African University of Science and Technology

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.

The African University of Science and Technology 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. 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 & Aerospace Sciences, and also a master's degree in Public Administration and Public Policy. Visiting professors include Africans working in the diaspora.

African University of Science and Technology

Former names	African Institute of Science and Technology
Type	Private
Established	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
President	Azikwe Peter Onwalu (acting)
Location	Abuja , Nigeria 9.001°N 7.422°E / 9.001; 7.422
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Nelson Mandela Institution
Website	www.aust.edu.ng

The university 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]