Professor of Islamic Psychology at the International Open University is editor-in-chief of the journal. The IOU has launched a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, ' Journal of Integrated Sciences', with the first issue published in 2019. The International Open University engages in research. The International Open University is a full member of Association of African Universities, approved member of International Council for Open and Distance Education, African Quality Assurance Network (AfriQAN), Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (IQA), associate member of International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), Asian Association of Open Universities, as well as a member of International Council of Islamic Finance Educators (ICIFE) and a member of the Talloires Network. Bilal Philips paid a courtesy visit to Adama Barrow, the President of the Gambia, and offered scholarships worth USD 4,000,000 for education of underprivileged Gambians at the International Open University. In 2021, the leading online Kenyan newspaper Tuko ranked the International Open University as one of the top accredited distance learning universities in Africa, along with the University of Johannesburg, the University of Zambia, the University of South Africa, the University of Nairobi and the University of Pretoria, in addition to few other universities. In 2018, the International Open University's programs were ranked among the six best online Middle Eastern Studies programs by Successful Student, although by June 2020 they had been removed from this list. The International Open University is amongst the most ethnically diverse universities in the world (year 2018). In 2014, the Niger State Government paid the International Open University's Bachelor of Arts school fees for 35 students that registered from the state.

Įrnest Bai Koroma, the chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) welcomed the idea of establishing the IOU type Islamic institution. On January 13, 2020, it was announced through the IOU's official Facebook page that the institution's name has been changed to the International Open University. In April 2007, the IOU reopened under the name Islamic Online University, with a greater offering of completely free short courses. Initially established in 2001, the program shut down due to technical difficulties.

It was founded as the Islamic Online University by Bilal Philips in 2007 and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. The International Open University ( IOU) is a private distance education university headquartered in Kanifing, The Gambia. Box 2340, Kanifing South, KMC, The Gambia

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