• Source: Association of African Universities

The Association of African Universities (AAU) (Arabic: اتحاد الجامعات الأفريقية, French: Association des universités africaines) is a university association of African universities based in Accra, Ghana. With member institutions all around Africa, AAU provides a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and research policies.




History


AAU was founded in Rabat, Morocco on November 12, 1967, following recommendations made at an earlier conference organized by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Antananarivo, Madagascar in September 1962. Antananarivo meeting called upon its participants to establish an organization for mutual cooperation.
The Antananarivo recommendations were taken up by a preparatory Committee of the heads of African institutions of higher education, which met in Khartoum in September 1963 and drafted the founding constitution of the association. With an initial membership of 34, the association now has over 373 members from 46 countries, cutting across language and other divides.
The association has provided a platform for research, reflection, consultation, debates, co-operation and collaboration on issues pertaining to higher education. It has provided a range of services to its members and served African higher education in a variety of ways. It has established and increased its role in the five sub-regions of Africa and is thus able, at reasonable notice, to assemble teams of experts in relevant fields from the sub-regions.
The association possesses a unique capacity to convene higher education institutional leaders and policy-makers from all parts of the continent and on key issues related to African higher education and development, as demonstrated in the WTO/GATS workshop held in Ghana in April 2004. In addition, the association provides leadership in the identification of emerging issues and support for debating them and facilitating appropriate follow-up action by its members, partners and other stakeholders.




Members


Ardhi University
University of Dar es Salaam
Eduardo Mondlane University
Islamic University in Uganda
Makerere University
Muslim University of Morogoro
Mzumbe University
Open University of Tanzania
St. Augustine University of Tanzania
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Uganda Martyrs University
University of the Sacred Heart Gulu
Zanzibar University




See also


List of higher education associations and alliances
Universities in Africa




References






Further reading


Livsey, Timothy. "Imagining an Imperial Modernity: Universities and the West African Roots of Colonial Development." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 44.6 (2016): 952–975.




External links


Official website
Full list of member universities
Programs & Services

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Asosiasi Universitas Afrika
• Universitas Nnamdi Azikiwe
• Politeknik Stella Maris
• Universitas Liberia
• Universitas Kinshasa
• Robert S. Duncanson
• Universitas Zimbabwe
• Selandia Baru
• Lucy Mair
• Kebebasan akademik
• Association of African Universities
• European University Association
• Pan-African University
• University of South Africa
• Association of Commonwealth Universities
• University of Zambia
• Historically black colleges and universities
• Southern African Regional Universities Association
• National University of Lesotho
• October 6 University