IAU and ACUP launch a new web portal on Innovative Approaches to Doctoral Education in Africa

The initiative has been executed with the valuable contribution of 15 African universities

The International Association of Universities (IAU) and the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP), with the collaboration of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), have launched the IDEA-PhD website, a new web portal on Innovative Approaches for Doctoral Education in Africa. The goal of this project is to contribute to the development of doctoral education in the region, as well as to explore the full potential of higher education systems in Africa and to promote national development within its capacities. IDEA-PhD is an online web-based platform the objective of which is to aid university leaders, administrators, and other interested stakeholders to strengthen doctoral programs and training in African HEIs. To do so, the portal provides information, tools, and documentation on the on how to develop a PhD program, and facilitates connections amongst higher education institutions and organizations, research networks, and funding agencies.
The 15 African universities that have contributed to the project are: Universidade Agostinho Neto (Angola), Université des Sciences et Technologies du Bénin (USTB),Université de Douala (Cameroon), Université de Yaoundé I (Cameroon), Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (Equatorial Guinea), Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), Kenyatta University (Kenya), Université Abdou Moumouni (Niger), University of Ilorin (Nigeria), Université d’Antananarivo (Madagascar), Universités de Bamako (Mali), Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique), National University of Rwanda (Rwanda),  Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal) and the Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (Senegal). For more information, follow this link.