European-American University (EAU) is a global university without walls operating through the technology of the Internet. It was established in 2003 to offer educational opportunities for adults who desired a more flexible alternative to the traditional university system. The majority of the University’s students undertake their programmes through attendance at one of over twenty affiliated campuses in Africa and Asia, either through a fully residential programme, or through short residency. In addition, students have the option of fully or partly non-residential study through correspondence-based distance learning, and programmes by assessment based on the French validation des acquis de l’expérience (VAE) methodology.

The University is particularly suited to accommodating the mature, experienced mid-career or retired adult candidate who is seeking to capitalize on their professional competencies in order to gain an academic qualification. You may be returning to study after some time away, or continuing your education for professional and personal benefit. Either way, you will find us efficient, direct and with the necessary expertise to help you achieve your goals. Except for full-time campus-based programmes, which operate to a set calendar, you can usually start and finish at any time of the year, working at your own pace and with no unnecessary bureaucracy.

Many adults have acquired significant life experience, including valuable learning that is the equivalent of college study. As a non-traditional institution, the University privileges learning wherever it has occurred, and will recognize educational achievement gained outside a classroom setting for credit. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, an agency of the US government, credit for life experiences can be defined as:

Credit earned by students for what they have learned through independent study, noncredit adult courses, work experience, portfolio demonstration, previous licensure or certification, or completion of other learning opportunities (military, government, or professional). Credit may also be awarded through a credit by examination program.

In addition, many adults have earned some college-level credits but have yet to convert these into a degree. The University can assist with this process, and offers “top-up” programmes by dissertation for those who have already completed the majority of their degree requirements. The use of prior learning experiences can often reduce the requirements of a degree programme very considerably, and for the highly experienced individual, may fulfil them entirely. In this respect the University implements a process based on the landmark French law on the allocation of college credit for experience, validation des acquis de l’expérience or VAE.

For those who prefer, there are also more structured correspondence-based programmes that are based on the completion of essay-based modules and/or a thesis, working under an experienced mentor. At the postgraduate level, the University is experienced in the assessment of research candidates as well as those who have already published scholarly work and wish this to be assessed for a doctoral award.

The University was founded in the Commonwealth of Dominica, where it was registered until the re-organization of its administration in 2019. In 2012 the University was awarded a Royal Charter of Incorporation from the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, one of the constituent kingdoms of Uganda, and it remains under the Royal Patronage of H.M. the Omukama (King) of Bunyoro-Kitara. Currently, the University is also authorized to award religious degrees under the statutes of the State of Florida (European-American University and Theological Seminary) and several other states of the USA. The University is further registered as a private higher education provider in France (Ecole Supérieure Euro-Américaine). The University holds a wide range of recognition and accreditation agreements with institutions worldwide.

The University is conceived as a social enterprise with its aim being that of providing affordable and otherwise unavailable educational opportunities for its students rather than making a profit. From the start, it has attracted the involvement of men and women of achievement worldwide, who have often given freely of their time and expertise on a voluntary or subsidised basis. It is an integrated auxiliary of the Apostolic Episcopal Church (established 1925), a historic Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition. Admission is open to all people without any requirement of faith or belief.

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