An Introduction

Mr. Haroon Ashraf

Overview
 Background & Methodology

 Milestones

 Current Status

 Highlights

 Vision and Future Plans

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 Background
◦ Higher education is expensive
◦ Only available in major cities
◦ Limited enrolment capacity

 Collectively, Pakistani Universities have

excellent faculty

 Why not use them to teach all aspirants?

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Background
 Target Highly qualified faculty with
established credentials to:
◦ Drive the content development process
◦ Develop content locally

 Use Technology as a force multiplier

 Deliver/interact via Television and Internet
 Examine conventionally

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Background
 Only Pakistani university based purely on
modern ICTs

 Mission: to provide
◦ extremely affordable
◦ world class education
◦ to aspiring students all over the country.

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VU at a glance
 Student-teacher interaction is through a
comprehensive Learning Management System
◦ http://vulms.vu.edu.pk

 Examinations:
◦ Formal proctored examinations
◦ Twice a semester (midterm and finals)
◦ Conducted at dedicated exam centers

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VU at a glance
 Large student body

 Present all over the country

 Admissions twice a year

 Wide range of courses are being offered

every semester

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 Satellite

Virtual Campus

DVB Uplink

Server

Satellite dish

Interactive Reverse
Channel
user workstations
Communications Hub

Workstation IP Stream encoder

Other Virtual Campuses,

Academic Intranet
Institutions,
Individuals
Database Server Content Server

Virtual University Headquarters

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Milestones
Milestone Date
Inauguration and launch of BS programs March 2002
Federal Charter September 2002
Starts Broadcasts of its own TV Channels June 2004
Selected to Lead Asia-Wide DE Research Project March 2005
Launch of MCS, MIT and MBA Programs February 2006
VU goes Global- All Video Lectures Placed on Youtube June 2008
Introduction of New e-Examination System October 2008

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Milestones
Milestone Date
Enrollment Exceeds 50,000 Students September 2009
BS in Marketing, Management, Banking & Finance March 2011
Launch of VU Open Courseware October 2011
VU OpenCourseWare Site wins International Award April 2012
Launch of Associate Degree programs October 2014
Launch of programs in life sciences October 2014
Launch of Ph.D. programs October 2015

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Current Status
 Programs
 4-year BS programs in:
Computer Science Information Technology Acct & Finance

Commerce Management Marketing

Business & IT Business Administration Public

Administration

Mass Communication Psychology Banking & Finance

Bioinformatics Biotechnology Sociology

Software Engineering B.Ed. (Hons) Elementary Banking & Finance

Economics Mathematics

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Current Status
 Programs
 2-year Bachelor Programs in:
BA Arts BA Mass Communication BA Psychology

BSc Computer Science B.Ed. Elementary 1.5 & 2.5 BA Business

years Administration

B.com BSc. (Math, Stats, Economics)

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Current Status
 Programs
 2-year MS Programs in:
Computer Science Education (Leadership & Mgmt) Business
Administration

Mathematics Biotechnology Genetics

Zoology Bioinformatics Molecular Biology

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Current Status
 Programs
 2-year Masters (M.Sc.) Programs in:
Applied Psychology Organizational Psychology Mass
Communication

Computer Science Information Technology M.Ed. (1year)

Accounting/ A & Public Administration Banking & Finance

Finance

MBA Exe. Business Economics Business Studies

Commerce Finance HRM

Operations & Supply Mathematics Zoology

Chain Management

Economics Statistics

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Current Status
 Programs
 2-year Associate Degree (ADP) Programs in:
Computer Networking Database Management Web Design &
Development

Education Accounting & Finance Islamic Banking

HRM Operations Management Sales & Marketing

Supply Chain Management

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Current Status
 Programs
 1-year Post Graduate Diploma in:
Applied Psychology Television Production Computer Science

Information Technology Education Accounting/ A &

Finance

Banking & Finance Business Admin. Entrepreneurship &

SME Management

Finance HRM Marketing

Public Admin.

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Current Status
 Programs
 Professional Short Certificate Courses in:
Management General Science Computer Science

Mathematics Humanities

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Current Status
 Programs
 Specialization Certificate Courses in:
Banking Finance HRM

Management Marketing

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Current Status
 Programs
 Ph.D in:

Computer Science

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Current Status
June 2014

Cities 100+

Total Campuses 170+

VU Owned & Operated 30

Public – private partnership 140+

Enrollment ~100,000

Total Graduates to date ~32,000

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Highlights - OpenCourseware
◦ All VU courses are have been made freely available

◦ http://ocw.vu.edu.pk

◦ Complete with course schedules, handouts,

assignments and solutions

◦ Valuable learning resource for all students

◦ Similar to initiatives by MIT, Yale, Stanford etc.

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Highlights - Examination System
 Comprehensive application of IT
 Allows students to create individual
datesheets
 Every student gets a different question paper
 Grading consistency and uniformity achieved
 Efficient declaration of results

 Used by NUST for its entrance tests

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Vision & Future Plans
 Education for all
◦ High quality, Uniform, Affordable

 General Public Awareness / Education

◦ Civic sense, Health issues and education
◦ Non-affording / incapable of access population
segments (We Care) initiative.

 Agriculture, health & vocational education

 e-Content development

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Thank You

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