Welcome to the Office of the President
One of the exciting things about being in a university is that every year we get to begin again, with new learning, ideas, students and faculty.
Welcome to the Office of the President
One of the exciting things about being in a university is that every year we get to begin again, with new learning, ideas, students and faculty.
President's Message to AUN Parents
Welcome to the University that prepares your children for leadership. There is really no other University like AUN in the world; a University that says our commitment is to be a Development University. We are committed to preparing your children for the challenges that our global community is facing right now, whether they are climate change, business innovations, public health or global diplomacy. Our beautiful and peaceful city of Yola awaits you. This is where we live and practice our Development work for the good of our community.
President's Message to AUN Parents
Welcome to the University that prepares your children for leadership. There is really no other University like AUN in the world; a University that says our commitment is to be a Development University. We are committed to preparing your children for the challenges that our global community is facing right now, whether they are climate change, business innovations, public health or global diplomacy. Our beautiful and peaceful city of Yola awaits you. This is where we live and practice our Development work for the good of our community.
Greetings, and welcome to the American University of Nigeria.
It might surprise you that there is an American University based in Nigeria. Founded nearly 20 years ago by the former Vice President of Nigeria, HE Atiku Abubakar GCON, we have built, here in peaceful Yola, a thoroughly modern university on a beautiful and secure campus. Fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC), AUN is unlike any other university in this part of the world: we provide a university education based on the US model—just as if you were to go to university in the US.
Our education is rigorous, it is thoroughly up to date, it fosters creativity, it focuses on problem-solving, it prepares you for success in your professional life, and it prepares you to lead. In our small, interactive classes, you receive personal attention. We are committed to the individual success of every student at AUN, so our faculty get to know each of our students and work with them to make sure that they do succeed.
We also call ourselves a “Development University.” What does that mean? It means that we understand that many of the challenges that this generation will face in the world are very different from those facing earlier generations, the problems more complex. Reducing poverty, sustaining democracy, building a peaceful society with a sustainable economy in the face of global climate change—will require our best and our brightest. And our best educated. AUN educated.
Here at AUN, we are deeply committed not only to working in our community and our region to solve pressing development problems but to making sure that when our young people graduate they have the knowledge and the skills, the entrepreneurial spirit and the problem-solving abilities to deal with such challenges for the rest of their lives.
We are preparing our students to be global leaders. Our alumni are not only in Nigeria and Africa doing important work, they are at Google in my country, they are teaching in England, they are in Asia, Europe, Africa, they are everywhere. I think that’s the proof of this education. I know some Nigerians want to go abroad for quality education, to go to my country, to Europe. But I believe strongly that for this first degree, younger students do better in their home country. For here they can receive the kind of guidance and additional support we give our students, whether it’s through our Writing Centre or through our Health Centre. And it is here that they can build friendships and networks that will serve them the rest of their lives. AUN is also a global university.
Here we have partnerships with universities throughout the world. We belong to the Association of American International Colleges and Universities, to the Global Liberal Arts Alliance, and we are one of the first universities on the continent to be associated with the Global Business School Network. This means that our students have the opportunity, through these different networks, to study abroad. We say “School at home and Study abroad.”
So an AUN student can come here, and then at the end of their sophomore or their junior year--their third year—they can go to study at AU (American University) Paris, at AU Rome, go to study in London or all around the world. What’s quite extraordinary about this arrangement is that AUN students pay only AUN tuition when they are out studying, not the much higher tuition charged at the universities abroad. It is a truly wonderful opportunity, and yet another feature of American university education. I am firmly convinced that this university is doing pioneering work. I’m convinced that we are preparing young people with the education that they will need to be successful not only individuals in their lives and careers, but successful as leaders in their communities and nations, successful as together we confront the great global challenges which lie ahead.
Margee M. Ensign, Ph.D.
President/Vice-Chancellor
American University of Nigeria
Here at AUN, we are deeply committed not only to working in our community and our region to solve pressing development problems but to making sure that when our young people graduate they have the knowledge and the skills, the entrepreneurial spirit and the problem-solving abilities to deal with such challenges for the rest of their lives.
We are preparing our students to be global leaders. Our alumni are not only in Nigeria and Africa doing important work, they are at Google in my country, they are teaching in England, they are in Asia, Europe, Africa, they are everywhere. I think that’s the proof of this education. I know some Nigerians want to go abroad for quality education, to go to my country, to Europe. But I believe strongly that for this first degree, younger students do better in their home country. For here they can receive the kind of guidance and additional support we give our students, whether it’s through our Writing Centre or through our Health Centre. And it is here that they can build friendships and networks that will serve them the rest of their lives. AUN is also a global university.
Here we have partnerships with universities throughout the world. We belong to the Association of American International Colleges and Universities, to the Global Liberal Arts Alliance, and we are one of the first universities on the continent to be associated with the Global Business School Network. This means that our students have the opportunity, through these different networks, to study abroad. We say “School at home and Study abroad.”
So an AUN student can come here, and then at the end of their sophomore or their junior year--their third year—they can go to study at AU (American University) Paris, at AU Rome, go to study in London or all around the world. What’s quite extraordinary about this arrangement is that AUN students pay only AUN tuition when they are out studying, not the much higher tuition charged at the universities abroad. It is a truly wonderful opportunity, and yet another feature of American university education. I am firmly convinced that this university is doing pioneering work. I’m convinced that we are preparing young people with the education that they will need to be successful not only individuals in their lives and careers, but successful as leaders in their communities and nations, successful as together we confront the great global challenges which lie ahead.
Margee M. Ensign, Ph.D.
President/Vice-Chancellor
American University of Nigeria
Greetings, and welcome to the American University of Nigeria.
It might surprise you that there is an American University based in Nigeria. Founded nearly 20 years ago by the former Vice President of Nigeria, HE Atiku Abubakar GCON, we have built, here in peaceful Yola, a thoroughly modern university on a beautiful and secure campus. Fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC), AUN is unlike any other university in this part of the world: we provide a university education based on the US model—just as if you were to go to university in the US.
Our education is rigorous, it is thoroughly up to date, it fosters creativity, it focuses on problem-solving, it prepares you for success in your professional life, and it prepares you to lead. In our small, interactive classes, you receive personal attention. We are committed to the individual success of every student at AUN, so our faculty get to know each of our students and work with them to make sure that they do succeed.
We also call ourselves a “Development University.” What does that mean? It means that we understand that many of the challenges that this generation will face in the world are very different from those facing earlier generations, the problems more complex. Reducing poverty, sustaining democracy, building a peaceful society with a sustainable economy in the face of global climate change—will require our best and our brightest. And our best educated. AUN educated.
Here at AUN, we are deeply committed not only to working in our community and our region to solve pressing development problems but to making sure that when our young people graduate they have the knowledge and the skills, the entrepreneurial spirit and the problem-solving abilities to deal with such challenges for the rest of their lives.
We are preparing our students to be global leaders. Our alumni are not only in Nigeria and Africa doing important work, they are at Google in my country, they are teaching in England, they are in Asia, Europe, Africa, they are everywhere. I think that’s the proof of this education. I know some Nigerians want to go abroad for quality education, to go to my country, to Europe. But I believe strongly that for this first degree, younger students do better in their home country. For here they can receive the kind of guidance and additional support we give our students, whether it’s through our Writing Centre or through our Health Centre. And it is here that they can build friendships and networks that will serve them the rest of their lives. AUN is also a global university.
Here we have partnerships with universities throughout the world. We belong to the Association of American International Colleges and Universities, to the Global Liberal Arts Alliance, and we are one of the first universities on the continent to be associated with the Global Business School Network. This means that our students have the opportunity, through these different networks, to study abroad. We say “School at home and Study abroad.”
So an AUN student can come here, and then at the end of their sophomore or their junior year--their third year—they can go to study at AU (American University) Paris, at AU Rome, go to study in London or all around the world. What’s quite extraordinary about this arrangement is that AUN students pay only AUN tuition when they are out studying, not the much higher tuition charged at the universities abroad. It is a truly wonderful opportunity, and yet another feature of American university education. I am firmly convinced that this university is doing pioneering work. I’m convinced that we are preparing young people with the education that they will need to be successful not only individuals in their lives and careers, but successful as leaders in their communities and nations, successful as together we confront the great global challenges which lie ahead.
Margee M. Ensign, Ph.D.
President/Vice-Chancellor
American University of Nigeria
