- Email info@aiu.edu.gm
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The foundation of American International University West Africa (AIU) arose from the agreement dated 1998 with Government of Guinea to establish a hospital in Conakry, Republic of Guinea. American Hospital, known as Centre Medical International was established in Gbessia, Conakry and inaugurated by H.E. Lansana Conte, The President of Republic of Guinea on November 16, 1998. The provision of the 1998 Agreement for setting up an institution of higher medical AIU, whose charter was approved in 2007 by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Republic of Guinea (Decree No: 2007/1224/ME/MESRS/CAB). Consequent to the approval of the charter of American International University West Africa by Government of The Gambia, in August 2010, AIU established Health Science Center at The Gambia, consisting of five colleges, College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and College of Health Professionals. The Gambia campus located at 89 Kairaba Avenue, opened for classes on January 31, 2011. The University moved to its new permanent campus at Kanifing Institutional Layout in 2017. Students from 14 countries are enrolled as of December 2022. AIU has signed an agreement in September 2011 with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of The Gambia to utilize all the Government owned health facilities for educational purposes for its students. In 2014, AIUWA started College of Management and Information Technology at Brusubi. New CMIT campus is under construction in Bijilo. American International University West Africa (Delaware LLC) on May 15, 2023 signed an Agreement with Government of Republic of Sierra Leone through Ministry of Defense to set up American International University Sierra Leone at 34 Military Hospital, Wilberforce, Freetown in collaboration with Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and Fatima Maada Bio Foundation. The construction work began on June 1, 2023 and is estimated to be completed in 18 months.
The mission of American International University West Africa is to promote human health. We will fulfill our mission by emphasizing rigorous fundamentals while stimulating innovation as we educate, in a dynamic learning environment, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, scientists, and other health professionals to become leaders in their fields, contribute to the advancement of the medical sciences through discovery, research, scholarship, and communication, and join with our partner institutions to provide the best care to our patients and communities.
To train, in a spirit of collegiality and with a standard of excellence, outstanding clinicians and innovative and humane leaders in medicine and science. To foster: Excellence: to be outstanding at what we choose to do Integrity: to be honest and consistent in our actions Collaboration: to work together within and across organizational boundaries in pursuit of our common mission Compassion: to treat all patients with respect and empathy Leadership: to educate physicians, researchers and public health professionals who emulate our faculty in becoming leaders in their fields Creativity: to emphasize rigorous fundamentals while stimulating innovation Diversity: to live, work and serve in a diverse local, national, and global community Life-long learning: to engender a love of learning and provide the skills for life-long learning
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