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Mission Statement Founded in 1971, the Association of American International Colleges and Universities (AAICU) is a consortium of independent, not for profit, higher education institutions located outside the United States and based on the American liberal arts model. AAICU members adhere to the highest standards of institutional accountability and integrity. AAICU provides a distinctive forum for sharing best practices in international higher education, facilitates international and intercultural perspectives through student and faculty exchange, and promotes broader awareness of the educational, economic, social, and cultural contributions of member institutions to the regions of the world in which they are located. Adopted at the AAICU President’s Business Meeting held on April 19, 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
facts at a glance Students and Faculty:
Tuition and Financial Aid:
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Student enrollment (degree-seeking): 49,574
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Total annual tuition revenue: $ 679 million
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Undergraduate students: 42,201
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Graduate students 7,373
University funded scholarships, grants, and assistantships: $ 163 million
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Students from the United States (earning degrees and study abroad students): 7,397
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US Study Abroad students: 2,936
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Students from the host countries (earning degrees): 33,601
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Percent Female: 51%
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Alumni: 190,077
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Full-time faculty: 3045 (74% PhDs, 27% U.S. citizens or permanent residents)
Endowments, Support, and Operating Budget: •
Endowment: $ 2.25 billion
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Total amount of support from the U.S. government: $26 million
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Total amount of support from private donors: $88 million
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Total annual operating budget: $1.12 billion
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With combined enrollment of over 49,000 from nearly every country in the world, AAICU institutions are among America’s most important global assets. AAICU institutions play a vital role in advancing social progress, fostering economic development and educating future leaders in their respective host countries. As long-standing and widely recognized international education leaders, AAICU institutions are uniquely positioned to bridge cultures, to foster dialogue in the American liberal arts tradition, and to advance the Department of Education’s mandate to internationalize U.S. education.
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Located in Athens, The American College of Greece (ACG) is the oldest and largest U.S. accredited education institution in Europe. Founded in 1875, ACG encompasses a secondary school, an undergraduate college, a graduate school of arts and sciences, and a graduate business school with a total enrollment of 5000 students from 50 countries. ACG is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, offering 26 undergraduate majors in the liberal arts, business and fine and performing arts as well as 20 masters degrees in business, arts and sciences. ACG features a distinctive academic ethos rooted in U.S. education best practices. ACG faculty are dedicated to teaching, scholarship, and service and cultivate a rich intellectual campus environment. The College is committed to extending educational opportunities to qualified students of diverse backgrounds and to mutually supportive engagement with 50,000 alumni around the world.
AAICU Members www.acg.edu
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE (ACG)
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American College of Thessaloniki (ACT)
www.act.edu
The American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) is the tertiary division of Anatolia, a private, not-for-profit educational institution founded in 1886. ACT is an independent American university chartered in the State of Massachusetts and accredited by the New England Associate of Schools and (NEASC). ACT also holds EU program validation and has been granted a license by the Greek government to operate as a private post-secondary College. ACT is located on a 45-acre campus in Thessaloniki, Greece, and its facilities represent a state-of-the-art college campus. The school draws students from Greece, the U.S., Southeast Europe, and beyond. ACT has more than 2,300 alumni in over 25 countries. The comprehensive undergraduate curriculum leads to Bachelor (BA and BS) degrees in various disciplines including Business, International Relations, English, and Computing. The MBA program offers concentrations in Banking and Finance, Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing.
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American University of Armenia (AUA)
Through its College of Business and Economics, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, and School of Public Health, AUA offers three undergraduate degrees, eight graduate degrees, and several graduate certificates. AUA is also a research-oriented institution with nine research centers that attract both privately and publicly funded projects and provide opportunities for its faculty, researchers, and students to combine academics with research and its practical applications. The research centers, along with AUA Extension, allow the University to also engage in community outreach efforts. AUA Extension delivers a number of quality courses to meet the needs of most public and private sector organizations, as well as individuals at large. The university has over 1500 current students and close to 2,800 alumni. By Fall 2016, student enrollment is expected to reach 2000.
www.aua.am
Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was established through a partnership between the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the University of California, and the Government of Armenia. AUA is affiliated with the University of California and accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission. The American-style education that the University offers is grounded in principles of academic freedom, knowledge-based learning emphasizing inquiry and critical thinking, and multidisciplinary studies. AUA advocates public service and democratic values anchored in an ethical and merit-based environment, and provides access to state-of-the-art facilities.
AAICU Members www.aub.edu.lb
American University of Beirut (AUB)
The oldest American institution of higher education outside the United States, AUB opened its doors in 1866 as the Syrian Protestant College with a class of 16 students. It was renamed the American University of Beirut in 1920 and, despite the complex political situation of Lebanon, AUB has expanded steadily. In the course of its existence, the university has awarded more than 84,000 degrees to students from all over the world. Currently, some 8300 students are enrolled in more than 120 degree programs in six faculties: Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering and Architecture, Health Sciences, and Medicine. AUB degrees are accredited by Middle States (MSCHE) in the United States. The University operates a major research and teaching medical center on its Beirut campus and an agricultural campus in the Bekaa valley. AUB bases its educational philosophy, standards, and practices on the American liberal arts model of higher education. The university believes deeply in and encourages freedom of thought and expression and seeks to foster tolerance and respect for diversity and dialogue. Graduates will be individuals committed to creative and critical thinking, life-long learning, personal integrity, civic responsibility, and leadership.
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American University in Bulgaria (AUBG)
AUBG’s main campus is located in Blagoevgrad, a vibrant regional economic, cultural, and educational center 100 km south of the capital Sofia. The University offers eleven majors and eighteen minors, spanning the traditional core liberal arts programs, as well as computer science and business. In Sofia, AUBG offers an Executive Masters of Business Administration program. The University today has around 1000 students from over 40 countries. The mission of the American University in Bulgaria is “to educate students of outstanding potential in a community of academic excellence, diversity, and respect and to prepare them for democratic and ethical leadership in serving the needs of the region and the world.”
www.aubg.edu
The American University in Bulgaria, founded in 1991, is the first American-style undergraduate liberal arts university in Eastern Europe. The University is a unique cooperative venture and was established with the support of the U.S. and Bulgarian governments, the Open Society Institute and the University of Maine. AUBG’s degrees are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and by the Bulgarian National Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation.
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American University in Cairo (AUC)
www.aucegypt.edu
Founded in 1919, AUC has become an essential contributor to the intellectual, cultural and social life of Egypt. AUC has nearly 35,000 active alumni, many of whom have taken leading roles in all areas of society both in Egypt and in countries around the world. Currently, some 6,500 students are enrolled in AUC programs in 36 undergraduate, 44 master’s and two doctoral programs. In addition, more than 16,000 Egyptian and international students enroll each year in non-credit courses offered through AUC’s School of Continuing Education, making this by far the largest outreach program of any university in the region. AUC maintains two campuses: its expansive and environmentally conscious main campus in the suburbs of Cairo and its historical campus just off Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. Today, AUC emphasizes research and innovation grounded in the liberal arts, and all undergraduate students study a common set of courses in the humanities and the natural and social sciences as part of the University’s Core Curriculum. In addition, the University is dedicated to fostering understanding across world regions and cultures. AUC is strongly committed to excellence, diversity, lifelong learning, social responsibility, and integrity in its programs and services and to fostering those values in its community. AUC degrees are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and by the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Education (NAQAAE) in Egypt, and many of its programs have specialized accreditation. The University is ranked among the top 450 universities worldwide, according to the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
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The American University of Central Asia (AUCA)
Founded in 1993, AUCA is located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Its 1100 current students come primarily from the five former Soviet Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) as well as Afghanistan. AUCA provides all students with strong liberal arts training as well as professional skills necessary for the development of the region’s economy. In addition to more than a dozen undergraduate programs, AUCA offers Master’s degrees in Business Administration, Central Asian Studies, Psychology, and Economics. In the fall of 2015, AUCA moved to a new purpose-built campus four miles from the center of Bishkek. The new campus is state-of-the-art and offers the most modern learning environment in Central Asia, reinforcing AUCA’s commitment to the vanguard of education.
www.auca.kg
The American University of Central Asia is an international, multi-disciplinary learning community in the American liberal arts tradition that develops enlightened and impassioned leaders for the transformation of Central Asia. AUCA’s degrees are accredited by the Kyrgyz Ministry of Education and the majority of AUCA graduates also receive a degree from Bard College (NY).
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The American University of Paris (AUP)
www.aup.edu
Chartered as a liberal arts college in 1962, The American University of Paris is today an urban, independent, international university located at the meeting point of France, Europe, and the world. The University provides a student-centered, career-enabling, and transformative learning experience to the global explorers who are its Bachelor’s and Master’s students, empowering them to cross both disciplinary and cultural borders with ease in order to assume their places as responsible actors and leaders in over 140 countries worldwide. One of the most demographically diverse universities on the planet, AUP counts 108 nationalities in its student body, 30 in its faculty. AUP’s mission is to educate its graduates to communicate effectively in a world of many languages; to read well, listen carefully, and write intelligently in a voice of their own; to become critical thinkers about history and human societies, economics, culture, literature, the arts, science, politics, psychology, business, and communication; to develop creative interdisciplinary solutions to contemporary global challenges; to be digitally literate in a world of swift-paced change; to understand the ethical imperatives of living in such a world; and to move across the cultural borders of the contemporary world with a sense of commitment to and responsibility for a world held in common.
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The American University of Rome (AUR)
The University promotes intellectual excellence, personal growth and appreciation of cultural diversity by preparing students to live and work across cultures as skilled and knowledgeable citizens of an interconnected and rapidly changing world. AUR offers Bachelor of Arts Degree Programs in Archeology and Classics, Art History, Communication, Film and Digital Media, Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Relations and Global Politics, Italian Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with more than 20 minors in small classes with a student/faculty ratio of 16:1. Rome is AUR’s classroom, and trips within Rome, Italy and further afield are a feature of many courses. As of Fall 2014 AUR offers MA programs in Religious Studies and Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management.
www.aur.edu
The American University of Rome is a private, independent, not-for-profit institution of higher education, offering undergraduate liberal arts programs in English to degree and study abroad students from more than 40 countries around the world. The University, located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, licensed by the Department of Education of the State of Delaware, and authorized to operate in Italy by the Ministry of Universities and Scientific and Technological Research.
AAICU Members www.aus.edu
American University of Sharjah (AUS)
Founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, American University of Sharjah (AUS) educates more than 5,500 undergraduate and 500 graduate students from more than 99 nations, boasts 374 highly qualified full-time faculty, and has a 15:1 student-faculty ratio. Located in University City, Sharjah, AUS is a comprehensive, independent, non-profit, coeducational institution of higher education that fosters excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and is based on the American model of higher education with all instruction in English, grounded in the culture of the Gulf region. AUS offers 26 majors and 46 minors at the undergraduate level, and 14 master’s degrees through the College of Architecture, Art and Design; the College of Arts and Sciences; the College of Engineering; and the School of Business and Management. These programs are designed to meet the challenges of a competitive and dynamic business and industrial environment. AUS has more than 11,000 alumni. AUS is licensed and its programs are accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the UAE. In addition, AUS is accredited in the United States of America by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, with engineering programs accredited by ABET, business programs by AACSB, and architecture by NAAB.
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CETYS University (CETYS)
Through the College of Business, the College of Engineering, and the College of Social Science and Humanities, CETYS offers 16 undergraduate programs and 6 graduate programs with multiple concentrations. In addition, CETYS offers a regular high school program, a bilingual option, and the International Baccalaureate. With over 31,000 alumni in Mexico and across 25 different countries, CETYS is the premier institution in Northwest Mexico and one of the most internationalized in Mexico, as reflected by a 40% study abroad participation rate by the most recent graduating class. By embedding across all programs internationalization, entrepreneurship, information literacy, industry linkages, social responsibility, and sustainability, CETYS is committed to developing global professionals that positively impact today’s world.
www.cetys.mx
CETYS University (CETYS) is a private, not for profit higher education institution located in Baja California, Mexico. Founded in 1961, CETYS offers academic programs that develop the whole person, centered on a humanistic, liberal arts approach and a specialized, high level of professional formation. With more than 7,200 students across campuses in Mexicali, Tijuana, and Ensenada, CETYS is the only university in Latin America currently accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). In addition, CETYS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and recently received accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
AAICU Members www.ceu.hu
Central European University (CEU)
Central European University is a graduate institution of advanced research and teaching, dedicated to socially and morally responsible intellectual inquiry. CEU’s distinctive educational program builds on the research tradition of the great American universities, on the most valuable Central European intellectual traditions, on the international diversity of its faculty and students, on its commitment to social service, and on its own history of academic and policy achievements in transforming the closed communist inheritance. CEU is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. It aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social sciences, law and management, and engagement in promoting applications for each, in particular through their policy implications. Located in Budapest, Hungary, the university was founded in 1991 in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Currently, the university has some 1500 students from more than 100 countries and a full-time faculty of approximately 300. CEU degrees are accredited by Middle States in the US and by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee.
Named for the United States’ first and most illustrious ambassador to Europe, Franklin University was founded in 1969. Franklin is a non-profit four-year liberal arts college that takes as its cornerstone Benjamin Franklin’s vigorous support of intellectual interchange among nations. Among Franklin University’s goals, the foremost is to provide students with an educational experience that is in every significant respect international. All courses are designed to be cross-cultural in content and perspective. The curriculum, developed in the liberal arts tradition, also allows students to pursue professional avenues through the International Business Program. Located in Lugano, Switzerland, FUS has over 400 full-time students and more than 50 full-time faculty. FUS is fully accredited in the United States by Middle States and in Switzerland by the Swiss University Conference. The hallmarks of Franklin University’s mission are to assist each student in achieving a humanistic education; to further the growth of students through immersion in a different social and cultural environment; to equip students with solid tools of inquiry and judgment and to instill in them an awareness of, and commitment to, the international dimension of human existence.
AAICU Members www.franklin.edu
Franklin University Switzerland
AAICU Members www.haigazian.edu.lb
Haigazian University
Haigazian University was established in Beirut, Lebanon in 1955 by the joint endeavors of the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) and the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE). Haigazian University is a liberal arts institution, which operates on the American model of higher education using English as the language of instruction. Its purpose is to provide quality education in a Christian environment where academic freedom and the search and dissemination of truth are predominant. It seeks to prepare students both for leadership positions and as professionals to serve in the Armenian and non-Armenian Lebanese communities. The leadership at Haigazian believe that the free exchange of ideas among people from a multiplicity of ethnic and religious backgrounds is one of the best forms education can take; consequently, Haigazian is home campus to students from 20 countries throughout the world. Haigazian University offers B.A., B.B.A., B.S., M.A. and M.B.A. degrees as well as a teacher’s Normal Diploma to almost 1000 students.
IAU College, founded in 1957, is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and recognized by the Rectorat of the Université d’Aix-Marseille. One of the first institutions to make study abroad available to non-language majors, IAU established itself as a European center for undergraduate study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences for students from over 700 U.S. colleges and universities. Located in the Provence region of southern France, it is one of the oldest and largest study abroad programs in Europe. In the context of Provence’s rich Mediterranean heritage, IAU delivers the highest quality curriculum and guides students to cultural competency while fostering a life-long affinity for the culture, language and people of France. To respond to the varied interests and educational needs of its students, IAU offers a range of settings, courses, internships and curricula. The largest program, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, provides French language and cultural studies as well as a choice of arts, humanities, and business courses taught in English or French. IAU’s French Honors Program offers students an all-French program of humanities and social science courses. The Marchutz School of Fine Arts, located in Cezanne’s countryside just outside Aix-en-Provence, is designed as an intensive experience in painting, drawing, and their interrelationships with history, literature and philosophy. Many of the 17,000 alumni of IAU have gone on to careers around the world.
AAICU Members www.iaufrance.org
IAU College
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Irish American University
www.amcd.ie
Irish American University is a private, non-profit, liberal arts institution licensed in the State of Delaware and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The institution was founded in 1993 and has two constituent colleges, American College Dublin (in Dublin Ireland) and American College Delaware (in Lewes, Delaware). Irish American University offers programs designed to meet the needs of its international student body and prepare it for global society. The mission of the university is to offer the best characteristics of Irish and American higher education in an intimate environment underpinned by the holistic liberal arts model of learning, enabling students to realize their potential and participate successfully in the world.
Irish American University offers liberal arts programs in creative writing, performing arts, liberal arts as well as a wide range of undergraduate and MA-level business programs.
John Cabot University is an independent, four-year liberal arts university located in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1972, JCU is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is licensed to award its degrees by the Department of Education of the State of Delaware. JCU is authorized by the Italian Ministry of Education to operate as an American four-year university in Italy. The University’s mission is to provide an educational experience firmly rooted in the American tradition of the liberal arts and solidly international in orientation. Academic programs are designed to use to the fullest extent the special resources of a multicultural faculty, an international student body and the extraordinarily rich culture and history of Rome and the surrounding region. JCU encourages students to become responsible, ethical leaders in the arts, public service, and business and contribute positively to reasoned dialog across cultures. Over 1000 students, including both full-time, four-year matriculating students from over 60 countries and visiting students from the United States, form a community that fosters intellectual tolerance, freedom and integrity. JCU offers 13 Bachelor of Arts degrees in Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences and provides continuing education programs for the Italian community.
AAICU Members www. johncabot.edu
John Cabot University (JCU)
AAICU Members www. lau.edu.lb
Lebanese American University (LAU)
The Lebanese American University is a private not-for-profit institution of higher learning located on two campuses in Beirut and in the historic city of Byblos. Founded in 1924, it is chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York and currently enrolls more than 8,000 students in undergraduate liberal arts, graduate, and professional programs, including arts and sciences, architecture and design, medicine, engineering, nursing, pharmacy, and business. LAU is accredited by the Lebanese Government and the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (CIHE–NEASC), and its professional degrees in engineering, computer science, pharmacy and nursing have received independent US accreditation as well. LAU emphasizes career and professional education in a context that is intellectually challenging and supportive, fostering personal as well as intellectual and professional development. LAU graduates (almost 2000 in 2012-13 alone) are successful at the national, regional, and international level, and their education with a solid foundation for a lifetime of learning, service and leadership strengthens their commitment to social and ethical responsibility and diversity.
Founded in 1972, Richmond provides degrees accredited in both the US (through Middle States) and the UK (through the Open University). It enrolls approximately 1100 students from more than 100 countries, who study on the university’s two campuses in London. Undergraduate programs include business and economics, arts and social sciences, and communications. Richmond’s central academic themes are world awareness, cultural diversity, international relations, and globalization. Richmond also offers acclaimed study-abroad programs in Italy, and accepts many visiting students for summer, semester and year-long programs in London and Italy.
AAICU Members www. richmond.ac.uk
Richmond, The American International University in London
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Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI)
www. aui.ma
Al Akhawayn University (AUI) is modeled on an American liberal arts institution and is located in Ifrane, a small resort town in the Atlas Mountains. The first students at AUI enrolled in 1995. AUI promotes an international outlook and seeks to contribute to assist Morocco to attain its educational and economic objectives, notably by advancing science and technology, training graduates with strong academic and professional qualifications, and developing internationally competitive research programs. Currently, some 1800 students are enrolled at AUI, 90% of whom are from Morocco.
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american university of iraq, sulaimani
AUIS’s mission is to produce graduates of responsible character with the necessary knowledge and skills for professional and national leadership. Students are prepared for successful careers in a modern, pluralistic and global environment. The educational programs of the University are designed to develop strength in critical thinking, the ability to communicate well, a strong work ethic, good citizenship and personal integrity. Broad-based education, rooted in the American liberal arts tradition, as well as skill development are achieved at the University through teaching excellence, quality scholarship and caring student services.
www.auis.edu.krd
The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) is the first private, nonprofit university in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Located in the cultural capital of Sulaimani, the University has one of the most diverse communities with Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen and Yezidi students from across the country studying with professors from around the world. Since its establishment in 2007, AUIS has remained non-sectarian and dedicated to offering its students a well-rounded education with English as the language of instruction. At AUIS, hands-on learning is integrated into the curriculum that actively extends the learning experience beyond the classroom and emphasizes critical thinking and the love for lifelong learning.
Associate Members www. auaf.af
American University of Afghanistan (AUAF)
Founded in 1996, AUAF provides modern coeducational education in the spirit of a liberal arts university to over 1000 Afghan students on its campus in Kabul. The only non-for-profit university in Afghanistan, AUAF works closely with donors and members of the government, business, and development communities to provide its students with the top-quality education needed to transform Afghanistan. Graduates of AUAF can think critically, meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world, be competitive with graduates of other universities globally, achieve technical and electronic expertise, develop new enterprises and employment opportunities, and assume leadership positions in business, education, social services, government, law, international relations, and other sectors.
Founded in 2003, AUK is the only private not-for-profit university in Kosovo. Classes are taught in English, which allows AUK to draw students from all the ethnic communities of the country. AUK degrees are accredited through the Rochester Institute for Technology (RIT) in New York, and AUK delivers the same standard of higher education as RIT. In addition to its undergraduate programs, AUK provides facilities for researchers in the fields of energy and the environment, post-conflict nation-building, and Balkan studies.
Associate Members www.aukonline.org
American University in Kosovo (AUK)
Associate Members www.aun.edu.org
American University of Nigeria (AUN)
Founded in 2003, the AUN is the only American-style university south of the Sahara. Comprised of the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Information Technology & Computing, and Business & Entrepreneurship, its mission is to educate the next generation of leadership in the region. AUN is the first “Development University” in Africa with a focus on community involvement by all its students in an AUN-sponsored development project, and a research agenda geared toward sustainable development. One of AUN’s most important contributions to the region is the establishment of the Adamawa Peace Council. AUN provides a liberal arts education on its residential campus while also meeting the professional aspirations of students and the demand of local and international employers for well-trained staff. AUN’s educational partner in the US is Tulane University.
Founded in 1978, AACUPI is a non-profit voluntary association which currently represents some 150 fully accredited North American and Australian colleges and universities that have established programs in Italy in 43 cities for study and research in the fine arts, liberal arts, and architecture for thirty thousand students annually. The 2013 Report carried out by the Regional Institute for Economic Programming in Tuscany (IRPET) indicates that these programs generate 10,454 jobs locally and have an economic impact of 544,400 million euros every year. AACUPI seeks to enhance and facilitate the international educational interests of these institutions in Italy by cooperative effort and to further expand the scope of cooperative relationships between its member programs and appropriate Italian counterpart institutions through education and other cultural exchange.
Associate Members www.aaicu.org
Association of American International Colleges and universities
Associate Members www.fccollege.edu.pk
Forman Christian College
Located in Lahore, Pakistan, Forman Christian College was founded in 1864. It currently offers a pre-college program, which enrolls over 3000 students, an undergraduate liberal arts course with 21 different majors, also with an enrollment of more than 3000 students, and educates more than 200 students at the MA and PhD levels. The university seeks to be a model of interfaith harmony and was the first university on the Indian sub-continent to admit women (in 1902). Over the years, Forman College has educated leading political figures of both India and Pakistan, though today most students are from Pakistan.
Saint Louis University Madrid Campus is the European branch of Saint Louis University, USA, a Catholic Jesuit institution dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, health care and service. Originally established in the 1960s as a study abroad location, SLU-Madrid is now a free-standing campus where students from more than 65 countries study for US liberal arts or graduate degrees. SLU-Madrid strives to provide an academic environment that promotes cultural sensitivity and social awareness to prepare students to be responsible, compassionate, and actively engaged individuals committed to service and the greater good of the world.
Associate Members www.spain.slu.edu
Saint Louis University, Madrid (SLU-Madrid)
AAICU Cairo Declaration April 12, 2008 At the Meeting at the American University in Cairo, April 10 – 12, 2008, the Presidents, Provosts and Chief Academic Officers of the Association of American International Colleges and Universities (AAICU) unanimously declared as follows: AAICU is a leadership organization representing academic institutions conceived and organized on the American model of higher education. Institutional autonomy, vouchsafed by independent boards of trustees, and accreditation by a major recognized U.S. accrediting authority are conditions of full membership. AAICU member institutions aim at a global standard of excellence by providing privileged spaces of
intellectual interchange, academic freedom and responsibility. They also promote the pursuit of learning and of democratic values so their graduates are prepared for the rapidly changing needs of the twenty-first century. AAICU member universities are important contributors to research and development locally and internationally. With strong roots in their respective host countries—where they enjoy wide recognition—they are embedded in their international settings. AAICU members are therefore capable of bridging cultures and fostering dialogue among nations within the framework of the American liberal arts tradition. They are both expressions of and vehicles for the growing international acceptance of the U.S. system of higher education and the increasing importance of English as the language of international
communication. In the contemporary knowledgedriven world, with its global economy and trans-border social issues, they play a crucial role in establishing, embodying, and verifying standards of educational excellence.
through expanded eligibility and funding of existing programs such as:
AAICU’s capacity to monitor educational quality is of particular value at a time when institutions proliferate which claim to follow and satisfy U.S. standards. AAICU institutions provide, furthermore, tested venues for increasingly popular study abroad programs, assuring the compatibility of credits with US practices and providing the benefits of extensive knowledge of the host countries.
Agency for International Development;
AAICU provides a valuable forum for the exchange of information and ideas among its members, thereby facilitating mutual institutional support and continuous improvement. It serves as an advocate for American style higher education overseas and it provides guidance to new institutions that share its aspirations and values. It seeks to reflect the efforts and achievements of its members making them more visible to constituencies in the United States and abroad. AAICU institutions are among America’s most important cultural assets in different regions of the world, and are deserving of both public and private support. In particular, AAICU urges the federal government to support the work of our institutions
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) grants through the U.S.
• Research support through federal science and technology agencies like the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities; • Educational grants and scholarship support from the U.S. Department of Education; and • Educational and cultural exchange programs administered by the U.S. Department of State. AAICU further urges U.S. foundations and corporations to strengthen their support for U.S. higher education institutions around the world, recognizing the vital role of these institutions in advancing social progress, fostering economic development and educating future leaders in their respective host countries. Adopted and Approved by the Annual Meeting of AAICU Member Institutions, April 12, 2008 in Cairo, Egypt.