The Pan African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS)

The Pan-African Institute of Governance, Human and social sciences which is hosted by Cameroon is one of the five Institutes of the Pan-African University. Established in 2002, the Institute presently comprises two Masters and Ph.D programmes in ‘’ Governance and Regional Development’’, quartered in the University of Yaoundé II-Soa and in ‘’Translation and Conference Interpretation’’ based in the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) of the University of Buea. The ‘’Governance and Regional Integration programme’’, seeks to give Africans the necessary intellectual and practical capabilities in the field of good governance, sustainable development and the promotion of Regional Development in Africa, while the ‘’Translation and Conference Interpretation’’ programme enables young Africans to acquire the necessary skills in the field of Translation and Conference Interpretation as well as in the development of African and cross-border languages.