KNUST Vice-Chancellor Prof. Rita Dickson and TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann sign a further cooperation agreement in Munich, reaffirming the successful partnership. Photo: Uli Benz / TUM
TUM Senior Vice President Prof. Juliane Winkelmann pays a visit to the TUM campus in Garching with a high-level KNUST delegation led by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Rita Dickson. Photo: F. Vogl / TUM
TUM and KNUST share a common focus on innovation and entrepreneurship: Registrar Andrews Kwasi Boateng, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Rita Dickson, Finance Officer Yaw Nimo-Baffour and Prof. Daniel Duah, Dean of the International Programs Office (l.t.r.) visit the TUM Entrepreneurship Research Institute (ERI) at the Garching Campus. Photo: F. Vogl / TUM
Representatives from TUM and KNUST meet in Munich to exchange ideas on the topic of cervical cancer prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. f.l.t.r.: Dr. Luana Tanaka, Prof. Stefanie Klug, Prof. Andrea S. Winkler, Dr. Rose Tawiah Odotei Adjei, Prof. Juliane Winkelmann, Dr. Edward Tieru Dassah, Prof. Marion Kiechle, Dr. John Humphrey Amuasi, Gifty Baffour Awuah, Linda Liang, Vanessa Grünhagen. Photo: Uli Benz / TUM
KNUST's main campus is located in Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city. Photo: KNUST / IPO Office
The Great Hall forms the centerpiece of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology main campus. Photo: Schudok / TUM
The KNUST Library provides information services to over 40,000 students and 3,000 staff members. Photo: Schudok / TUM
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana is one of the leading universities of the African continent. After a long-time cooperation in the future-oriented areas of water and energy research, environment, mobility and global health, KNUST and Technical University of Munich (TUM) entered a sustainable and strategic partnership at the end of 2018.
TUM.Africa Talent is a research exchange program that brings together talented and highly motivated doctoral candidates from the sub-Saharan Africa region with professors and doctoral candidates at TUM. With this program, first launched in 2022, TUM aims to strengthen its long-term institutional relationships in the region and support a strong, growing TUM.Africa Talent network. Calls for Nominations for TUM.Africa Talent are published annually by the TUM Graduate School.
Student and staff mobilities between KNUST and TUM have been funded every year since 2016 thanks to the “international dimension” of Erasmus+. Further information on the mobility calls at TUM are available on the TUM IC website for teaching opportunities outside of Europe and continued education and training worldwide with Erasmus+.
In October 2018, a delegation led by Prof. Juliane Winkelmann, TUM Vice President for International Alliances and Alumni, launched the strategic partnership for innovation sustainable development in Kumasi. The letter of intent institutionalizes and expands the previous collaboration between the two universities.
As a next step for further development and strengthening of departmental collaborations, proposals for joint projects have been accepted for the TUM Global Incentive Fund call since the beginning of 2019.
KNUST and TUM support existing and new project ideas within a common action framework comprising the key areas of teaching, research, and entrepreneurship.These existing collaborations as well as future projects will advance this partnership. In the long term, this partnership will contribute to a deeper understanding of global challenges and to developing technical and scientific solutions using entrepreneurial approaches.
aCar Mobility
The concept of the electric utility vehicle aCar sustainably addresses the needs of the Sub-Saharan African population by bringing mobility to people in isolated rural regions, and improving their access to health care, information and education facilities. The project is funded by the Bavarian Research Foundation (BFS).
Global Health cooperation
The TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar (MRI) in Munich and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have been in a partnership with funding provided by BMZ and Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung since 2017. Both university hospitals cooperate on a broad spectrum to ensure sustainable innovation in both research and patient care.
ADLAND
In the ADLAND consortium, scientists are working on the conceptualization and practical implementation of responsible and intelligent land management in Africa. This initiative by the Chair of Land Management and Land Tenure was implemented with funding from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
TUM SEED Center
The TUM SEED Center aims to contribute to sustainable development by offering higher education and conducting research at the intersection of sustainable energies and entrepreneurship in the Global South. The TUM SEED Center collaborates closely with leading technical universities in Africa, India, Indonesia, and South America.