Austin Nosike

Austin Nosike (born 23 March 1972) is a Nigerian Professor of Economics and Management and the incumbent Vice-Chancellor of James Hope University, Lagos.^[1][2][3][4]

Austin Nosike
Born	(1972-03-23) 23 March 1972 (age 53) Imo State, Nigeria
Occupation	Academician
Title	Professor
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Nigeria; Central University of Nicaragua
Academic work
Discipline	Economics and Management
Institutions	Vice-Chancellor of James Hope University, Lagos

Education

He had his elementary and secondary education in Imo State before proceeding to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in 1993. He received his postgraduate education at Imo State University, Owerri; Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUT), Port Harcourt; Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Spain; Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary; and the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the Central University of Nicaragua, Managua, and another PhD in Business Administration from Universidad Azteca, Mexico.^[5][6]

Career

Nosike worked as a freelance reporter at Daily Start Newspapers and later as an Assistant Editor at Newsflash Magazine. He began his lecturing career in 1994 at Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna State, and later served as a visiting lecturer at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.^[7]

He has worked as Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Kigali, Rwanda; Uganda Pentecostal University, Fort Portal, Uganda; and Metropolitan International University (MIU), Kampala, Uganda. He also served as a Visiting Professor at Kigali Independent University and Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU).^{[8][9][10][11]}

He was formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics and Research) at the International University of Equator (IUE), Bujumbura, Burundi, and at Copperstone University (CU), Kitwe, Zambia.^[12] In August 2025, Governing Board of the African Institute of Management, Technology and Development Studies (AIMTDS) appointed him as President and Member of the Council.^[13][14] He is currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of James Hope University, Lagos, following his inauguration in September 2025.^{[15][16][17][18]}