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Since 2008 the cooperation between the IEE and the RUB on the one hand and the Faculties of Management and Economics at Afghan Universities on the other hand has been extended to cover training of Afghan lecturers at the Masters level.

In February 2010 the IEE celebrated the first 17 Afghan graduates of the MSc Program in Management and Economics at the RUB. The first Master program for Afghan lecturers of Economics at RUB was sponsored by the World Bank through the "Strengthening Higher Education Program (SHEP)" framework and formed part of a partnership agreement between the RUB and the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education.

On 29 August 2011, another 30 lecturers from six of the RUB's Afghan partner faculties commenced their Master-level studies in Management and Economics in Bochum. As an entry condition, the two women and 28 men had successfully completed the Bachelor upgrading program at RUB before joining the MSc program. The second intake of the MSc program is co-financed by the Ministry of Higher Education of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Like the Bachelor Training in Management and Economics for Afghan Lecturers the MSc program for Afghan lecturers is coordinated by the IEE and implemented in close cooperation with the RUB Faculty of Management and Economics.

Partner Faculties in Afghanistan

• Balkh
• Herat
• Kabul
• Nangarhar
• Kandahar
• Khost

Targets

• Upgrading teaching standards at Afghan partner faculties through the training of lecturers at the Masters level, in an internationally accredited MSc program
• Improving research capacities: Guided and coordinated Master theses
• Fostering disciplinary specialization at the partner faculties

Results

• First intake of the MSc Program in Management and Economics for Afghan lecturers graduated on 26 February 2010 (17 participants).
• Second intake with 30 Afghan lecturers from the Universities of Balkh, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Khost and Nangarhar started the course work in Bochum in August 2011.

Future Perspectives

• Course work (90 ECTS) of the second intake to be completed by November 2012.
• Selection of research topics for guided Master theses in line with the development needs of Afghanistan and the needs of the partner faculties.
• Field research for the Master theses in Afghanistan scheduled for December 2012-March 2013.
• Graduation planned for August 2013
• Development of rules for promotion of lecturers at the partner faculties.
• Start of third cycle of MSc program scheduled for late 2013.
• Admission of MSc graduates to PhD-program from 2012.

Attachments:

Objectives: Strengthening Higher Education in Management and Economics (SHEP)

Achievements: German-Afghan Academic Cooperation in Management and Economics

Poster: Strengthening Higher Education in Management and Economics -MSc Program)