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    General information about all the Centres of African Excellence

    DAAD

    The DAAD supports African universities by establishing Centres of Excellence to improve the quality of the education they provide and to increase their research capacities. Thereby, they enable future decision-makers in Africa to be trained in line with international standards.

    These world class-hubs do not only provide the best educational quality and research capacity but also connect people from different countries, world regions and academic fields with each other.
    The goal for each Centre of Excellence is to develop its own impact on the region and beyond.

    How to apply?
    Diverse Centres, huge variety of subjects, multiple systems, different application formats

    The African Excellence Network combines many different partners and is characterised by its huge diversity. There are different procedures at each Centre, so check out the respective Centre pages to get in-depth information about the application processes at the Centre you like to get involved with.

    The African Excellence programme offers multiple diverse opportunities:

    • Study abroad in another African country
    • Master programmes
    • PhD programmes
    • Scholarships
    • Support with finding a place to stay during your studies
    • Language classes for basic German

    Master, PhD, Short Courses and Summer School

    Along with the largely interdisciplinary Master’s and PhD programmes, all of the Centres impart supplementary knowledge in the areas of Good Governance, Management and other multidisciplinary skills (conflict management, team building, intercultural competence). Moreover, all of the Centres have a scholarship programme.

    In order to achieve the intended programme objectives even more efficiently, the DAAD targets the needs of developing and newly industrialised countries with its funding instruments and evaluates the impact of its funding programmes. To do so, a concept for a result-oriented monitoring system was developed by DAAD and introduced in 2013 for the Centres of African Excellence programme

    The programme has been running for over eleven years. An interim evaluation shows that the funding model is on the right track:

    For further information on the funding program Centres of African Excellence see here: https://www.daad.de/en/information-services-for-higher-education-institutions/further-information-on-daad-programmes/african-excellence-centres-of-african-excellence/

    How it all started and who is behind African Excellence



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    1. Student
      • A student is currently enrolled in a study programme at one of the universities which is participating at DIGI-FACE (African Centres of Excellence and its network).
    2. Staff
      • Staff is everybody who works in the frame of a university which is participating at DIGI-FACE (African Centres of Excellence and its network) [(i.e. as coordinator, financial/administrative support, IT-support, learning designer, administrator etc.). If you are working for DAAD or DIGI-FACE you are also staff.
    3. Alumni
      • An Alumni is a former student in a study programme at one of the universities which is participating at DIGI-FACE (African Centres of Excellence and its network). In many cases, part of one of the centres’ alumni associations.
    4. Lecturer
      • A Lecturer performs teaching and pedagogic work at one of the universities which is participating at DIGI-FACE (African Centres of Excellence and its network)
    5. Researcher
      • A researcher is an individual who is engaged in conducting research at one of the universities which is participating in DIGI-FACE (African Centres of Excellence, Global Centres and its networks). Researchers contribute to academic knowledge through studies, experiments, and publications in various fields of expertise.