The American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private institution of higher learning, offering a global education in Armenia.
AUA is affiliated with the University of California and accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission, 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510.748.9001.
Founded in 1991, AUA provides a high-quality graduate and undergraduate education that encourages civic engagement and promotes democratic values, fostering scholarship in a setting that values and develops academic excellence, free inquiry, integrity, scholarship, leadership, and service to society.
AUA’s graduate program offers master’s degrees in 12 fields of study: Business Administration, Computer and Information Science, Economics, Human Rights and Social Justice, Laws, Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, International Relations and Diplomacy, Management and Analytics, Multiplatform Journalism, Public Affairs, Public Health, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. These programs are intended to develop critical analysis and depth of knowledge through advanced coursework, independent study, and research.
AUA’s undergraduate program offers nine bachelor’s degree programs: Business, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Engineering Sciences, English and Communications, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, Nursing, and Politics and Governance. Through its undergraduate courses, the University offers students depth of knowledge for career preparation and further studies, as well as breadth and a foundation of general knowledge and skills for life-long learning.
The University offers its employees numerous benefits. These include, but are not limited to, paid vacation, paid sick leave, personal paid leave, wedding leave, additional holidays, health insurance coverage, tuition remission, tuition discounts on AUA Extension courses, and the opportunity to audit graduate courses, among others.
