African University of Creative Arts (AUCA) is a world-leading Private University and Africa’s first ever specialist Creative Arts University.
A new cultural destination, AUCA will focus on the teaching and research in the fields of Arts, Architecture and Design, Fashion, Performance and Media and Technology.
Picture a place where emerging creative talent is given the chance to become exceptional talent. A place where preparing for a better future, one that involves making a meaningful contribution to society, is more than just a dream – it’s a way of life.
Picture a place that champions the very best of African art and culture: past, present and future. A place that reaches out to a world audience and welcomes the world to Africa. Picture AUCA... the African University of Creative Arts.
Our dream is to make AUCA one of the major drivers of the creative economy, by providing 21st century education in Africa and develop to become the leading institutional authority on Africa’s arts celebrating the continents transformational, historical and contemporary influence on the world
AUCA will have at its heart five creative schools of excellence:
1. Arts
2. Architecture and Design
3. Fashion
4. Performance and Media
5. Technology
Individually, these schools will offer a range of courses relevant to their specialist area. Combined, they will cater for the full spectrum of creative disciplines, providing 2,000 full-time places in the first instance and the potential for up to 20,000 students in coming years.
The African University of Creative Arts (AUCA) admits students of any race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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