Terms & Conditions

This Terms of Service and Use Agreement (the "Agreement") governs your access and use of the BKU University website at bkuniversity.us and related webpages (the "Site"). The Agreement is subject to change on a prospective basis, and we will make those changes by posting them on the Site. Your continued use of the Site or services through the Site will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions.

The Site offers information regarding BKU's academic programs, services, and educational resources. The proprietary software, content, and materials underlying the Site (the "Materials") are works protected under copyright and other intellectual property laws. In consideration for your promises reflected in this Agreement, you are granted a personal, nonexclusive, nonassignable and nontransferable, non-commercial license to access and use the Site from a single computer and as permitted under this Agreement.

You agree to:

• Not copy or distribute the Materials to any third party without authorization
• Not reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile any portion of the Materials or otherwise attempt to discover or re-create the source code to the Materials
• Comply with all applicable laws, including laws of the Republic of Sierra Leone, applicable to your use of the Materials
• Not make any modification, adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work of or to any portion of the Materials
• Not remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices in any portion of the Materials or on the Site
• Not interfere with or disrupt the use and enjoyment of the Site by other users
• Not use any type of automated means to utilize or access the Site

If you are a copyright or other intellectual property right owner, and feel that any material on the Site infringes your intellectual property rights, please contact us using the information in the Contact Information section below, with details of your claim.

You can find information regarding our policies regarding information collection and use in our Privacy Policy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in our privacy policy, if you submit an email address or contact information to us, you:

• 1.Consent to receive information regarding programs, services, or educational opportunities that you request
• 2.Consent to the transmission of newsletters and communications to that email address
• 3.Represent and warrant that you are entitled to use the email address or contact information to receive such communications

The foregoing consent includes communications containing information about our educational programs, events, services, and opportunities offered by BKU.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER BKU NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS, NOR ANY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENT OR WARRANT (i) THAT THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR ERROR FREE; (ii) THAT THE SITE WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCESSIBLE, TIMELY, OR SECURE; (iii) THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES, "WORMS," "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER HARMFUL PROPERTIES; (iv) THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MATERIAL PUBLISHED OR ACCESSIBLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE; (v) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE; AND (vi) THAT THE MATERIALS ARE NONINFRINGING.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICES OR CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE ARE DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, INCLUDING TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES, OR ANY MATERIALS.

IN NO EVENT SHALL BKU OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS, OR ANY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION) ARISING OUT OF (i) USE OF THE SITE BY ANY PERSON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY RELIANCE ON, OR ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN, ANY INFORMATION AND CONTENT ACCESSED OVER THE SITE, (ii) ANY USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE FOR WHATEVER REASON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE OR ANY OTHER FAILURE WITH TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF ANY INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, OR (iii) ANY GOODS OR SERVICES DISCUSSED, PURCHASED OR OBTAINED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THROUGH THE SITE OR OTHERWISE, IN EACH CASE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Your rights under this Agreement terminate automatically if you fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or with any other policy or rule. Additionally, we may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason. We may effect notice of termination through any means, including but not limited to posting such notice on the Site, sending you an email, or otherwise proclaiming such termination. Upon termination, you must immediately stop using the Site. We have no obligation to return any materials you provide to us in the course of using the Site.

You agree to hold harmless, defend, and indemnify BKU and its licensees, licensors and their officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, agents, partners and affiliates, successors and assigns from all liabilities, claims, demands and expenses, including attorney's fees, that are due to, or that arise from your use or misuse of the Site, any content transmitted to or through the Site, or for infringement by you of intellectual property rights or other right of any third party. We may assume exclusive control of any defense of any matter subject to indemnification by you, and you agree to cooperate with us in such event.

BKU does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, goods or services, or other materials available on or from any third party websites or resources.

Any comments or materials sent to us, including feedback data, such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like regarding the Site is non-confidential. We have no obligation to you of any kind with respect to such feedback and are free to reproduce, use, disclose, exhibit, display, transform, create derivative works and distribute the feedback to others without limitation.

We may provide notices, including notice of any changes to this Agreement by displaying notices to you generally on the Site or by emailing you at the email address you provided us. We may change our addresses (email or mailing) by displaying such changes on the Site.

Except as set forth herein, you must provide us all notices in writing, delivered to: BKU University, 15 Circular Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Notwithstanding, we will endeavor to respond promptly to any concerns or questions you raise using the contact information below.

Students enrolled at BKU are subject to additional terms and conditions outlined in the Student Handbook and academic policies. These include but are not limited to:

• Academic integrity and code of conduct policies
• Tuition payment and refund policies
• Enrollment and registration requirements
• Student records and transcript access
• Grievance and appeals procedures

Except for any agreements or policies explicitly referenced herein, this Agreement constitutes the complete and entire agreement between you and BKU as it pertains to the Site. We reserve all rights not granted in this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and such decision will not affect the enforceability of such provision under other circumstances, or of the remaining provisions hereof under all circumstances. You must be 16 years or older to use the Site.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE. ANY DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SITE SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS AND COURTS OF SIERRA LEONE.