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It is envisaged to start the first FUIW Chair program in October 2003.

The teaching language of the program will be English.

There is no age limit. Serious students of any age can participate.

Students who complete the requirements of the program and satisfy the examiners will receive the Master’s Degree Certificate. This certificate will be signed by the participating local universities, the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW) and International Technological University, UK and/or International Colleges of Islamic Science, London. Thus, the issued Degree will enjoy local as well as international recognition.

Yes. This is because the Master's Degree issued enjoys international recognition, as explained above.

No. The blended eLearning is in fact a face to face version of teaching. Therefore, there is no need to mention this.

Following a questionnaire from 42 universities, the initial courses are set to be: Business Administration, Environmental Management and Information Technology. However, other subjects such as Arabic as foreign language and Islamic architecture will be offered next.

The planned length of the program is 18 months. Twelve months for taught modules and 6 months for project/dissertation.

On average a student would be required to study 18 hours per week.

There are two criteria: (i) the candidate should have good command of English ; and (ii) the candidate should have scored a minimum of 60% marks in the final year of his undergraduate studies.

The principal method will be a blended version of e-learning method. The students will have to attend classrooms at local universities. Recorded video tapes or CDs of European teachers will be shown to students. However, there will also be face- to-face teaching by local teachers, mainly to deal with students' questions and any difficulty they may have as well as workshop sessions. In addition, there are live sessions with European teachers to discuss essays and workshop assignments.

The resources and teaching materials will include distance-learning packages (videos or CD- ROM), structured texts or books, the internet, and a conventional library of text and reference books at the local universities.

Yes. Local tutors will deliver the same subjects taught by European teachers in classrooms of the local universities and face to face. Moreover, there will be live Internet sessions with European teachers.

Yes. Local teachers will be recruited from local universities to give face-to-face lectures and tutorials, and to deal with students' questions and problems.

Students' performance will be assessed through written examinations. There will be a written examination on each subject, and all examinations will be rigorously and personally organized at the local universities by ITU personnel sent from London. There will be strict invigilation during examinations in the British tradition. Questions for written examinations will be set by the European teachers and validated by an eminent West European expert acting as the independent External Examiner. Examination books will be marked by local and European teachers. The function of the External Examiner will be to ensure that west European quality standards are achieved in all academic activities and by the graduating class. Moreover, there will be one essay for each module that affects the total marks of the students.

A fair scheme will be operated to deal with this. If a student fails two subjects in a given year, then he or she may be allowed to re-sit examinations in those subjects. But, if he or she fails more than two subjects, he or she may be required to repeat the entire year. Regulations of the local universities are paramount in setting up these criteria.