African Nazarene University is an accredited private Christian University sponsored by the Church of Nazarene International. It is fully accredited by the commission for University Education and the International Board of Education. The university was established in the year 1994 and it is located in Ongata Rongai, Kenya. The current dean of studies is Mr. Victor Boiyo and the vice chancellor is Dr. Stanley Bhebhe.
School motto; What begins here transforms the world.
According to Paul Kahenya who is the director, the African Nazarene University Institute of Open and Distance Learning was established in the year 2011 to aim for the development of institutional policies and strategies for promoting the innovative use of information and communication technologies to benefit learning, teaching and reseach activities at the university.
The good thing about the institution is that it is located on the top floor of Helstrom building at Ongata Rongai campus. The institute has a results- oriented core staff and an ambient open plan work environment.The members of staff have also been trained on the principle of instructional design for various delivery modes for open and distance learning modes aimed at developing learning approaches that would guarantee real time reach to students in multiple locations in a cost- effective way.
The university has a distance learning program. The following is a list of African Nazarene Distance Learning courses;
DOCTORATE PROGRAMS
Doctor of Ministry
MASTER PROGRAMS
Master of Business Administration [MBA]
Master of Science Governance, peace and security studies
Master of Arts in Monitoring and Evaluation
Master of Arts in Religion.
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Bachelor of Arts in community development
Bachelor of Christian Ministry
Bachelor of Education.
Bachelor of counselling psychology
Bachelor of Mass communication
Bachelor of Arts in Peace and conflict studies
Bachelor of Science environment and Natural resource management
Bachelor of Science in Procurement and supply chain Management
Bachelor of Theology
DIPLOMA PROGRAMS
Diploma in Business Administration.