Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has announced that August 19 (Monday) is the last day for applying admissions in PhD, M.Phil, MS and BS programs. The admissions could only be applied through online portal. According to Director Admissions, all these are merit-based programs. It was hoped that the interested students would avail the opportunity. The University had opened admissions in PhD Physics, Chemistry, MS/MPil Chemistry, Physics and Mass Communication for its autumn 2019 semester. The BS programs include Physic, Botany, Mathematics, Statistics and Environment sciences. These programs are arranged only in Islamabad Campus. For the coming semester, the AIOU has also launched BS Computer Science program for Lahore, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bhawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan, besides Rawalpindi, Islamabad Campuses. The University has also announced schedule of entry test of these programs. As per schedule, August 21 is for the test and interview of MS/Phil programs, while August 22 is of PhD programs. Merit-list will be displayed on August 28. The last date for fee submission of the programs is September 2. The prescribed merit-criteria will be strictly followed in the admissions process, as per the directives of the Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Zia-Ul-Qayyum. As per the policy, there will be no compromise on the quality and transparency in conducting and running these programs, Director Admissions added.