Aga Khan Academies

Welcome to the Aga Khan Academies

The Academies educate future homegrown leaders regardless of socioeconomic background and help improve teaching in the regions where they are located.
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Academic Programme

The curriculum focuses on the development of critical thinking and analysis of issues with an emphasis on multicultural understanding and awareness.
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Leadership

The Academies’ programmes aim to develop students who are ethical, public-minded, and possess a pluralistic outlook, and who will become future leaders of their home countries.
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Living on Campus

Residential life at the Academy complements and extends the academic experience and includes a rich array of activities and leadership opportunities to enhance students’ learning and growth.
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Admissions

Admission is competitive and based on merit. This is broadly defined as exceptional intellectual potential, leadership, commitment to learning, strong sense of integrity, and the desire to work towards and instigate positive change.
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Recent news

Audience members find their piece in the African puzzle at TEDxYouth event

19 March 2019

Numerous internal and external speakers presented various topics at the third TEDxYouth event hosted by the Academy.

AKA Mombasa student project receives entrepreneurial grant from Wesleyan University

15 March 2019

Recently, Aga Khan Academy Mombasa student Ziyaan Virji (Class of 2020) and Academy alumnus Sydney Ochieng (Class of 2018), who currently attends Wesleyan University, received $5,000 in seed grants from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship for their project, Accessible and...

TEDxYouth@AKAHyderabad 2019 – “Infinity & Beyond”

05 March 2019

A student-driven event, the 2019 TEDx conference featured 10 unique talks and a handful of stellar performances delivered by Academy students, staff and external speakers.