General Information

Atlantic International University offers distance learning degree programs for adult learners at the bachelors, masters, and doctoral level. With self paced program taken online, AIU lifts the obstacles that keep professional adults from completing their educational goals. Programs are available throughout a wide range of majors and areas of study. All of this with a philosophically holistic approach towards education fitting within the balance of your life and acknowledging the key role each individual can play in their community, country, and the world.

Accreditation

Atlantic International University is accredited by the Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC). ASIC Accreditation is an internationally renowned quality standard for colleges and universities. Visit ASIC’s Directory of Accredited Colleges and Universities. ASIC is a member of CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) in the USA, an approved accreditation body by the Ministerial Department of the Home Office in the UK, and is listed in the International Directory of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). AIU meets all state and federal laws as a degree-granting institution in the United States and the State of Hawaii. The University was legally established by corporate charter in 1998 and is in good standing.

Our founding principles are based on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights; per article 26, AIU believes that Higher Education is a Human Right. The University has implemented a paradigm shifting educational model for its academic programs that have allowed it to move closer to this goal through the self-empowerment of its students, decentralization of the learning process, personalized open curriculum design, a sustainable learning modern, developing the 11 core elements of the Human Condition within MYAIU, and the utilization of the quasi-infinite knowledge through the use of information technology combined with our own capacity to find solutions to all types of global issues, dynamic problems, and those of individuals and multidisciplinary teams. Due to these differentiations and the university’s mission, only a reputable accrediting agency with the vision and plasticity to integrate and adapt its processes around AIU’s proven and successful innovative programs could be selected. Unfortunately, the vast majority of accrediting agencies adhere to and follow obsolete processes and requirements that have outlived their usefulness and are in direct conflict with the university’s mission of offering a unique, dynamic, affordable, quality higher education to the non-traditional student (one who must work, study what he really needs for professional advancement, attend family issues, etc.). We believe that adopting outdated requirements and processes would impose increased financial burdens on students while severely limiting their opportunities to earn their degree and advance in all aspects. Thus, in selecting the ASIC as its accrediting agency, AIU ensured that its unique programs would not be transformed into a “copy” or “clone” of those offered by the 10,000+ colleges and universities around the world. Since the ASIC is an international accrediting agency we are required, by Hawaii law RHS446E, to place the following disclaimer despite the worldwide recognition and acceptance of AIU’s accreditation. ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY IS NOT ACCREDITED BY AN ACCREDITING AGENCY RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCATION. Note: In the United States and abroad, many licensing authorities require accredited degrees as the basis for eligibility for licensing. In some cases, accredited colleges may not accept for transfer courses and degrees completed at unaccredited colleges, and some employers may require an accredited degree as a basis for eligibility for employment. Potential students should consider how the above may affect their interests, AIU respects the unique rules and regulations of each country and does not seek to influence the respective authorities. AIU has established numerous partnerships, affiliations, and academic exchanges with institutions around the world. Our students can be found in over 200 countries, they actively participate and volunteer in their communities as part of their academic program and have allocated over 100,000 hours of service to diverse causes and initiatives. The degree programs offered by AIU follow internationally accepted standards followed by academic institutions around the world.


There is no distinction between the programs offered through AIU and those of traditional campus based programs with regards to the following: program structure, degree issued, transcript, and other graduation documents which follow the same standards used by US colleges and universities. AIU graduation documents can include an apostille and authentication from the US Department of State to facilitate their use internationally. To see some of our graduates’ opinion of their studies with us, see: Video Interviews, Testimonials, and the AIU Press Room.



The AIU Difference

It is acknowledged that the act of learning is endogenous, (from within), rather than exogenous. This fact is the underlying rationale for “Distance Learning”, in all of the programs offered by AIU. The combination of the underlying principles of student “self instruction”, (with guidance), collaborative development of curriculum unique to each student, and flexibility of time and place of study, provides the ideal learning environment to satisfy individual needs. AIU is an institution of experiential learning and nontraditional education at a distance. There are no classrooms and attendance is not required.



Mission & Vision

MISSION: To be a higher learning institution concerned about generating cultural development alternatives likely to be sustained in order to lead to a more efficient administration of the world village and its environment; exerting human and community rights through diversity with the ultimate goal of the satisfaction and evolution of the world.

VISION: The empowerment of the individual towards the convergence of the world through a sustainable educational design based on andragogy and omniology.



Organizational Structure
Dr. Franklin Valcin
President Academic Dean
 Dr. Jose Mercado
Chief Executive Officer
 Dr. Ricardo Gonzalez
Provost
Ricardo González
Chief Operation Officer		 Linda Collazo
Student Services Coordinator		 Nadia Gabaldon
Student Services Supervisor		 Ofelia Hernandez
Director of AIU
       
Kingsley Zelee
IT Coordinator		 Monica Serrano
Registrar Office		 Jaime Rotlewicz
Dean of Admissions		 Felipe Gomez
Design Director
       
Daritza Ysla
Accounting Coordinator		 Clara Margalef
Director of Special
Projects of AIU		 Giovanni Castillo
Operations assistant		 Mario Cruz
Administrative Coordinator
       
Juan Pablo Moreno
Director of Operations		 Maria Serrano
Logistics Coordinator		 Yolanda Llorente
Administrative Assistant		 Miqueas Virgile
IT Director
       
Alba Ochoa
Admissions Coordinator		 Liliana Penaranda
Academic Tutor		 Dr. Jack Rosenzweig
Dean of Academic Affairs		 Veronica Amuz
Admissions Coordinator
       
Lourdes Puentes
Academic Tutor		 Dr. Ariadna Romero
Academic Coordinator		 Nazma Sultana
Assistant Programming		 Renato Cifuentes
Academic Tutor
       
Carlos Aponte
Telecommunications
Coordinator		 Jhanzaib Awan
Assistant Programming		 Arturo Vejar
Academic Tutor		 Rosie Perez
Finance Coordinator
       
Roberto Aldrett
Communications Coordinator		 Arhely Espinoza
Academic Tutor		 Edison Cruz
Human Resources Coordinator		 Chris Benjamin
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School of Business and Economics

The School of Business and Economics allows aspiring and practicing professionals, managers, and entrepreneurs in the private and public sectors to complete a self paced distance learning degree program of the highest academic standard.
The ultimate goal is to empower learners and help them take advantage of the enormous array of resources from the world environment in order to eliminate the current continuum of poverty and limitations. Degree programs are designed for those students whose professional experience has been in business, marketing, administration, economics, finance and management.

Areas of study: Accounting, Advertising, Banking, Business Administration, Communications, Ecommerce, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Home Economics, Human Resources, International Business, International Finance, Investing, Globalization, Marketing, Management, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Public Administrations, Sustainable Development, Public Relations, Telecommunications, Tourism, Trade.



School of Social and Human Studies

The School of Social and Human Studies is focused on to the development of studies which instill a core commitment to building a society based on social and economic justice and enhancing opportunities for human well being. The founding principles lie on the basic right of education as outlined in the Declaration of Human Rights. We instill in our students a sense of confidence and self reliance in their ability to access the vast opportunities available through information channels, the world wide web, private, public, nonprofit, and nongovernmental organizations in an ever expanding global community. Degree programs are aimed towards those whose professional life has been related to social and human behavior, with the arts, or with cultural studies.

Areas of Study: Psychology, International Affairs, Sociology, Political Sciences, Architecture, Legal Studies, Public Administration, Literature and languages, Art History, Ministry, African Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies.



School of Science and Engineering

The School of Science and Engineering seeks to provide dynamic, integrated, and challenging degree programs designed for those whose experience is in industrial research, scientific production, engineering and the general sciences. Our system for research and education will keep us apace with the twenty-first century reach scientific advance in an environmentally and ecologically responsible manner to allow for the sustainability of the human population. We will foster among our students a demand for ethical behavior, an appreciation for diversity, an understanding of scientific investigation, knowledge of design innovation, a critical appreciation for the importance of technology and technological change for the advancement of humanity.

Areas of Study: Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Communications, Petroleum Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Nutrition Science, Agricultural Science, Computer Science, Sports Science, Renewable Energy, Geology, Urban Planning.

Online Library Resources

The AIU Online Library gives users instant access to more than 275 million records in 470 languages from 112 counties. The Library Resources include 130,000 books in e-format and over 15.9 million full text journals, articles, and periodicals. A new record is added very 10 seconds ensuring the research material available is at the cutting edge and keeping up our rapidly changing world.

With access to a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions, students are assured an excellent research tool for their study programs. The AIU Online Library contains 108 million quality records, over 29,000 e-books, dozens of databases and more than 15.9 million fulltext and full-image articles. Accessing over 60 databases and 2393 periodicals in full text you will be sure to find the information you need for your research project or assignment. Records exist for everything from stone tablets to electronic books, wax recordings to MP3s, DVDs and Web sites. Users will discover that many records are enriched with cover art, tables of contents, reviews, excerpts and other descriptive information. Records typically have library holdings information attached. Users can quickly evaluate relevance and decide if it’s the correct resource.





Education on the 21st century


AIU is striving to regain the significance of the concept of education, which is rooted into the Latin “educare”, meaning “to pull out”, breaking loose from the paradigm of most 21st century universities with their focus on “digging and placing information” into students’ heads rather than teaching them to think.

For AIU, the generation of “clones” that some traditional universities are spreading throughout the real world is one of the most salient reasons for today’s ills. In fact, students trained at those educational institutions never feel a desire to “change the world” or the current status quo; instead, they adjust to the environment, believe everything is fine, and are proud of it all. In a world where knowledge and mostly information expire just like milk, we must reinvent university as a whole in which each student, as the key player, is UNIQUE within an intertwined environment. This century’s university must generate new knowledge bits although this may entail its separation from both the administrative bureaucracy and the faculty that evolve there as well.

AIU thinks that a university should be increasingly integrated into the “real world”, society, the economy, and the holistic human being. As such, it should concentrate on its ultimate goal, which is the student, and get him/her deeply immersed into a daily praxis of paradigm shifts, along with the Internet and research, all these being presently accessible only to a small minority of the world community.

AIU students must accomplish their self-learning mission while conceptualizing it as the core of daily life values through the type of experiences that lead to a human being’s progress when information is converted into education.

The entire AIU family must think of the university as a setting that values diversity and talent in a way that trains mankind not only for the present but above all for a future that calls everyday for professionals who empower themselves in academic and professional areas highly in demand in our modern society. We shall not forget that, at AIU, students are responsible for discovering their own talents and potential, which they must auto-develop in such a way that the whole finish product opens up as a flower that blossoms every year more openly.

The AIU stance is against the idea of the campus as a getaway from day-to-day pressure since we believe reality is the best potential-enhancer ever; one truly learns through thinking, brainstorming ideas, which leads to new solutions, and ultimately the rebirth of a human being fully integrated in a sustainable world environment.

Self-learning is actualized more from within than a top-down vantage point, that is to say, to influence instead of requesting, ideas more than power. We need to create a society where solidarity, culture, life, not political or economic rationalism and more than techno structures, are prioritized.

In short, the characteristics of AIU students and alumni remain independence, creativity, self confidence, and ability to take risk towards new endeavors. This is about people’s worth based not on what they know but on what they do with what they know.




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