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The Objectives of the Course

  • The program provides knowledge to participants from African and Asian countries on fundamental changes in higher education in Germany, Europe and in other regions that have potential relevance to the challenges facing their own institutions.
  • Participants gain an insight into new thinking about management of higher education institutions that might help them to improve the performance of their institutions.
  • The program gives participants practical skills to respond to changes in higher education in their own working environment by using the practical learning approach.
  • The program builds bridges between higher education institutions in Africa, Asia and in Germany, enabling all sides to utilize knowledge about each other in further efforts in teaching, research and administration.
  • The program assists persons who have studied in Germany and have come to occupy leadership roles in African and Asian higher education institutions.