American University of Kuwait

{{Short description|Private university in Salmiya, Kuwait}}

{{Infobox university

| name = American University of Kuwait

| native_name_lang = ar

| image = American University of Kuwait.svg

| image_size = 100px

| native_name = الجامعة الأمريكية في الكويت

| motto = علم فكر إرتقاء

| mottoeng = Learn • Think • Become

| established = By Amiri Decree 139 in 2003

| type = Private

| president = Dr. Rawda Awwad

| colors = {{legend striped|gold|#8C1515|garnet and gold}}

| mascot = Wolf Pack

| free_label = Newspaper

| free =

| city = Salmiya

| coor = {{coord|29|20|38|N|48|4|59|E|type:edu|display=inline, title}}

| country = Kuwait

| undergrad = Over 6000 graduates

| faculty =

| campus = Urban

| website = {{website|http://www.auk.edu.kw/}}

}}

The American University of Kuwait (AUK) (Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية في الكويت) is a private liberal arts institution located in Salmiya, Kuwait.{{Cite web |date=12 August 2022 |title=College of Business and Economics, American University of Kuwait |url=https://www.highereducationdigest.com/college-of-business-and-economics-american-university-of-kuwait/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Higher Education Digest}}{{Cite journal |last=Kelly |first=Marjorie |date=Winter 2010 |title=Issues in the Development of a Gulf Studies Program at the American University of Kuwait: an Ethnography |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23057153 |journal=Review of Middle East Studies |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=152–165 |jstor=23057153}} Established in 2003 by Amiri decree, AUK is affiliated with Dartmouth College. The university offers both Kuwaitis and international students an education based on American stands for higher education. Since 2011, the university has had a College of Business and Economics, which in 2019 was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).