Islamic Online University is now accredited by affiliation.

Wisdom International School for Higher Education Studies (WISHES)

BAIS Consortium with
Islamic Online University (IOU)

The Wisdom International School for Higher Education Studies (WISHES) and the Islamic Online University (IOU)) are pleased to announce their strategic consortium by virtue of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between them signed on 30th July 2010. They have agreed to embark on a strategic alliance to provide curricular programs designed to promote core competence and excellence in authentic Islamic education and other disciplines from the Islamic perspective.

The IOU has recently launched the world’s first tuition-free, online Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies (BAIS). This path-breaking initiative plans to utilize the worldwide presence of the Internet and advanced open source online learning technology to bring low-cost, university level Islamic education within reach of anyone on the planet who has access to a computer and the Internet. In line with this, IOU has embarked on a consortium with WISHES – an accredited institution of higher learning recognized by the Philippine government through the Commission on Higher Education, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CHED-ARMM) for higher Islamic Studies degree programs relevant to professional growth, well-balanced personality and ultimate success.

By virtue of the MOA, WISHES will award BAIS degree certificates to IOU students who complete all the requirements mandated by Philippine laws.

WISHES will also secure from the Commission on Higher Education, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao(CHED-ARMM) documentation of degree authentication, namely the Special Order (SO) and the Certificate of Authentication and Verification (CAV).

IOU will be responsible for online teaching of all students covered under the MOA.