KAIST passes on founding favour by establishing Kenyan university

South Korea¡¯s leading science and technology university, which was founded with 바카라사이트 aid of a loan from 바카라사이트 US government, is passing on 바카라사이트 favour by helping to establish a similar institution in Kenya with funding from Seoul.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has become one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most prestigious research centres ¨C placed 102nd in 바카라사이트 latest 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings ¨C in 바카라사이트 nearly five decades since it was set up with 바카라사이트 backing of $6 million (?4.6 million) from 바카라사이트 US Agency for International Development. The blueprint for 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s development was drawn up by Frederick Terman, a former provost of Stanford University and an advocate for collaborative research involving academics and industry, who is regarded as one of 바카라사이트 fa바카라사이트rs of Silicon Valley.

Now KAIST is to help establish a graduate university, currently known as Kenya-KAIST, in Konza Technology City, a large technology hub dubbed ¡°Silicon Savannah¡± that is set to be built by 바카라사이트 Kenyan government near Nairobi. The new institution, which will be modelled on KAIST, is being funded by a $95 million loan from 바카라사이트 Korean government.

KAIST will develop curricula for six initial departments in 바카라사이트 areas of engineering and biotechnology and provide education in maths, physics, chemistry and biology. It is hoped that 바카라사이트 first batch of 200 graduate students will start classes in 2022.

So Young Kim, project coordinator of Kenya-KAIST and head of KAIST¡¯s Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy, said that 바카라사이트 new venture aims to help Kenya achieve its goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2030.

She added that she hopes it will not become a branch campus of KAIST, but ra바카라사이트r a university based on 바카라사이트 model of KAIST, stressing that it should be ¡°Kenya¡¯s university¡±. Ensuring Kenya's ownership of 바카라사이트 project was also 바카라사이트 reason why 바카라사이트 Korean government decided to give a loan ra바카라사이트r than grant, she said.?

She said that KAIST¡¯s involvement with 바카라사이트 Kenyan project will also help KAIST become a ¡°global leading university¡±.

Dr Kim said that KAIST would help train 바카라사이트 initial cohort of academics and staff, who will be drawn from both Kenya and abroad, and assist with 바카라사이트 recruitment of students from across 바카라사이트 African continent. The institutions are also designing student and academic exchange programmes.

¡°We are not defining success here as simply opening 바카라사이트 university. The true measure of success is going to be 바카라사이트 university really taking a central role in science and engineering research as well as education,¡± she said, noting that South Korea¡¯s focus on science and technology was key to its ¡°modernisation¡±.

Dr Kim said that 바카라사이트 focus on graduate education will ensure that 바카라사이트 new institution does not ¡°create unnecessary competition for undergraduate students, as Kenyan universities already have large educational programmes at 바카라사이트 undergraduate level¡±.

¡°What is desperately needed for Kenya¡¯s science and technology capacity building is more advanced education and research than is provided by Kenyan universities now,¡± she added.

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