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Rwanda : Brilliant ideas in EAC Universities to be supported

Rwanda : Brilliant ideas in EAC Universities to be supported

The Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers and Minister of East African Community Affair of Kenya Hon. Musa Sirma has said that students and academic staff in universities in the region with brilliant ideas in business development and strategic innovation will be identified through a call for conceptual write-ups. Those having the best concepts [...]

Rwanda : Private Universities to start paying tax

Legislators revealed the new law which instructs non-governmental academic institutions to pay tax, which wasn’t the case before. According to the parliamentarians, most of the private universities are owned by religious organizations like Catholics, Protestants and Muslims which only use the profits for own development, leaving out the country’s development. “Most of the private academic [...]

Rwanda : SFB is ten years old

              Current SFB campus showing well mowed lawns The School of Finance and Banking (SFB) is now into its tenth year since it was established to train management and banking professionals. The school which is located at the Mburabuturo hill has been transformed from a small campus offering postgraduate [...]

Rwanda : RTUC gets accreditation

Rwanda : RTUC gets accreditation

The Higher Education Council has approved the Rwanda Tourism University College (RTUC) giving it green light to confer full degrees. RTUC which opened its doors in 2006 has only been offering vocational training and certificate or diploma courses in tourism on a provisional license. In an interview, HEC Director Prof. Geoffrey Rugege confirmed the development [...]

Rwanda : NUR, RDF sign academic memorandum

Rwanda : NUR, RDF sign academic memorandum

Some of the courses at the Nyakinama based Rwanda Senior Command and Staff College will in future be undertaken by professors and lecturers from the National University of Rwanda (NUR). The two institutions (RDF and NUR) signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday June 18. The MoU was signed, by NUR Rector Prof Silas Rwakabamba [...]

Rwanda : The Rwanda Tourism University College (RTUC)

                    Background “RTUC” was established on the 1st of July 2006 at “Gakinjiro- Albert Supply Building” which was located in Kigali’s central business district. Towards the end of year 2006, RTUC moved to a new premise which is located at ININDI HOUSE, this was due to [...]

Rwanda : The Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA)

              The Adventist University of Central Africa is the largest university of higher education in the service of Adventist students from francophone countries in the region of central Africa and east. As such, it is a vital center for training future workers of the Church of Rwanda, Burundi and [...]

Rwanda | KIGALI INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY (ULK)

CREATION Kigali Independent University (ULK) is an Institution of higher learning. It was created on 15th March, 1996 by the Rwandan Association for the Promotion of Education and Culture (ARPEC) and approved by the ministerial order no 022/06 of Februery14, 1996. This University was accredited by the convention no 0021/98 of 02/02/1998 with retroactive effects [...]

Rwanda | INTEGRATED POLYTECHNIC REGIONAL CENTER IPRC KIGALI

The IPRC started as Kicukiro College of Technology (KCT) was established by the Government of Rwanda in 2008. The core mission of the college was to develop and provide professional technical education at the level of diploma (A1).   In July 2008, the Government  decided to integrate Technical education and Vocational Education and Training into [...]

Rwanda | INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE OF LAY ADVENTISTS OF KIGALI (INILAK)

The Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali – INILAK was founded in 1997 by FAPADER, an Association of Adventist Parents for the development of Education in Rwanda. INILAK was fully accredited by the Government of Rwanda through the Ministerial Order No 002/09 of 09/04/2009. The institute has two campuses, notably the one housing its [...]