Partnership extension between TUM and KNUST and more exchange with partners from the Global South

The annual symposium of the TUM SEED Center in Kumasi, Ghana, was an ideal opportunity to conclude new agreements with partners in the Global South. The TUM SEED Center is a lighthouse project of TUM in the Global South funded by the DAAD. Under the leadership of Prof. Frank-Martin Belz, the team conducts research at the interface of sustainable energy and entrepreneurship in collaboration with eight partner universities from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

More exchange with partners in the Global South: "Train our talents together"

The symposium was opened by Prof. Juliane Winkelmann, TUM Senior Vice President for International Alliances and Alumni, to an audience of around 100 participants on the campus of TUM's flagship partner, KNUST. Subsequently, she signed new agreements with universities in the Global South there. "I am very pleased that we can expand the mobility opportunities for our students within the TUM SEED Center partners to train our talents together and thus open up opportunities for intercultural exchange, which is so valuable."

From the winter semester 2024/25, it will be possible for TUM students to go to the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Peru, for example, for a stay abroad via TUMexchange. Already in the summer semester of 2024, we will be able to welcome students from these partners to TUM in exchange.