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AU at a Glance 2018-2019 Final
1. Data provided by the Office of the Registrar – Africa University on April 11, 2019.
CURRENT ACADEMIC STRUCTURE:
College of Business, Peace, Leadership and Governance
College of Health, Agriculture and Natural Sciences
College of Social Sciences, Theology, Humanities and
Education
NEW DEGREE PROGRAMS:
M.Sc. International Relations & Diplomacy
MPhil. Public Health
DPhil. Public Health
DPhil. Intellectual Property
DPhil. Child Rights & Childhood Studies
OVERALL STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS (2018-2019)
2,510 students (includes 691 students enrolled part-time):
Females: 54.3%, and Males: 45.7%.
25 African countries represented.
FULL-TIME STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY COLLEGE:
728 students – Business, Peace, Leadership and Governance
354 students – Health, Agriculture and Natural Sciences
737 students – Social Sciences, Theology, Humanities and
Education. (96.1% Undergrad.; 3.9% graduate students.)
Females: 56.4% Males: 43.6%
26.7% International, 73.3% Zimbabwean.
Student Retention Rate: 97.4%
*55 Intensive English Program students are included in the
overall full-time enrollment total of 1819.
AU AT A GLANCE
2018-2019
Countries represented in the
student body: Full-time only: 25
Angola: 63
Botswana: 2
Burundi: 13
Cameroon: 3
Democratic Republic of Congo: 226
Ethiopia: 2
Gambia: 2
Ghana: 4
Ivory Coast: 9
Kenya: 10
Liberia: 5
Malawi: 13
Mozambique: 48
Namibia: 2
Nigeria: 25
Rwanda: 11
Sao Tome & Principe: 1
Sierra Leone: 3
South Africa: 5
South Sudan: 1
Swaziland: 1
Tanzania: 4
Uganda: 6
Zambia: 29
Zimbabwe: 1333
Total full-time students: 1819
FACILITIES
Teaching: De Carvalho/Kulah Building; Ireson/ Kurewa Centre for Agriculture, Natural Resources &
Humanities; Health Sciences Building; Agricultural Engineering Building; Bishop J. Lawrence
McCleskey/Theology Building; Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance Building.
Services: Kwang Lim Chapel; Jokomo/Yamada Library; Ndorimana Bonaventure Student Union /Dining
Hall; Facilities Unit Office; Information and Communications Technology Centre; Bishop Alfred Norris
Health Centre, Ubuntu Retreat Center.
Residences: 12 Staff Houses: 16