Location:
Salmiya, Kuwait
Student Population:
9,000 Undergraduate Students
1,000 Graduate Students
CIC Network Membership:
Tuition Exchange Program
The American University of Kuwait (AUK) is an independent, private, equal opportunity, and coeducational liberal arts institution of higher education. The educational, cultural, and administrative structure, methods, and standards of AUK are based on the American model of higher learning. The language of instruction is English. Established by Amiri Decree 139 in 2003, AUK received its Institutional Accreditation from the Private Universities Council (PUC) – Ministry of Higher Education in the State of Kuwait, as of February 1, 2006. AUK offers students a quality education based on an American college model. The faculty, administration, and staff work hard to create a caring environment where every aspect of the student’s development gets attention and support. The course of study is designed to prepare students for the contemporary world where critical thinking, communication skills, and life-long learning have become imperative. The liberal arts education system aims not only to guide the students to fulfill their educational goals, but to also instill effective critical thinking skills that they can apply in their future careers in the fields of their choice.
Expand Your International Reach
American University of Kuwait is looking to partner with U.S.-based institutions in the following areas:
Study Abroad
Faculty Exchange
Campus Visits
International Programs
- Study Abroad – ISEP
- Faculty Exchange
- International Internships
- Global Research Collaboration
- Learn more about international programs
Academic Programs
College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is committed to cultivating lifelong learning that empowers students to pursue technical competency in professional fields, self-awareness, a sense of civic and moral responsibility, and a breadth of vision in the tradition of liberal arts education. The College offers quality undergraduate programs leading to a bachelor’s degree.
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) is committed to cultivating an inspiring and innovative learning environment that contributes to a culture of lifelong learning driven by the core values of liberal arts education. In its pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and community engagement, the College offers high quality programs in Engineering and Computing.
College of Business & Economics
The College of Business and Economics provides an American educational experience producing ethical, innovative, articulate, and globally-agile graduates.
The focus is on:
- Communication: Demonstrate effective English language communication skills in writing and oral presentations.
- Ethical behavior: Articulate ethical and professional responsibilities, recognize ethical dilemmas, and formulate ethical strategies.
- Critical thinking: identify, evaluate, analyze, and solve diverse and unstructured management problems in unfamiliar settings, use, synthesize, and evaluate data / evidence, exercise judgment, and assess risks, understand the holistic and systemic nature of the organization and its internal and external environment.
- Global and multi-cultural aspects of business: Understand diverse cultures; develop intercultural skills; understand global processes; and be prepared for citizenship, both local and global.
- Entrepreneurial behavior: Entrepreneurship is value creation, iterative learning, opportunity identification, business development, venture creation and growth. Becoming entrepreneurial is personal development, creativity, self-reliance, initiative taking, and action orientation.
- Technological Agility: Develop a mastery of appropriate ICT in decision-making.
Intensive English Program
The mission of the American University of Kuwait’s (AUK) Intensive English Program (IEP) is to prepare students seeking admission to the academic degree programs of AUK by enabling them to gain sufficient mastery of the English language and successfully apply the critical thinking skills they need to succeed as students during their undergraduate studies. IEP will achieve its mission by providing quality English language instruction and promoting international, intercultural, and self-understanding.