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KIST - centre of academic excellence

  • 2009- KIST is the only Rwandan University and one of ten East African Universities to be amongst the top 100 African Universities in 2009 universities rating.
  • 2009- KIST is selected to host the Rwandan e-health centre of excellence to be funded by the Rockefeller foundation.
  • 2009- One laptop per child OLPC development team moves from its roots in MIT media lab to KIST-RITC.
  • 2009 – KIST selected as centre of excellence by the International Telecommunications Union for the MCM course.
  • 2009-KIST was funded by the European Union (E.U) to host the Euro-Africa ICT conference to facilitate joint African- E.U. research proposals under framework 7.

Kist-international partnerships in 2009

  • Technical University of Munich, Germany- staff and student exchange in Architecture
  • Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany- staff and student exchange in ICT, Science and Engineering
  • KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden- joint MSc in Alternative energy
  • MIT USA- GOR partnership proposed Climate and Weather Monitoring observatory
  • British Council-KIST Language Centre joint training centre in 2009
  • Instituto University of Architecture Venice (IUAV)- Partnership in Architecture/affordable housing
  • Cambridge University Manufacturing centre/British Council
  • Government of Mexico – MSc/PhD awards to KIST staff
  • Central University of Tech, S.A.- MSC/PhD awards
  • Tama Art University, Japan- Banana Technology Project.
  • University College, London ,U.K .-Joint final year projects,
  • Rothman-McLaughlin centre, University of Toronto, Canada, Life Sciences innovation centre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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