About ARUA The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) was inaugurated in Dakar in March 2015, bringing together 15 of the region’s leading universities. It is a network of universities from …

ve PhD programmes across member universities. More specifically, the research seeks to identify selected PhD programmes at ARUA member universities, review the programmes, and make …

About the Report This brief report is the result of another round of a data-gathering and benchmarking initiative at ARUA universities and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. It presents a …

1.1 Introduction to study This report highlights the status of PhD education in Nigeria within the ARUA member universities. Two case studies, the University of Lagos and the University of Ibadan, are …

ARUA will, however, remain an anchor of the project with the possibilities that it can be designated by the AUC, under its Higher Education, Science and Technology programme as an implementor of an …

1. About the Fellowship The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career …

About the ARUA-The Guild partnership Since 2018, the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities have established a close partnership, at …

1.1 Introduction to the study The South African higher education system has been recognised as the leading producer of knowledge on the continent, contributing to 73% of total publications from all …

Clusters of Excellence ARUA Vice Chancellors have agreed that “Research clusters are interdisciplinary networks of researchers working to find solutions to key societal challenges. These challenges cut …

ARUA has generally been very well received in Africa and outside of Africa. The inauguration was performed by the Chair of the African Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who had …