The Azad University in Oxford (AUO) is a university campus in

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, branch of the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...

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. AUO was founded in 2004 as part of

's mission of international cooperation and the creation of a global community of educational and cultural exchange, and is one of the first

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initiatives in

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by a large

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. The parent

has over one million students and more than 30,000 members of staff. A number of its lecturers have been granted tuition scholarships to strengthen their qualifications by working for the PhD degree in AUO and its partner universities in the UK. The institution offers

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...

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and

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degrees, as well as short courses in

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.AUO Short Courses
AUO is a part of the world's largest university in terms of students enrolled. AUO Oxford started operations in July 2004 as the first campus of Azad University in Europe. AUO is located in

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, five miles west of the centre of Oxford. AUO offers merit based scholarships, and academic programmes at undergraduate, Masters, and pre-Masters, Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels and short courses.

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External links

* http://www.auo.org.uk
Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University

UK study

{{Authority control Universities in England Educational institutions established in 2004 2004 establishments in England

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