African_University_of_Science_and_Technology
African University of Science and Technology
University in Nigeria
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.
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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[update], Azikiwe Peter Onwualu is acting president.[4]