| Motto | My University always with me |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2012; 13 years ago (2012) |
| Location | ,, 20°14′0.02″S57°29′57.16″E / 20.2333389°S 57.4992111°E /-20.2333389; 57.4992111 |
| Founder Director-General | Dr Kaviraj Sharma Sukon |
| Website | www.open.ac.mu |
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The Open University of Mauritius (OU) is a publicuniversity inMauritius. It offer programmes leading to undergraduate, andpostgraduate degrees through open distance learning. OU's headquarters are located inRéduit, 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 theFrench-Mauritian Nobel Prize in Literature laureate DrJean-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]
