African University of Science and Technology

This article is about the African University of Science and Technology. For the Japanese research facility, see National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
African University of Science and Technology
Other name
AUST
Former names
African Institute of Science and Technology
TypePrivate
Established2007 (2007)
PresidentAzikwe Peter Onwalu (acting)
Location
Abuja
,
Nigeria
CampusUrban
AffiliationsNelson Mandela Institution
Websitewww.aust.edu.ng

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

  1. ^ "FG inaugurates panel to reposition African University of Science and Technology", TVC News, July 2019.
  2. ^ Dagmar Dehmer, "Hochschulen in Afrika: Afrikas akademische Exzellenz", Tagesspiegel, 9 December 2014 (in German).
  3. ^ Nathan P. Adjene, "AUST: Abuja’s hidden jewel of Science and Technology", BusinessDay, 6 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Kanayo Umeh and Ernest Nzor, "AUST graduates 38 PhDs from 11 African countries", The Guardian Nigeria, 15 December 2022.
  5. ^ Eileen Brangan Mell, "WPI Names Renowned Scholar Winston Oluwole Soboyejo as Provost and Senior Vice President", Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1 October 2019 (press release).

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