Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika on Friday announced that the African Aviation and Aerospace University will commence registration for the 2022/2023 academic session on November 18, 2022.
He made this disclosure during a media interaction on the Aviation University in his office.
Sarika said the main objective for the establishment of the Aviation university is the need for the country to go into field research development in the areas of aviation and aerospace.
He said the aviation university would be a Pan-African university and will not limit its intake of students to only Africa along but said that Nigeria will be it’s focal point. The university is supposed to be a highbred university and will be an on a campus and online university.
“For the start-up, lectures will be held at our temporary headquarters at the Accident Investigative Bureau building at the airport and some of the lectures will be carried out at Nile university and we will need dormitories, a cafeteria, laboratories” He added.
Sirika noted that for the first academic year which is 2022 the university will be limited to BSc Aviation business and BSc meteorology programmes and students for each course will be between 20-25 each due to the availability of the facility and for maximum efficiency, while in the second academic year masters in air transport management.
“We have been on this project since 2016 because we know it’s a very rigorous exercise we need to put in place all the requirements by the National university commission, they have been very supportive, and guided us through the process.
“We will be partnering with Nile university here in Abuja we have a Memorandum Of Understanding which we will sign.
“We will soon avail the website which is www.aaau.edu.ng, we need other requirements to activate the website”
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