The lecturing staff were mainly domestic teachers with many guest lecturers and American staff.[2]
As part of the now-defunct partnership agreement with State University of New York at Canton (SUNY), some students from AUBIH received double diplomas (both from the US and Bosnia & Herzegovina) and attended one semester in USA. Through this partnership, some students had opportunities for work placement with leading US companies such as Xerox, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson and Kodak.[3]
The President and founder of American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina was Denis Prcić, an entrepreneur from Tuzla who lived in Rochester, New York in the 1990s.[4][5]
Academics
In 2007, the university opened a postgraduate department in Sarajevo, offering a fast-track master's degree in business administration (MBA).
In 2009, it opened an undergraduate department in Banja Luka.[6] In 2011, the AUBIH opened an undergraduate department in Mostar.[7]
The University was organized around the following colleges:
On 21 June 2012, West Virginia University made a partnership with American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12] It's one of over 100 universities with which WVU has a global partnership.[13]
New International Partnerships
American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina in September 2015 expanded its international partnership with universities in Turkey, Canada and the United States of America. The international partnership list was amended with the following universities: Western Kentucky University, Saint Louis University, Fontbonne University; Saint Paul University from Canada; Northwest Normal University form China and Doğuş University from Turkey.[14] The purpose of cooperation between AUBIH and mentioned universities are student and faculty exchange, research cooperation, joint academic publications, and cooperation on joint academic projects.
