More Knowledge Transfers with Kenyan Universities

“This new project win is an important further step for the university in terms of strengthening our relationships with universities in sub-Saharan Africa”, says Professor Dr. Jürgen Bode, Vice President for Internationalisation and Diversity at H-BRS, who goes on to say that this is the latest in a series of projects aimed at the development of medium-sized enterprises and practical university education in East and West African countries.

Improved Employment Market Focus of Kenyan Universities

The precise title of the project, the pilot project for the new DAAD programme “Improving the Employment Market Focus of Kenyan Universities” is “Collaboration for Entrepreneurial Universities – CEPU”. The project partners on site are the Kenyatta University in Nairobi, the second biggest university in the country, and the Mount Kenya University, the largest private university in the country, which is based in Thika close to the capital city. “The objective of the project”, says Christine Freitag, project manager at H-BRS, “is to support the Kenyan partner universities in improving the employment market competence of their graduates as well as improving and facilitating the transfer of knowledge to society at large”. Various reform measures are planned, she says, which are designed to improve the practical orientation of the courses offered and to strengthen links with the universities’ surrounding social and scientific environment.

Joint Project with Four Partners

H-BRS is running the project together with the University of Wismar, Leipzig University, the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and the Hasso Plattner Institute. Funding is provided by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is taking on the administration. The project is scheduled to run from  1 May 2018 to 31  December 2021. The overall budget is 600,000 euros.