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Other name | AUST |
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Former names | African Institute of Science and Technology |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2007 |
| President | Prof Azikwe Peter Onwalu (acting) |
| Location | , Nigeria |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Nelson Mandela Institution |
| Website | www |
The African University of Science and Technology (AUST) is an international undergraduate and post-graduate university located in Abuja, Nigeria. It was founded in 2007 as the first part of a pan-African university system concept developed by the Nelson Mandela Institution (NMI). The university offers postgraduate programs in five major disciplinary areas: Computer Science and Management of Information Technology, Material Science and Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Pure, Applied Mathematics, and Space and Aerospace Sciences, and also a master's degree in Public Administration and Public Policy. Visiting professors include Africans working in the diaspora.
AUST was founded in 2007 as the first campus of the pan-African Nelson Mandela Institution.[1][2] From its inception, it offered only postgraduate courses.[3] In December 2022 it graduated 145 people from 11 countries, 38 with doctorates.[4]
Winston Wole Soboyejo was president and provost from January 2012 to August 2014.[5] As of December 2022, Azikiwe Peter Onwualu is acting president.[4]
References
- ↑ "FG inaugurates panel to reposition African University of Science and Technology", TVC News, July 2019.
- ↑ Dagmar Dehmer, "Hochschulen in Afrika: Afrikas akademische Exzellenz", Tagesspiegel, 9 December 2014 (in German).
- ↑ Nathan P. Adjene, "AUST: Abuja’s hidden jewel of Science and Technology", BusinessDay, 6 March 2018.
- 1 2 Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Kanayo Umeh and Ernest Nzor, "AUST graduates 38 PhDs from 11 African countries", The Guardian Nigeria, 15 December 2022.
- ↑ Eileen Brangan Mell, "WPI Names Renowned Scholar Winston Oluwole Soboyejo as Provost and Senior Vice President", Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1 October 2019 (press release).