Type Private Campus 78 acres (320,000 m) Phone +509 34 73 6728 Founded 1921 | Established 1921 Website www.unah.edu.ht Number of students 617 | |
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Affiliation Seventh-day Adventist Church Location Carrefour area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Address Route de la Mairie de Carrefour, Diquini 63, Carrefour, Haiti Similar Northeast Adventist College, Sonoma Adventist College, Hyacinth Chen Nursing S, Mamarapha College, Adventist University of Africa | ||
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Université Adventiste d'Haïti (Haitian Adventist University) is situated some five miles (8 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince, in the Carrefour neighborhood.
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It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
History
First established in 1921 as Séminaire Adventiste d'Haïti, near Cap-Haïtien, the school was moved to Port-au-Prince in 1933. It was authorized to offer complete secondary work by the Ministry of Education in 1935. In 1946 the seminary was moved to its present site. Authorized to offer the Baccalaureate degree by the Ministry of Education in 1959, in 1964 it was granted General Conference authorization to offer two-year postsecondary work. The degree of Bachelor of Theology (license) was authorized by the General Conference in 1973. Currently, the institution offers degree programs in other areas also.
The school offers degrees in business administration, education, and theology. It also offers diploma programs in secretarial science, music, modern languages, and other areas.