Academic Support
Services→
The Learning Efficacy and Advancement Programme (LEAP) advocates for student learning success through
peer mentorship, writing, presenstation, and research coaching, and support on English as a second
language acquisition.
Writing Center Coach
Writing Centre Coaches support students in
effectively communicating their ideas in writing and presentation for a variety of
deliverables: public speaking assignments, personal creative writing, resumes,
academic essays, and more.
Academic Peer Coach
Academic Support Coaches work with Leadership
Core and their respective Degree Programme faculty and
the LEAP team to promote the overall academic progress and retention of all ALC students
Language Support Coach
The Language Support team works to support
students in English fluency. Language Support Programme Coaches collaborate with ALU
Rwanda to organize
and weekly facilitate academic and non-academic English learning lesson plans.
Work Study→
ALC provides an opportunity for students to work part-time while they are studying.
They are many workstudy opportunities available every term based on the different ALC
department. Also, students are allowed to work part-time in other companies provided that they
continue to pass well their exams.
Student Venture
Programme(SVP)→
An information Hub on everything about entrepreneurship at ALC. SVP Support students in
exploring, developing, testing, prototyping their creative ideas, build out ALC’s
entrepreneurial ecosystem, and more.
Internship→
ALU Students have completed 650+ internships in the past 3 years in over 30 countries, including
countries outside of Africa like China, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States.
86% of our employer partner managers rate ALU interns above 4 on a scale of 5 compared to
interns from other universities.
Hear from ALU students About their
Experience→
Studying at the African Leadership University has given me an
opportunity to develop
skills in an environment that acknowledges my passions for social impact
to contribute to
challenges and opportunities present in the African continent. As an
education enthusiast who highly believes the African continent can only
be transformed through education, I started the Students4Students
Foundation.
Additionally, my internship experiences have also provided me get a wide
range of skills
that are applicable in various disciplines and working environment. It
has also allowed me to gain the communication and networking skills
needed to build long-term business relationships with partners.
Dagmawi Haileyesus Assefa – Engineering| Ethiopia
A personal key takeaway from my entire ALU experience has to be a quote
that my Social Science facilitator once mentioned in passing during
class. It was a statement made by James Ferguson who I consider to be an
important intellectual ancestor. It reads: "Where you are positioned
determines what you see." This phrase echoes in my mind as I continue on
my learning journey because it serves as a constant reminder that
position determines perspective. With this approach to life, it becomes
much easier to interact with people and navigate the world in all of its
uncertainties because it is not only underpinned by an acknowledgment of
the different paths we are on but also recognition that we must go
through our journeys with empathy and deep understanding of self and
other.
It is a lesson I intend to take with me throughout the rest of my life.
Stephanie Gogo – Social Science | Ghana
One thing I like about ALU is the work study program. It gives
students
the opportunity to practice what they do in class, develop new
skills, and most importantly take their first steps in the
professional world. I’m currently a study intern at ALC Mauritius
where, as a Residential Assistant, I drive the cultural integration
of over 100 students from 35+ countries by organising social events
and managing their queries. It’s an edifying experience in the sense
where it contributes to the development of my leadership, planning,
time management
and communication skills that I will need once I’m in the
professional world.
Amara Rendy Soumahoro – Business Managemnet | Cote d'Ivoire