Pacific Adventist University

Pacific Adventist University
Former names
Pacific Adventist College
MottoEducate to Serve
TypePrivate
Established1984
AffiliationSeventh-day Adventist Church
ChancellorProf Glenn Townend
Vice-ChancellorProf Lohi Matainaho
Studentsmore than 1000
Location, ,
Papua New Guinea

9°24′21″S 147°16′32″E / 9.40575°S 147.27561°E / -9.40575; 147.27561
CampusKoiari Park Campus
Websitewww.pau.ac.pg

Pacific Adventist University (PAU) is a tertiary institution located 21 kilometres (30 minutes) outside Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and operated by the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Both the faculty and the student body are international in composition. While most students come from Papua New Guinea and other Pacific island nations such as Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, others have come from Africa, Australia, Pakistan, China, the Philippines, and the United States.

It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.