Adventist University of Central Africa – University in Kigali

The Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA) is a private Christian university run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with its main campus in Masoro, Gasabo District, Kigali. First established in 1978 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it relocated to Rwanda in the 1980s and has grown into one of the country's best-known private universities. AUCA offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in business administration, information technology, education, theology, nursing and midwifery, and public health, with teaching mainly in English. The university also has a campus in Gishushu, Kigali, for evening and weekend classes, as well as a nursing campus in Ngoma. Its hilltop Masoro campus includes lecture halls, laboratories, a library, student residences and a church. AUCA is known for its values-based education and diverse international student body. Applicants can contact the university by phone or its general inquiries email.