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International University of Africa
public university
Year dem found am1977, 1992 Edit
Affiliate plusInternational Astronomical Union Edit
Motto textAlah, Ilim and Istiqama Edit
CountrySudan Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydKhartoum Edit
Coordinate location15°31′57″N 32°34′5″E Edit
Member ofAssociation of African Universities Edit
Get subsidiaryInternational University of Africa – Faculty of Computer Studies Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.iua.edu.sd Edit
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De International University of Africa (Arabic: جامعة افريقيا العالمية) be private varsity insyd Khartoum, Sudan. Ebe member of de Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World. De varsity get faculties of Education den Humanities, Shariah den Islamic Studies, of Pure den Applied Sciences, Engineering den Medicine.[1]

De varsity get ein origins insyd de Islamic African Centre, dem establish am insyd Khartoum for 1977 insyd plus financial help from Saudi Arabia[2] den oda Arab States of de Persian Gulf[3] make dem train preachers den educate young African Muslims den "imbue dem plus de Salafist view of Islam."[3] Insyd 1992, de military government of Colonel Omar Al-Bashir upgrade de institute go varsity. Although na de word "Islamic" dem drop from de title, Islamic studies be important part of de curriculum.[4] De varsity be active for Islamic higher education insyd sub-Saharan Africa since na dem create am.[5]

Faculties den affiliate centers[edit | edit source]

  • Faculty of Economics den Political Science
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Arabic Language Institute
  • Faculty of Family Studies
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Pure den Applied Sciences
    • Department of Chemistry
    • Department of Physics
    • Department of Geology
    • Department of Mathematics
    • Department of Microbiology
  • Faculty of Nursing Sciences
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Pharmacy
  • Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science
  • Faculty of Dentistry
  • Faculty of Engineering
    • Civil engineering
    • Computer Engineering
    • Communications Engineering
    • Systems Engineering den Control
    • Electrical Power Engineering
  • Faculty of Administrative Sciences
  • Faculty of Islamic Studies
  • Faculty of Shariah
    • Department of Shariah den Law
  • Faculty of Media
  • Faculty of Quran.
  • Faculty of Family Studies.
  • Faculty of Islamic Studies.
  • Faculty of Computer Studies
    • Computer Science
    • Information Systems
    • Information Technology
  • Research Center
  • African Islamic Center
  • Faculty for Disaster den Refugee Studies

De Academic System[edit | edit source]

De varsity dey follow de academic semester system den credit hours. De academic degree wey dem dey award for successful completion of de courses dem prescribe during de academic semesters.

Dese courses dey include:

  1. University Requirements courses: "Dese be de compulsory courses give all university students. Dem dey include Islamic Studies, languages, den social subjects".
  2. Faculty requirements: compulsory courses give all de students of de particular faculty.
  3. Specialization Requirements: courses dem prescribe by de faculty for all de students of de same specialization.

Language dem dey use for instruction[edit | edit source]

Arabic be de medium of instruction insyd de faculties of economics, arts, law, education den shariah, den centres of de varsity for de bachelor degree level. E sanso be de medium of instruction den dissertation writing for post-graduate studies. English be de language of instruction insyd de faculties of engineering, Medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing den faculties of laboratory sciences.[6]

University facilities[edit | edit source]

De varsity get

  • Huge Press
  • University Clinic
  • Large number of apartments give students
  • Playgrounds for football, basketball, volleyball den oda games
  • Africa Conference Hall
  • 3 mosques wey now for de process of make dem dey establish large mosque, for cost of about $2 million (Turkish design)

Students[edit | edit source]

As of 2010, about half of de students cam from Sudan, den most of de odas from de Horn of Africa. Almost all cam from Africa, buh oda countries represent, too:[7]

Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
Azerbaijan 1 1 - - - - - 2
Jordan 1 2 2 3 1 10 9 28
Brazil - 3 - - - 3 2 8
Gabon 1 - 1 - - - 1 3
Algeria - - 1 1 - 2 2 6
Saudi Arabia - - - - 1 1 - 2
Senegal 16 28 11 6 19 45 45 170
Sudan 409 648 697 1137 929 3116 3229 10165
Sweden - - - 1 - - 1 2
Chechnya - - - 1 - - 1 2
Somalia 138 159 184 298 213 649 637 2278
China 4 4 5 10 7 1 2 33
Iraq 1 1 1 6 8 17 15 49
Philippines 39 41 36 34 26 46 52 274
Cameroon 19 19 7 8 13 27 30 123
Congo 7 7 17 2 3 11 19 66
Hungary - 1 - 1 1 - - 3
Morocco 1 - - - - - - 1
Norway 1 - - - - - - 1
Austria - 1 - - - - - 1
Niger 27 17 21 9 27 60 66 227
India - 3 1 4 - 2 2 12
Japan 2 - 2 3 1 - - 8
Yemen 1 1 1 3 5 8 9 28
Uzbekistan - - - 1 - - - 1
Australia 2 - - - - - - 2
Afghanistan 2 1 1 4 - 6 7 21
Albania - - 1 1 - 1 1 4
Germany 2 3 - 1 - - - 6
America 2 1 2 6 - 1 1 13
Angola 1 - - 2 2 3 3 11
Ukraine - - - 1 - 1 1 3
Ethiopia 135 108 85 81 77 201 202 889
Eritrea 67 66 63 47 45 116 120 524
Central Africa - - 9 2 3 6 6 26
Indonesia 36 26 28 42 43 89 91 355
Iran - - 1 5 2 3 2 13
Italy 1 - - - - - - 1
Pakistan - 3 1 1 3 8 8 24
Botswana 1 - - - - - - 1
Britain - - - 1 - - - 1
Bangladesh 1 - 2 - - 1 1 5
Benin - - 5 2 1 4 4 16
Burkina Faso 14 8 9 5 4 18 17 75
Burundi 5 8 8 4 11 11 10 57
Thailand 53 86 42 28 35 60 62 366
Turkey 6 58 20 49 55 30 30 248
Chad 82 49 59 59 57 146 148 600
Tanzania 23 16 26 23 42 59 61 250
Togo 8 11 4 3 4 4 5 39
Tunisia 1 - - - 1 1 1 4
Comoros 44 51 84 47 45 126 124 521
Jamaica 1 - - - - - - 1
South Africa 4 1 1 - - - - 6
Djibouti 55 35 19 56 22 101 99 387
Rwanda 11 1 9 1 8 13 12 55
Russia 2 2 - 2 - 1 1 8
Zambia 4 1 7 1 4 6 6 29
Ivory Coast 6 10 7 11 6 22 23 85
Syria - 14 4 2 4 16 19 59
Switzerland - - - - - 1 1 2
Sierra Leone - 3 2 2 1 4 6 18
Seralanka - 2 2 - - 2 2 8
Seychelles - - - 1 - - - 1
Tajikistan 4 - 8 2 15 12 13 54
Gambia 13 - 1 6 - 27 25 72
Ghana 7 15 13 11 3 31 31 111
Guinea 5 10 11 7 4 23 22 82
Guinea Conakry - - - - - 3 - 3
France - 2 - 4 - 2 2 10
Palestine 4 - 8 5 9 20 20 66
Kyrgyzstan - - - - 2 1 2 5
Kirgia - - - - 2 2 - 4
Croatia 1 - 1 - - - - 2
Cambodia 3 - - 2 2 3 2 12
Canada - 1 - 1 - - - 2
South Korea 1 1 - - - - - 2
Kenya 58 43 88 84 121 208 200 802
Liberia - 1 2 - 3 4 3 13
Libya 1 - - - - 1 1 3
Lesotho - - - - 1 - 1 2
Mali 28 22 28 10 11 44 45 188
Malaysia 11 5 9 9 5 9 9 57
Madagascar 9 1 1 - - - - 11
Egypt 1 3 3 2 1 5 6 21
Mlacasi 1 - - - - - - 1
Malawi - 3 1 9 2 13 13 41
Moldova 1 - - - - - - 1
Mauritania 1 - 1 1 2 11 11 27
Mozambique 8 5 6 6 12 13 15 65
Nigeria 65 92 94 112 105 199 193 860
Uganda 27 35 47 27 24 64 61 283
Total 1478 1746 1810 2320 2053 5754 5870 21031

Foreign Relations of de varsity[edit | edit source]

De varsity be member of:

  • World Association of Universities IAU
  • Association of Arab Universities AARU
  • Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World FUIW
  • Union of African Universities AAU
  • World Health Organization WHO
  • ECFMG Medical School Web Portal and Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research IMED.
  • Accredited through Sudan Medical Council by World Federation for Medical Education WFME.
  • Union of Sudanese universities

Der sanso be bilateral agreements for scientific den cultural cooperation plus de following Islamic den international varsities den academic institutions:

  • King Faisal University N’djamena, Chad.
  • International Federation for Arabic and Islamic Schools.
  • International Islamic University Malaysia.
  • Al-Albeit University Jordan.
  • Islamic University Niger.
  • Mbalie University Uganda.
  • University of South Africa UNISA.
  • Faculty of Shari ‘a Sarajevo.
  • Kaneme College Nigeria.
  • University College of Education Zanzibar (academically affiliate plus de International University of Africa wey dey award de bachelor's degree to ein graduates).
  • Thika College for Shari‘a and Islamic Studies –Kenny (academically affiliate plus de International University of Africa wey dey award de bachelor's degree to ein graduates).
  • Al-Hikmah University Ilorin- Nigeria.
  • Kesaunee College (Nigeria).
  • East Africa University Bosaso- Somalia.
  • Prince of Songkla University- Thailand.
  • International Islamic University- Islam Abad- Pakistan.
  • Banader University Somalia.
  • University of Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
  • Burundi Islamic University Komebo Burundi.
  • The International Organization for Memorizing the Holy Quran Islamic World Association.
  • Uyun El-Hayat Charity Project.
  • Immigrant Student Care Organization.
  • World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY).
  • The Cooperation Office for Da’awa and Guidance Ivory Coast.
  • Sheikh Ali Katarjoghli (Turkish businessman) for building de Uthmanic Mosque.
  • Abd Allah Hashim ‘Urwa Company Kingdom of Saudi Arabia –academic scholarships.
  • Katsina Province Nigeria academic scholarships.
  • Bar‘u University Somalia.
  • The Association for Muslim Preachers Seralion academic scholarships
  • The Shafi ‘iyean Islamic University Jakarta- Indonesia.
  • University of Zanzibar.
  • Arabic Reformatory College Sri Lanka.
  • Khanan Chinese University for Alternative Traditional Medicine Sciences

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "International University of Africa". Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World. Archived from the original on 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  2. ↑ Bronson, Rachel (2008-06-05). Thicker than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780199741175. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kepel, Gilles (2002). Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam (2006 ed.). I.B.Tauris. p. 181. ISBN 9781845112578. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Eva Evers Rosander, David Westerlund (1997). African Islam and Islam in Africa: encounters between Sufis and Islamists. Ohio University Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-8214-1213-2.
  5. ↑ MEGAN LINDOW (July 6, 2007). "Once Radical, a Sudanese Institution Has Changed Its Approach". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  6. ↑ "History of International University of Africa (IUA)". International University of Africa (IUA). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  7. ↑ hassan. "جامعة افريقيا العالمية". iua.edu.sd (insyd Arabic). Archived from the original on 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2018-11-28.

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