American University of Nigeria

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instance of	private university higher education institution school university
inception	2003
founder	Atiku Abubakar
official name	American University of Nigeria
native label	American University of Nigeria
short name	AUN
motto text	Quality, integrity, Style
language used	English
official color	red blue

country	Nigeria
located in the administrative territorial entity	Yola
location	Adamawa State
street address	98 Lamido Zubairu WayYola Township bypassPMB 2250, YolaAdamawa State, Nigeria
coordinate location	9.1911, 12.4996
official website	http://www.aun.edu.ng/ · language of work or name: English
phone number	+2348052002962. +2348052266398
email address	mailto:academicregistry@aun.edu.ng

ranking	6,342 45 · 2025

accredited by	National Universities Commission
name	the first American-style university · location: sub-Saharan Africa

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)

image	AUN Students.jpg
image of interior	Math resource centre.jpg Aun interior view of library.jpg
panoramic view	AUN Campus.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (2)

Commons category	American University of Nigeria
social media followers	22,066 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 249351946 · 4 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 21,389 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 249351946 · 26 February 2022 20,823 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 249351946 · 2 January 2021 18,862 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 249351946 · 25 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (18)

Facebook username	AmericanUniversityNigeria
Freebase ID	/m/0h16dc
Gateway to Research organization ID	03E5B6D5-292F-4484-9CA0-7D38D2848D08
GRID ID	grid.442704.1
Instagram username	aunigeria
ISNI	0000000417649500
KISTI ID	K000203540
Library of Congress Authorities ID	no2015021856
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	65734018
OpenAlex ID	I65734018
Quora topic ID	American-University-of-Nigeria American-University-Yola-A-U-N
Ringgold ID	108016
ROR ID	02kv8bx48
SNARC ID	Q48520
VIAF cluster ID	314904900
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["University", "ABTIAmericanUniversityOfNigeria::77rf8"]
X (Twitter) username	AUNigeria · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 18,862 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 249351946 · 25 April 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	33939