Ahfad University for Women (AUW) is a pioneer in non-governmental higher education inspiring achievement and success. AUW is also a pioneer in mainstreaming women and gender studies in higher education and research in North Sudan. AUW takes pride in the bastion of community education, problem solving and research that it harnesses. AUW is a university that creates a core of female changeagents with selfless dedication too community services, a university for the real-world by cultivating ambition, esteem, leadership and maturity in all women of all ages. The non-profit institute is built from the contribution of the Sudanese community, and owes immense gratitude for the unqiue and successful globalisation and harmonious diversity that exists on its campus, a speac in studies, talent promotion and personal professional development. Mor than five decades of academic excellence, AUW has proven itself to be "a beacon of light for women".