Open University of Mauritius
| Motto | My University always with me |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 2012 |
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| Founder Director-General | Dr Kaviraj Sharma Sukon |
| Website | www.open.ac.mu |
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The Open University of Mauritius (OU) is a public university in Mauritius. It offer programmes leading to undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees through open distance learning. OU's headquarters are located in Réduit, Moka.[1][2][3]
The OU was established under the Open University of Mauritius Act No. 2 of 2010, proclaimed in July 2012. Its first founder Director-General is Dr Kaviraj Sharma Sukon.[4]
The first graduation ceremony was held on 8 July 2015. The guest was the French-Mauritian Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Dr Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
It was the first public university in Mauritius to be ISO-certified as from 7 July 2015. The University was re-certified in November 2018 from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015.
It is the only public university that has experienced a continuous positive growth as evidenced by the findings of the report of the Tertiary Education Commission (see Figure 6 on Page 6): http://www.tec.mu/pdf_downloads/Participation_Tertiary_Education_2018.pdf==[permanent dead link]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Education in Mauritius
- List of tertiary institutions in Mauritius
- Tertiary Education Commission www.tec.mu
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