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The Pan African University (PAU) is the culmination of continental initiatives of the Commission of the African Union to revitalize higher education and research in Africa, under the Second Decade of Education for Africa and the consolidated Plan of Action of Science and Technology for Africa. It will exemplify excellence, enhance the attractiveness and global competitiveness of African higher education and research and establish the African University at the core of Africa’s development.
The PAU will greatly boost the population and retention of high-level human resources and quality knowledge outputs and be able to attract the best intellectual capacity from all over the world. Africa acknowledges the fact that social and economic development is not possible without substantive investment in higher education and research. The PAU was launched as the African Union (AU) undertook the evaluation of the Second Decade of Education for Africa.
The African Union Commission identified critical themes within the five institutes of the Pan African University, as key to the development of Africa and attainment of the vision of the African Union. These are hosted in the different PAU Institutes as follows:
- Water and Energy Sciences (including Climate Change) (PAUWES, Algeria);
- Basic Science, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI, Kenya);
- Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture) (PAULESI, Nigeria);
- Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS, Cameroon);
- and Space Sciences (PAUSS, South Africa).
The PAU Rectorate is based in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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The Pan African University is a network university of the African Union,
fostering entrepreneurship and employability, providing high quality
post-graduate education and applied research in key development areas.
RECTORATE
The Rectorate is responsible for the daily management of the PAU and is headed by the Rector who is the Chief Executive Officer of the PAU.
At the Malabo Summit held in June 2015, African Heads of State and Government adopted Decision EX.CL/Dec.829 to host the Rectorate of the Panafrican University. Following this decision, a high level panel was set up by Decision EX.CL/Dec.829 (XXV) to designate the country that will host the PAU Rectorate. Considering the report by this panel, the Executive Council selected Cameroon as host country and recommended the designation of Cameroon by the Ordinary session of the African Union Assembly who endorsed the selection in January 2016.
LATEST PAU NEWS
Rencontre entre la Commissaire RHST et de hauts responsables ministériels au Cameroun 06 September 2020
Yaoundé, Cameroun : Le 6 octobre 2020, la Commissaire de l’Union africaine en charge des Ressources humaines, des Sciences et Technologies s’est entretenue avec les hauts responsables de départements ministériels en lien avec son portefeuille.
Ces…
HRST Commissioner meets high Government Officials in Cameroon
Yaounde, Cameroon: On October 6, 2020, the African Union Commissioner in charge of Human Resources, Science and Technology met with senior officials of ministerial departments related to her portfolio.
These meetings were part of her mission to…
Rencontre entre la Commissaire RHST et de hauts responsables ministériels au Cameroun 06-09 octobre 2020
Yaoundé, Cameroun : Le 6 octobre 2020, la Commissaire de l’Union africaine en charge des Ressources humaines, des Sciences et Technologies s’est entretenue avec les hauts responsables de départements ministériels en lien avec son portefeuille.
Ces…
