KESMONDS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (KIU AMERICA) was founded as a nonprofit, apolitical, and private institution to advance the professional and personal ambitions of its students by providing a demanding yet supportive educational experience. In 2010 the university was operating as a non-governmental organization aimed at helping students from less privileged communities obtain scholarships in developed countries and also provide a network for students to gain access to training facilities with highly developed technologies and equipment since these opportunities were not present in their communities. The organization’s primary name was the FAMILY OF EXTRAORDINARY STUDENTS. The organization equally provided remote training to students from varying backgrounds and helped them get certified. In 2014, the organization was rebranded as KESMONDS GROUP LIMITED a global conglomerate of companies in which KESMONDS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY was the primary service and has other services like hospitality, digital and print media, journals, healthcare, import and exports. During the early days of the University, the primary mode of teaching and learning was using open distance learning and electronic learning resources. Within a decade, the university has expanded to several countries offering ON-CAMPUS LEARNING, RESEARCH-BASED LEARNING, INDUSTRIAL AND SKILLED-BASED LEARNING, AND EXPERIENCED-BASED LEARNING, AND STILL CONTINUES DISTANCE LEARNING WITH THE USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY LIKE DIGITAL LABORATORIES AND SIMULATION TEACHING METHODS.

The University was then registered by a corporate charter with the Secretary of State in Delaware USA with file number 6397318. With a focus on entrepreneurial education based on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 26). KIU believes that Higher Education is a Human Right and that professionalizing higher education is the basis of personal development. Kesmonds International University has a European Union Organiza