ABTI-American University of Nigeria

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ABTI - American University of Nigeria

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Established 2005
Type Private
President David Huwiler
Location Nigerian flag Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria
Campus Urban
Website www.abti-american.edu.ng

ABTI - American University of Nigeria (AAUN) is the first American university ever to be established in Nigeria. With David Huwiler as its current president, it was commissioned by the Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and founded in partnership with the American University in Washington, D.C.

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[edit] History

Because of the lack of world class universities within the country, Vice President Atiku initiated discussions with the American University faculty in 2003 about building an American-style university in Yola, the capital of his home state of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Those discussions led the ABTI-American University of Nigeria to sign a five-year management consultancy agreement with AU on January 1, 2004. Abubakar, whose wife Jennifer is a PhD student at AU’s School of International Service (SIS), is the leading funder for this effort.[1]

[edit] Faculties and their courses

The university has the following majors for undergraduates[2]:

School of Arts and Sciences

  • Economics (BS)
  • International and Comparative Politics (BA)
  • Literature (BA)
  • Natural and Environmental Science (BS)
  • Petroleum Chemistry (BS)

School of Entrepreneurial Studies and Business Management

  • Business Management (BS) with concentrations in:
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Economics and Finance
  • Management and Marketing
  • Finance (BS)

School of Information Technology and Communications

  • Communication (BS) with concentrations in:
  • Advertising
  • Digital Media
  • Film and Television
  • Journalism
  • Telecommunications & Wireless Technologies
  • Computer Science (BS)
  • Information Systems (BS) with concentrations in:
  • Database Administration
  • Information Security and Assurance
  • Management Information Systems
  • Networking
  • Software Engineering (BS)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Newsletter of the Office of International Affairs", American University[1].
  2. ^ "Academics", abti-american.edu.ng/academics.htm

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