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

Oxford

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, part of the Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University is a private chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.5 million students, making it the world's third largest...

, Iran

Iran

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AUO was founded in 2004 as part of Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University is a private chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.5 million students, making it the world's third largest...

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

Higher education

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 initiatives in Europe

Europe

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 by a large private university

Private university

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 in Iran

Iran

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. The parent Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University is a private chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.5 million students, making it the world's third largest...

 has over one million students and more than 30,000 members of staff. A number of its lecturers are now being granted tuition scholarships to strengthen their qualifications by working for the PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 degree in AUO and its partner universities in Great Britain.

The institution offers a limited range of undergraduate

Undergraduate education

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, postgraduate

Postgraduate education

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 and research

Research

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 degrees

Academic degree

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, as well as short courses in English language

English language

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External links

• [www.auox.org.uk Azad University IR in Oxford]
• Islamic Azad University
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  Islamic Azad University is a private chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.5 million students, making it the world's third largest...
  
  
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