African University of Science and Technology

The African University of Science and Technology (AUST) is a post-graduate university which is part of a university system concept developed by the Nelson Mandela Institution (NMI) with the aim of bringing the highest level of technical education and research facilities to the continent of Africa. AUST represents a global effort to foster Sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth and development through the promotion of excellence in science and engineering and their applications. The ultimate vision of NMI is to develop four African institutions of science and technology across Sub-Saharan Africa — one each in the north, south, east, and west of the continent. AUST was patterned on the decentralized model that has been successfully implemented by the IIT-Bombay. It currently offers programs in five major disciplinary areas, namely, Computer Science and Management of Information Technology, Material Science and Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Pure and Applied Mathematics and with effect from the beginning of 2019, will also offer programs in Space and Aerospace Sciences and Engineering as well as its first foray into applied Social Sciences with Master's degree in Public Administration and Public Policy. Working with a small corps of resident faculty, it accomplishes its high quality teaching and research by inviting highly accomplished and reputed professors from universities and research institutions across the globe, to participate in face-to-face teaching and supervision of student research. The Visiting Professors include many Africans working in the diaspora.

African University of Science and Technology
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Former names
African Institute of Science and Technology
TypePrivate
Established2007 (2007)
ChairmanDr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
PresidentProf.Kingston Nyamapfene
Vice-presidentProf. Charles Chidume
Students228
Undergraduates0
130
Location
Abuja
,
Nigeria
CampusUrban
NicknameAUST
AffiliationsNelson Mandela Institution
Websitewww.aust.edu.ng
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.

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