I heartily welcome you to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The National Open University of Nigeria is an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution, the first of its kind in the West African sub-region. The university has an exciting platform where learning is not only easily accessible, but also affordable. The vibrant university, at present, has 63 study centres spread across the nation. It has a student population of over 120, 000. The university is also recording landmark achievements. It was recently rated 7th position among universities in Nigeria and 86th position out of the 100 universities in Africa by Webometric International. In addition, NOUN was given the European Quality Award in Education 2011 at Oxford, UK, among others. Indeed, the university is well prepared for you While wishing you a pleasurable and rewarding time as you study in NOUN, let me tell you that the rewards of hard work are many. So, keep this at the back of your mind as you go about translating your big dream