December 28, 2018. At AIU,
we are very proud of our student
Dr. Carlos Alberto Rossi
for having received
the award as “Best
trainer of negotiating
experts 2018.”
January 13, 2019. One of our
graduates, Sivarajasingam
Mahendran, has published
an article titled, “Living a Full
Life Despite Diabetes”, in
Diabetes Singapore, a nonprofit
organization affiliated
to the International Diabetes
Federation and the National
Council of Social Service.
You can read an
abstract of the article
below:
January 2, 2019. One of our
graduates, Tadele
Fayso, has published
his article titled, “Understanding
Adoption
in Smallholder Agriculture:
Perception &
Row Planting Teff in
Ethiopia” on the Juniper Publishers
Agricultural Research
& Technology Open Access
Journal (ARTOAJ). You can
read a part of the Abstract of
his article below:
January, 2019.
This graduate
student completed
the majority of the
requirements to
obtain honors, which
included a 4.0 GPA,
published works,
recommendation
from his advisors,
patent a product, etc.
Congratulations!.
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Fidelis Munyoro 
Benyamin Davodian 
Stephvanie Wynn 
Ishmael Lee Kweyete
Introduction
The socio-politics of Somalia
is a very wide topic but this
paper will focus mainly on
the political and social history
since the beginning of Somali
government. Politics and social
life of Somali people always go
together and there is a linkage
between them.
The Political Context
In 1960, British and Italian
parts of Somalia merged, ending
colonial administration and
becoming independent as the
Somali Republic. Aden Abdullah
Osman Daar was elected
first president, succeeded in
1967 by Abdi Rashid Ali Shermarke.
Following Shermarke’s
assassination, Muhammad
Siad Barre assumed power in a
coup in 1969, declaring Somalia
a socialist state and nationalizing
most of the economy.
The 20 years of Barre’s rule
were characterized by an aggressive
foreign policy with
continuous attempts to overtake
areas inhabited by ethnic Somalis in Kenya, Djibouti and
Ethiopia. Internally, Barre practiced
a dictatorial rule, allegedly
committing systematic human
rights abuses. In the beginning
of the 1980s, opposition to Barre
began to form alongside growing
influence of warring clans
on the country side, ultimately
leading to his demise in 1991.
The country plunged into civil
war among feuding clans and
their militias, aggravated by a
dire economic situation.
Up until this day, Somalia is
splintered into regional blocks
along the lines of major clans,
although the population in the
respective areas is largely a mix
of different clans. Somalia’s
political organization is clanbased,
inciting a strong sense
of collective identity and mutual
obligation. Clan identity
provides the basis for customary
law (xeer), which forms an
essential source of physical
and legal security alongside
complex systems of obligation
based on lineage. These social
mechanisms have provided
protection in the absence of
a Somali state and therefore
are paramount to the political
landscape.
Regions have evolved differently
since the collapse of
Barre’s regime and have faced
disparate levels of instability,
underdevelopment and
bad governance. While state
structures broke down in
the south-central region, the
north-western part of Somalia
unilaterally declared its
independence as Republic of Somaliland in 1991. In 1998,
Puntland declared itself an
autonomous state. Somaliland
and Puntland have gradually
been able to re-establish
relative peace and stability
in their areas of control and
have operated autonomously
from the federal government.
However, the presence of the
Islamist militant group Al-
Shabaab and the emergence of
an Islamic State (ISIL) Faction
have recently destabilized
Puntland, with ISIL being
able to briefly seize control
over parts of Puntland’s Gulf
of Aden coastline in October
2016. Furthermore, borders
between Somalia’s Federal
States remain contested as
minority clans voice grievances
over local power-sharing arrangements.
This has repeatedly
led to violent clashes, for
example between the Galmudug
Interim Administration (a
Federal Member State bordering
Puntland in the South) and
Puntland, because frameworks
for the peaceful settlement of
disputes between federal states
are missing.
Al-Shabaab’s presence across
Somali territory remains the
primary security challenge for
the country, hindering access
for humanitarian actors
to the population struck by
famine. Somali clans are too
fragmented to organize opposition
although Al-Shabaab has
weakened in recent months,
among other reasons due to
continued air strikes and the
killing of key figures. The group
has also launched cross-border
attacks into Kenya, inciting the
Kenyan government to build a
wire fence along its border with
Somalia. Moreover, the longstanding
absence of authority
in the country led Somali pirates
to become a major threat
to international shipping in the
area and prompted NATO to
take the lead in an anti-piracy
operation. While international
efforts had significantly
reduced attacks since 2012,
the number of incidents has
again increased sharply since
early 2017. This is most likely
due to the fragile situation in
Puntland and Galmudug. Both
states have been struggling
to fight local Islamist militias
whilst suffering from a devastating
drought. Governance
issues aggravate the situation:
Galmudug was without
a president until May 2017,
and Puntland authorities are
continuously struggling to pay
their security forces.
Multiple attempts at peace
processes, and local and
international efforts aimed at
building a stable government
have been unsuccessful for
many years. The presence of
the United Nations Assistance
Mission in Somalia (UNSOM, in
its current form established in 2013), now including the United
Nations Political Office for
Somalia (UNPOS), is currently
complemented by the African
Union Mission to Somalia
(AMISOM). AMISOM, created
by the African Union Peace
and Security Council in 2007,
is supported logistically by the
UN Support Office in Somalia
(UNSOS). Although weakened
in the face of Ethiopia’s recent
withdrawal of troops from
AMISOM over an alleged lack
of funding, the mission is envisioning
complete withdrawal
from Somalia by 2020.
During 2011 and 2012, important
steps were taken in the
process of ending Somalia’s socalled
transition period. During
this time, despite a number of
violent clashes, governance
arrangements
agreed in a Transitional
Federal
Charter in 2004
were implemented.
In August 2012, the
Transitional Federal
Government
(TFG) handed over
affairs to Somalia’s
first elected and
internationally
recognized central
government,
the Somali Federal
Government
(SFG). From 2012
to 2017, under the presidency
of President Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud, the country saw
efforts to advance the building
of a federal state. A Provisional
Federal Constitution of
Somalia was agreed upon in
2012, following a consultative
process including different sectors
of society, clan leadership
and regional administrations.
While this seemed to be the
first window of opportunity for
a real peace process in the past
20 years, progress was slow under
President Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud, whose government
was plagued by political paralysis,
clannism and corruption.
The most recent elections
of February 2017 have brought
President Mohamed Abdullahi
‘Farmajo’ Mohamed into
office, who enjoys cross-clan
support. The new parliament
is the youngest and most
demographically diverse of
Somalia’s history, with half
of the 283 members younger
than 50, and 63 female parliamentarians
(roughly 22%
of parliament). While positive
change may be possible
on these grounds, Farmajo’s
room for maneuver is yet to be
determined. The current Provisional
Constitution is due to
undergo a process of revision
in 2017, to which regional
administrations, the National
Federal Parliament and civil
society will be associated. The
new Federal Constitution is
supposed to set a framework
for the national elections in
2020. To be continued
In many countries we just
have started a new cycle according
to how human beings
have divided our stay in this
universe. Other countries also
have a cycle start but they do
so at different times. Those
cycles are the so-called years.
The beginning of this
calendar means for many
human beings the revision of
their lives. What have I done?
What do I need to do better?
What do I need to change? All
these questions mean “making
resolutions” for the new year
that begins.
With the “purposes of life”
something special happens: I
forget what I did last year and
I make a new list, which looks
very interesting, but probably
will have the same fate as last
year: one month and I had
already forgotten the intentions
I had written with so much interest. Why does this
happen to us?
It happens to us that we
forget our “purposes” because
they were made to look nice
but not to help us grow as human
beings.
Who are we human beings?
There is a very interesting
definition that includes the
major aspects that define the
human being.
“In reality, the human being
is a whole” physical-chemicalbiological-
psychologicalsocial-
cultural-ethical-moralspiritual,
“which has its own,
independent and free existence.”
(Martínez Miguélez,
1999, p.87)
If, as human beings, we are
what the above definition
says, then my “purposes” must
be to improve some of the
mentioned aspects.
The first thing I have to do is
a step-by-step analysis of each
of the elements mentioned in
the definition and questioning
how well I am or want to be in
that line.
I am a physical-chemicalbiological
being: my body, how
I take care of it so that these
functions are at an excellent
level. Do I eat well? Do I eat
the necessary foods? Do I
practice a sport?
If not, that’s where my “purposes”
should begin.
Eating well doesn’t mean
eating expensive foods, eating
well means: eating fruits,
vegetables, meats or fish, dairy
products, if you don’t have
digestive problems with them,
and drink at least 6 glasses of
water a day.
About the sports you can
ask yourself: Is it necessary to
go to a gym? You can practice
the less expensive sport which
is walk.
Now we go to the psychological-
social-cultural aspect:
here comes the way I feel
about myself and how I relate
to others. Also culturally what
I’m doing to better understand
the world in which I live.
Psychologically, factors such
as the education I received
or the social group in which I
grew up can enter. That may
have happened but in us is
changing what of social heritage
we had because at this
time we must know what is
good and what isn’t for a life at
peace myself.
The psychological aspect is
linked to my type of temperament
and character. The temperament
depends on what
I want to do; the character is
biological inheritance.
The psychological is linked
to the cultural. Culturally, I
must know how the world is
going around know where I am.
Here I must inform myself,
know what science is doing,
what technology is doing to
choose what allows me to live
in peace.
How long have I not read an
article about what is done in
science?
How long have I not
done a course to enrich my
knowledge?
How long ago did I stop
studying because I thought I
already knew everything?
To do “purposes” that allow
me to be happy I have to see:
what I can honestly do to grow
in understanding with others
and in my understanding of what society is and culture are.
The ethical-moral-spiritual
aspect: I have started thinking
that if I want things to be done
well I have to teach others
with my actions.
In the spiritual you can or
can’t profess a religion: if you
profess to practice it with the
facts. If you don’t profess it,
you can’t have religion and be
an excellent person who acts
without harming others.
With the clarity: who you
are as a human being, now
you take a sheet, a notebook,
your computer and write the
“purposes” that your life will
have for this new cycle that
we are beginning.
Don’t make an endless list. It
is better to make a list of what
is necessary at this time and
from time to time review how
I go in my “purposes” of the
beginning of the year.
You can live the life you
want or you can drift from
what others do to you.
Which way
do you want?
In which path
do you have strength?
We can be
what we want!
We can be
what others want!
What do you want
to be?
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Martínez Miguélez, M. (1999). La nueva ciencia
/ su desafío, lógica y método. México: Trillas.
When you study, how often does a friend
call you or text you on the phone? How
often are you interrupted by another person
or situation?
Think about this… A study researched distractions.
The study found that when a worker
is distracted, it takes the worker on average 25
minutes to return to what they were working
on. This also applies to a student studying.
During that 25 minutes a lot of work could
have been accomplished. So, if you can minimize
distractions while you study, you will
be more productive. You will complete your
assignments faster and better.
Here are some things that you can do to
minimize distractions.
• Turn off your phone while you study.
• Turn off Twitter and other social media.
• Ask someone else to help you by handling
situations that arise.
• Talk with your family and ask them to give
you time and space to study.
• Study in a room where you can close the door.
Studying is a time of concentration during
which your mind is developing and accumulating
knowledge. If your concentration is
distracted, in order to continue reading, you
need to re-read the last paragraph or two to
reconnect with what you were reading. This is
will help you get back on track.
In addition, studying without distractions
is more enjoyable. You feel more productive.
Your mind understands more clearly. You
write your essays more fluidly.
May you study in peace!
Students who use smartphones during
lectures are less able to retain
course material over the long term,
new research suggests.
The study, published in the journal
Educational Psychology, also showed
that students performed worse on
exams even when they didn't use
smartphones or laptops during class
but attended lectures in which they
were allowed.
“Many dedicated students think
they can divide their attention in
the classroom without harming their
academic success –but we found an
insidious effect on exam performance
and final grades,” lead researcher Arnold
Glass, a professor of psychology
at Rutgers–New Brunswick's School of
Arts and Sciences, told Rutgers Today.
For the study, researchers tracked
the performance of two groups of
Rutgers–New Brunswick cognitive
psychology students, 118 in total, as
they took the same course over one
term. The course was identical for both
groups of students, but only one group
was allowed to use electronic devices
during the lectures; the other wasn’t.
The majority of students used electronic
devices when allowed, while
only six students never used them at
all. It seemed to make a crucial difference
on final grades. ...
It's a bad time to be a physicist,
Oscar Boykin says. He majored in
physics at the Georgia Institute of
Technology and in 2002 he finished a
physics PhD at UCLA. But four years
ago, physicists at the Large Hadron
Collider discovered the Higgs boson,
a subatomic particle first predicted in
the 1960s. Everyone expected it. The
Higgs didn’t mess with the theoretical
models of the universe. It didn’t
change anything or give physicists
anything new to strive for. “Physicists
are excited when there’s something
wrong with physics, and we’re in a
situation now where there’s not a lot
that’s wrong,” he says. “It's a disheartening
place for a physicist to be in.”
Plus, the pay isn’t too good.
Boykin is no longer a physicist.
He’s a Silicon Valley software engineer
who works at Stripe, a $9-billion
startup that helps businesses accept
payments online. He helps build and
operate software systems that collect
data from across the company’s
services, and he works to predict the
future of these services, including
when, where, and how the fraudulent
transactions will come. As a physicist,
he’s ideally suited to the job, which
requires both extreme math and
abstract thought. And yet, unlike a
physicist, he’s working in a field that
now offers endless challenges and
possibilities. Plus, the pay is great.
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Something strange is going on at
the top of the world. Earth’s north
magnetic pole has been skittering away
from Canada and towards Siberia,
driven by liquid iron sloshing within
the planet’s core. The magnetic pole
is moving so quickly that it has forced
the world’s geomagnetism experts into
a rare move.
On 30 January, they are set to update
the World Magnetic Model, which describes
the planet’s magnetic field and
underlies all modern navigation, from
the systems that steer ships at sea to
Google Maps on smartphones.
The most recent version of the model
came out in 2015 and was supposed to
last until 2020 — but the magnetic field
is changing so rapidly that researchers
have to fix the model now. “The error
is increasing all the time,” says Arnaud
Chulliat, a geomagnetist at the University
of Colorado Boulder and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA’s) National Centers
for Environmental Information.
The problem lies partly with the
moving pole and partly with other
shifts deep within the planet. Liquid
churning in Earth’s core generates most
of the magnetic field, which varies
over time as the deep flows change. In
2016, for instance, part of the magnetic
field temporarily accelerated deep
under northern South America and the
eastern Pacific Ocean. Satellites such as
the European Space Agency’s Swarm
mission tracked the shift. ...
For doctors and medical researchers
repairing the human body, a 3D
printer has become almost as valuable
as an x-ray machine, microscope, or a
sharp scalpel. Bioengineers are using
3D printers to make more durable
hip and knee joints, prosthetic limbs
and, recently, to produce living tissue
attached to a scaffold of printed
material.
Researchers say that bio-printed
tissue can be used to test the effects of
drug treatments, for example, with an
eventual goal of printing entire organs
that can be grown and then transplanted
into a patient. The latest step
toward 3D-printed replacements of
failed human parts comes from a team
at UC San Diego. It has bio-printed
a section of spinal cord that can be
custom-fit into a patient’s injury.
The scientists first printed out small
implants made of softgel and filled
them with neural stem cells, again
using a printer. The implants were
then surgically placed inside a tiny gap
in a rat's spinal cord. Over time the
new nerve cells and axons grew and
formed new connections across the
cut spinal cord of the animal. These
nerve cells connected not only with
one another but with the host spinal
cord tissue and the circulatory systems
of the patient, which helps ensure
their survival in the body. The precision
3D printing allowed the softgel ...
In 1942, the government of Canada
released its Official Food Rules to
ensure that Canadians ate well in an era
of wartime rations, malnutrition, economic
instability, and limited supplies.
It called for the consumption of “healthprotective
foods” like liver, heart, and
kidney once a week and more than a
pint of milk per day for children. These
highs-stakes, high-calorie “Food Rules”
would eventually morph into Canada’s
iconic Food Guide.
Seventy-seven years later, Canada’s
food rules have been overhauled once
again, complete with a Periscope
livestream to make the announcement.
Speaking from Montreal, Health
Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor made
a hip reference to Anthony Bourdain’s
idiom that, “Food is everything we are,”
adding that the central idea behind
the new Food Guide was that “Eating
should be a pleasure.” ...
So, what are the big changes made
to Canada’s Food Guide? The most
obvious one is the shift away from food
groups —the cornerstone of the Food
Guide since 1942— and toward how
and when we eat.
Sure there’s the obvious, like eating
lots of fruits and vegetables (referred
to as “veggies”), but the Food
Guide then goes on to emphasize
adequate hydration, calling for lots of
water and less alcohol, which contrary
to what some millennials might
think, are not food groups. Meat is
no longer its own category...
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How to kill cancerous tumors is a
problem that researchers around
the globe are trying to solve, with
limited success. Now, an international
group of scientists is trying a new
technique to destroy tumors —using
nanobots to limit tumors’ blood supply,
effectively starving them out.
In a recent study published in Nature
Biotechnology, scientists from Arizona
State University (ASU) and the National
Center for Nanoscience and Technology
(NCNST), of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences, demonstrated how effective
these nanorobots were at addressing
tumor growth. The mini robots
were able to cut-off the blood supply to
breast cancer, melanoma, ovarian and
lung cancer tumors in mice. After just
two weeks of treatment, the researchers
reported that the tumor tissue was
shrinking.
Hao Yan, director of the ASU Biodesign
Institute’s Center for Molecular
Design and Biomimetics, explained in
a press release, “We have developed
the first fully autonomous, DNA robotic
system for a very precise drug design
and targeted cancer therapy.” He
continued, “Moreover, this technology
is a strategy that can be used for many
types of cancer, since all solid tumorfeeding
blood vessels are essentially
the same.” ...
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The European Commision has
pledged that the EU will cut
greenhouse gas emissions to 80%
below 1990 levels by 2050. Realistically,
everyone will need to get stuck
in to actually hit that target but at the
moment, the prospects don’t look fantastic:
to halt climate change, the UN
has said “unprecedented change” will
be required, both on a social and on a
global level.
However, Spanish company Ingelia
may have the key to at least part of the
solution: after developing an industrial
process to produce a biocarbon
called “biochar” which can be used
as a much cleaner energy source to
traditional coal.
Ten years ago, Marisa Hernández,
along with two other partners at Ingelia,
managed to develop an industrial
process capable of converting organic
waste (such as sewage and compost)
into biochar.
The resulting product works and
burns like coal but, most interestingly,
has much less of the residual pollutants
when produced: despite having
the same potential in energy production
as standard coal, its production
process has a zero CO2 emission
rate, as well as a considerably lower
production of harmful wastes such as
nitrogen, sulfur, and chlorine.
“Under specific pressure and temperature
conditions...
Astrophysicist Mirjana Pović has
taught science to orphans in
Rwanda, helped to organize a supportive
community for women with HIV
in Tanzania and contributed to space
research in Africa. She has excelled
in her own research at the Ethiopian
Space Science and Technology Institute
in Addis Ababa and the Institute
of Astrophysics of Andalusia in
Granada, Spain. For these endeavours,
she won Nature Research’s inaugural
Inspiring Science Award ... . She
impressed judges with ... her efforts to
encourage women and girls in science,
says Magdalena Skipper, chief editorial
adviser of Nature Research, editorin-
chief of Nature in London and chief
judge of the awards.
What draws you to Africa? I
am amazed by Africa’s beauty and
diversity, but I am disturbed by the
inequalities between much of it and
the developed world. During my PhD,
I went for the first time to volunteer
in Tanzania and Kenya. I was quite
affected by the experience. After
working in South Africa and Spain, I
was invited to help establish the Space
Science and Technology Institute here
in Ethiopia.
What are the barriers to science for
African women? They face the same
challenges as women in science worldwide,
but multiplied. They lack female
role models. They often don’t get ...
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A young Siberian tigress is laid out,
awaiting an autopsy. Its emaciated
body was found under a car, missing a
forepaw. Undoubtedly, it had chewed
off its own foot after being caught in
a poacher’s trap. Unable to hunt, it
would have slowly starved to death. For
Antonio, seeing such a majestic animal
reduced to this was heartbreaking.
Siberian tigers have been hunted
almost to extinction, with barely 360
left in the wild. Despite being classified
as endangered for the past few decades,
their numbers continue to decline, as
they are hunted by poachers and their
homes are lost to deforestation. Human
disregard continues to decimate tiger populations, leaving their fate hanging
in the balance.
Antonio Olmos is a photojournalist
who has covered issues concerning
human rights, the environment and
conflict. He has worked extensively
in the Americas, the Middle East and
Africa for newspapers and magazines
as well as leading NGOs including
the World Wildlife Fund. Antonio
is represented by the Eyevine Photo
Agency and is a regular contributor to
the Guardian and the Observer. Visit:
www.antoniofernandezphoto.com traffic, anvils, ACME rockets & roadrunners,”
as the WSDOT amusingly
noted on Twitter.
WSDOT has already completed the
construction of four I-90 wildlife
underpasses. A total of 20 overpasses,
underpasses and culverts will eventually
be available for wildlife to use,
thanks to a partnership between WSDOT,
the wildlands and native wildlife
nonprofit Conservation Northwest
and the U.S. Forest Service. ...
Providing wildlife with a safe way to
travel allows them to find food, mates
and new territory. ...
Think your wardrobe's boring? Sphero's Specdrums
doesn’t. This ring lets you hear colors. It responds to tapping via an accelerometer,
then samples color through its sensor. Turn your closet into a party –Specdrums
are made to work with multiple rings at once. Presented at CES 2019.
We’re entering the era of flexible
electronics. Royole launched a flexible screen and is getting in on the flexi-act big
time, with a keyboard that can be laid down on any flat surface and connected via
Bluetooth. At the push of a button, it'll roll up. Presented at CES 2019.
Segway-Ninebot, the company that brought you the original
personal transporter almost 20 years ago, strikes again with this 21st-century
go kart. It's an accessory for the MiniPro that lets you park your butt for the ride.
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The Bachelor of Public Policy
prepares qualified candidates to
shape the direction of public policy
research and to train the next generation
of researchers, teachers, and
leaders. It also qualifies individuals
to perform high-level policy analysis
in both national and international
organizations. The Bachelor of Public
Policy (BA) program is offered
online via distance learning. After
evaluating both academic record and
life experience, AIU staff working in
conjunction with Faculty and Academic
Advisors will assist students in
setting up a custom-made program,
designed on an individual basis. This
flexibility to meet student needs
is seldom found in other distance
learning programs. Our online program
does not require all students to
take the same subjects/courses, use
the same books, or learning materials.
Instead, the online Bachelor of
Public Policy (BA) curriculum is
designed individually by the student
and academic advisor. It specifically
addresses strengths and weaknesses
with respect to market opportunities
in the student’s major and intended
field of work. Understanding that
industry and geographic factors
should influence the content of the
curriculum instead of a standardized
one-fits-all design is the hallmark
of AIU’s unique approach to adult
education. This philosophy addresses
the dynamic and constantly changing
environment of working professionals
by helping adult students
in reaching their professional and
personal goals within the scope of
the degree program.
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). The University is based in the United States and was established by corporate charter in 1998.
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. In the event
that a prospective student wishes to carry out any
government review or process in regards to his
university degree, we recommend that the requirements
of such are explored in detail with the relevant
authorities by the prospective student as the
university does not intervene in such processes.
AIU students can be found in over 180 countries,
they actively participate and volunteer
in their communities as part of their academic
program and have allocated thousands of service
hours to diverse causes and initiatives. AIU
programs follow the standards commonly used by
colleges and universities in the United States with
regards to the following: academic program
structure, degree issued, transcript, and
other graduation documents.
AIU graduation documents can include
an apostille and authentication from the
US Department of State to facilitate their
use internationally.
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.
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.
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,
With access to a global catalog created and maintained collectively by more than
9,000 participating institutions, AIU students have secured excellent research
tools for their study programs.
