It is named after Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the country's national poet.

[4] Students can gain admission in Matriculation, Intermediate, Bachelor, Master, MPhil and Ph.D. programmes at the university.

AIOU offers extensive undergraduate and post-graduate programs in academic disciplines.

[4] AIOU is noted for its cost-effective policy to provide higher and lifelong education to people learning from their homes and places of work at a minimum cost through a specialised fund managed by the government.

The 16 departments of the faculty are: Pakistan Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on 20 November 1999, on the university's 25th anniversary.