WELCOME TO THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY
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.
OUR INSTITUTES
NEWS
Dr. GANDU Sebastien
The Central African hub of the Pan African University located in Cameroon, unlike the other PAU institutes which are located in one campus, has the specific feature to be located in two different campuses.
Actually, the Pan African University…
COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION (HRST- AUC)
H.E. Professor Sarah Anyang Agbor, was elected in 2017 as the new Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology of the African Union Commission (HRST-AUC). H.E. Professor Anyang Agbor has over Twenty (20) years’ experience in the field of…
The Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa ready to provide financial support to the Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences including Health and Agriculture (PAULESI)
Under the leadership of the new Director of PAULESI, Professor Esther TITILAYO AKINLABI, a meeting was held in Abuja between the Director General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA) and herself the Director of PAULESI, in…
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
