About Us
As a pan-African university, our passion is to respond to the actual and realistic needs of students who want to empower themselves, and through empowering themselves, contribute to wealth creation and development in Africa.
We are committed to improving services to students — making education more accessible, enjoyable, and affordable.
Africa Research University (ARU) is a private open distance-learning tertiary institution with a rapidly growing student base and an expanding portfolio of academic programmes.
Our programmes include Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Administration, Masters of Philosophy in Development Studies, Doctorate of Philosophy in Development Studies, Masters of Public Health, Masters of Public Administration and more.
A comprehensive process is underway to make all courses available online — enabling flexible, high-quality learning across borders.
Our Vision
To become the leading provider of quality distance education throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. We currently support over 2,000 students across Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with expansion into Nigeria and Kenya underway.
