Atlantic International University

Coordinates: 21.3091601°N 157.8627071°W

Atlantic International University, Inc. (AIU) is an

unaccredited private for-profit distance learning Atlantic International
university based in Honolulu, Hawaii. It offers University
undergraduate and graduate degrees including
doctorates.[2][3][4][5] It is widely described as a degree
mill.[6][7][4][8][9][10][11] AIU degrees are unrecognized in
Oregon, illegal to use in Texas, and unsatisfactory for
fufilling civil service requirements in Michigan as they
are considered substandard or fraudulent.[12][13][14] Type Unaccredited
private for-profit

Accreditation distance learning

university

Although it is based in the United States, AIU is not Established 1998

accredited by any recognized United States accreditation Accreditation (None, widely
agency.[15] It is accredited by the U.K. Accreditation considered a
Service for International Schools, Colleges and degree mill)
Universities (ASIC),[16] but this is solely and exclusively President Jose M. Atri[1]
for visa purposes. Not a single degree offered by Atlantic
International University is officially recognized in the Location Honolulu, Hawaii,
U.K.[17] United States
21.3091601°N
Atlantic International University was formerly 157.8627071°W
accredited by Accrediting Commission International.[2] Website www.aiu.edu (https:
Accrediting Commission International is an //www.aiu.edu)
accredidation mill and was established after the
International Accrediting Commission, another accredidation mill, was shut down by the
State of Missouri for fraud.[18][19]

It’s credentials have also been listed as substandard in other countries (outside the U.S.)
including Ghana,[6] Nigeria (in relation to a branch in Okija),[7] and Oman.[20] It has been
characterized as a degree mill,[21][10] and its degrees have been widely dismissed as
"fake."[4][8][9]
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 It has been prosecuted by the Office of Consumer Protection of the State of Hawaii for
fraudulently claiming to be an accredited institution. In a 2002 case, the state alleged the
following:[11]

“AIU is not now and never has been accredited by a recognized accrediting
agency or association recognized by the United States Secretary of
Education...AIU has failed to properly and adequately disclose in its promotional
materials, specifically its agents' advertising, the fact that it is not fully accredited
by any nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the
United States Secretary of Education in violation of Hawaii Rev. Stat. § 446E-
2(a).”

Notable alumni
Hassan Ayariga[4]
Joyce Banda[22]
William Bazeyo[23]
Gideon Gono[24]
David Karpeles, founder of the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum[25]
Michael Sata[26]
Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr[27]

References
1. "Atlantic International University, Inc. | Better Business Bureau® Profile" (https://www.bb
b.org/us/hi/honolulu/profile/college-and-university/atlantic-international-university-inc-129
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2. Laura Patricia Cruz Ruiz, Internationalization in Mexican Higher Education: With Special
Emphasis on German-Mexican Cooperation, Historisch-vergleichende Sozialisations-
und Bildungsforschung 16, Münster: Waxmann, 2016, ISBN 9783830933489, pp. 117–
18 (https://books.google.com/books?id=pA7dCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA117).
3. Mike LaBella, "Blind war veteran earns doctoral degree" (https://www.eagletribune.com/n
ews/haverhill/blind-war-veteran-earns-doctoral-degree/article_6ee07445-2375-5afe-977b
-9b5460ba5ff2.html), The Eagle-Tribune (North Andover, Massachusetts), October 16,
2017.
4. "Probe IGP's ‘Fake’ doctorate degree - Academics" (https://www.ghanaweb.com/Ghana
HomePage/NewsArchive/Probe-IGP-s-Fake-doctorate-degree-Academics-481571#),
Daily Guide Africa, via Ghana Web, October 28, 2016.
5. "Ministry of Education Congratulates CFBC lecturer on launch of textbook and
successful defense of doctoral dissertation" (https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetail
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7. Amina Mohammed, "NUC releases list of illegal tertiary institutions (See full list)" (https://
www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/189073-nuc-releases-list-of-illegal-tertiary-in
stitutions-see-full-list.html), Premium Times, August 27, 2015.
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d-others-indicted-in-fake-doctorate/ytpybd5), Pulse TV, August 3, 2016.
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radical pundit: reports" (https://colombiareports.com/duque-replaces-director-of-national-
center-for-historical-memory-with-radical-pundit/), Colombia Reports, October 14, 2018.
10. Alexandra Zykunov, "Dr. Dödel" (https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/unispiegel/d-131521023.
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11. "Court filing against Atlantic International University by the State of Hawaii" (https://files.h
awaii.gov/dcca/ocp/udgi/lawsuits/AIU/atlantic_intl_u_c.pdf) (PDF). July 19, 2002.
Retrieved July 27, 2022.
12. Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas (https://reportcenter.highered.texa
s.gov/agency-publication/miscellaneous/institutions-whose-degrees-are-illegal-to-use-in-t
exas/)
13. Oregon Office of Degree Authorization (https://web.archive.org/web/20070110083159/htt
p://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.html)
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rchive.org/web/20080227090642/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Non-accreditedSc
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15. "Is AIU accredited?" (https://www.aiu.edu/faq.html), FAQ, Atlantic International
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American Association of Collegiate Registrars.
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Guardian, January 26, 2013.
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25. "Commencement Profile: David Karpeles" (http://newsandevents.buffalostate.edu/news/c
ommencement-profile-david-karpeles), SUNY Buffalo State, May 7, 2012.
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External links
Official site (http://www.aiu.edu)

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