The American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbr. AUBiH) is an undergraduate establishment located in Tuzla

Tuzla

Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. In 2007, the University opened a postgraduate department in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, offering a fast track master's degree in business administration. In 2009, it opened an undergraduate department in Banja Luka

Banja Luka

-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

.

Staff

The lecturing staff are mainly former US professionals, as well as some from Europe and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Some lectures are conducted via online, distance-learning methods. Students from AUBIH received double diplomas (both from the US and Bosnia & Herzegovina), they attend one semester in USA; they have opportunities for work placement with leading US companies such as Xerox

Xerox

Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...

, Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

, Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....

 and Kodak.

The President of AUBiH is Denis Prcic, an entrepreneur from Tuzla who lived in Rochester, NY in the 1990s.

Partnership

AUBIH had a partnership with State University of New York at Canton

State University of New York at Canton

The State University of New York at Canton , is a public, coeducational, residential college located on a spacious campus along the banks of the Grasse River in St. Lawrence County, New York within the Town of Canton. Its northern location places SUNY Canton close to the Adirondack Mountains, the St...

 (SUNY) until November 2011 to offer undergraduate programs in the fields of international financing, banking, insurance and risk management

Risk management

Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities...

, information technology and digital economy. That agreement expired in November 2011.

The University is organized around three colleges:

The College of International Finance and Banking - CIFB (Tuzla, Sarajevo, Banja Luka)

The College of International Law and Diplomacy - CILD (Tuzla, Sarajevo, Banja Luka)

The College of Digital Economy and Information Technology - CDEIT (Tuzla)