University of the Nations

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**University of the Nations**

Motto	To Know God and Make Him Known
Established	1978
Type	Private/ unaccredited
Chancellor	Thomas A Bloomer (International Provost)
Location	Global, The U of N is in over 100 countries; Main Campus is in Kona, HI, USA
Affiliations	YWAM
Website	www.uofn.edu

The University of the Nations (U of N) is an unaccredited Christian university providing coursework in over 50 languages at over 300 locations throughout the world. Its largest branch locations are in Kona, Hawaii (USA), Jeju, South Korea and Perth, Australia. The University of the Nations is part of the Youth With A Mission (YWAM) network.

1 History
2 Education
3 Accreditation
4 People related
- 4.1 Notable Alumni
- 4.2 Notable Visiting Faculty
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The late Howard Malmstadt, widely known as the "father of modern electronic and computerized instrumentation in chemistry", co-founded the Pacific and Asia Christian University (PACU) in 1978 with Loren Cunningham, the founder of Youth with a Mission (YWAM). The first campus was launched in Kona, HI followed closely by a second campus in Lausanne, Switzerland. PACU was renamed the University of the Nations in 1989.

[edit] Education

The U of N offers Associate's degrees, Bachelor's degrees, and Master's degrees from its seven colleges. These colleges are the College of the Arts, College of Christian Ministries, College of Communication, College of Counseling and Health Care, College of Education, College of Humanities and International Studies, and the College of Science and Technology. There are also six interdisciplinary centers: The Community Development Center; The Center for Discipleship Training Schools; The Family Resource Center; The Center for Entrepreneurial and Economic Development; The Student Mobilization Center; and The GENESIS Center.

U of N Kona- Flags of the Nations Plaza

[edit] Accreditation

University of the Nations is not accredited by any recognised accreditation body. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions.University of the Nations asserts that many institutions have accepted and continue to accept transfer credits. It remains the case, however, that qualifications and transfer credits from unaccredited institutions are not generally accepted by other institutions.

U of N Kona believes that "validation by an accrediting agency in one nation could be limiting. With the U of N, students may begin their education in South America, continue it in the United States and complete their U of N degree requirements in Europe. This type of international scope is a challenge for accrediting agencies to validate".^[1]

There do exist some transnational accrediting bodies for Christian institutions, which are not bound to individual countries, and local accreditation of individual campuses is an option - for example, Australia's higher education and training system approves U of N's Institute for the Nations - Australia as a registered training organisation in the Australian Capital Territory to provide "training at the certificate III to diploma level" throughout Australia.^[2]

[edit] People related

[edit] Notable Alumni

David L. Cunningham, son of university founder and filmmaker

[edit] Notable Visiting Faculty

David Aikman, Author of Christian books and former senior correspondent for Time Magazine
Forrest Mims, Electronics author and controversial creationist