The National open university is a not a part time university. Many have the first thought that it is but the true is that it is not. It is actually a federal open and distance learning (ODL) institution, the first of its kind in the West African sub-region. It is Nigeria's largest tertiary institution in terms of student number and is popularly referred to as 'NOUN'.

The university was initially established on 22 July 1983 as springboard for open and distance learning in Nigeria. It was suspended by the government on 25 April 1984. However, its resuscitation was begun on 12 April 2001 by the former President of Nigeria, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo. At take off of the university, pioneer student enrollment stood at 32,400.

When applying to NOUN, you don't need to sit for JAMB exam before you can be admitted into the school. All you need do is to apply for admission with your details and follow the registration procedure on their portal.

National open university of Nigeria(NOUN) certificate is in no way inferior to those awarded by conventional universities since the same body National Universities Commission, sets the minimum standard. It has also made efforts to ensure its graduates below age 30 (the maximum age limit) participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

I always love to be brief, so to apply for national open university of Nigeria all you have to do is to visit its site nounonline.net when you've done that click on the dashboard menu and click on applying for admission. Where you've done that fill in the form and press submit. After that you well be ask to pay for registration through Remita when you can actually do by going to the bank or doing the transfer through your bank apply. Note: They will send the Remita pin or rather it's receipt to your email which will stand as your evidence of payment when you are to upload your files.

When you are done with that phrase go to the dashboard and click Continue After Payment. There you will input your RRR number from the Remita and will be asked to upload your passport which file should be less than 500kb. After that you will fill in something else and after that your admission letter and for will come out for you to print out. You will take the print out to your desire center but before you go to the centre upload your credentials will you will also find on your dash board.

It's as simple as ABC. It's a university that allows you you choose when you are ready for a semester therefore you can hold on your semester.