ABOUT AUN
The Concept
Architectural Plans for AUN campus buildings
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American University of Nigeria was created in response to the demand for high-quality, American-style higher education in West Africa. Each year, thousands of West African families send their sons and daughters to universities in the United States. Many of these students would prefer to study here, in Nigeria, if a comparable education were available. Now these students do have a new option:
AUN.
The mission of AUN is to offer an education that is in every way the equal of what a student would experience at the best universities in
the United States. The majority of the distinguished faculty are American; the campus facilities are world class--superior even to those found at most American campuses. The academic programs are built on the American model and are consistent in every way with US accreditation standards.
The University was created in partnership with the American University in Washington, D.C., an institution with an international reputation
for excellence.
AUN is a career-oriented-institution, with the goal of meeting the professional aspirations of students and the demand by local and
international employers for highly trained staff. All students, regardless of academic specialty, will receive extensive training in
information technology. Upon arrival, every student will receive a laptop computer, complete with essential software. Wireless,
high-speed Internet access will be available everywhere on campus, indoors and out. Every student will learn the principles of
entrepreneurship so that, regardless of major, they will be prepared to achieve personal prosperity and to contribute to the economic
development of the region. AUN will be free of the disruptions and interruptions to the academic year too often seen at other Nigerian
universities.
Our goal is to educate the next generation of leadership in West Africa. We are committed to being an important part of the solution
to the continent's pressing social and economic challenges. If you share our vision for West Africa, and if you are a high school student
who will be graduating near the top of your class, we'd like to talk with you about what AUN has to offer.
To learn more about AUN, read the following:
