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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.
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PAULESI Board of Governance Convenes for Bi-Annual Meeting
The Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI), renowned for its focus on health, agriculture, and environmental sciences, held its first Bi-annual Board of Governance Meeting for the year on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The meeting…
UNESCO IICBA Team Visits PAU Rectorate to Consolidate Strategic Education Project
Yaoundé, Cameroon 29-30 May 2025 — The Pan African University (PAU) welcomed a high-level delegation from UNESCO’s International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) to its Rectorate in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for a strategic working meeting…
Breaking Barriers and Building Africa's Future: PAUWES Celebrates 9th Graduation
The Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences including Climate Change (PAUWES), graduated 82 students from 36 African countries in a ceremony held last May 22, 2025, in Tlemcen, Algeria.
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.
The Pan African University is a flagship project of the African Union
