{"id":2000123795,"date":"2026-08-27T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000123795"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:55:30","slug":"rwanda-concordia-university-of-edmonton-sign-education-cooperation-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-concordia-university-of-edmonton-sign-education-cooperation-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda, Concordia University of Edmonton sign education cooperation agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The agreement was signed by Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Canada, Prosper Higiro, on behalf of the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Education, and Dr. Tim Loreman, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University of Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The signing took place during Higiro\u2019s visit to Alberta from August 21 to 23, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the agreement, Concordia University of Edmonton will consider applications from qualified Rwandan students seeking to study at the university, subject to its normal admission requirements and institutional capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two sides will also explore scholarship opportunities, tuition-support mechanisms and other arrangements that could help eligible Rwandan students access education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cooperation will also cover executive training programmes for Rwandan government officials, particularly in public policy, innovation and other areas to be agreed upon by both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MoU further provides opportunities for academic staff and researcher exchanges to strengthen academic collaboration, research, knowledge sharing and institutional links between Concordia University of Edmonton and higher education institutions in Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priority areas for cooperation include Education, Psychology, Management and Cybersecurity, Data and Artificial Intelligence applications, Health Sciences, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability, Leadership and Innovation, as well as Social Sciences, Economics and Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement also provides for discussions on broader academic and research collaboration in Rwanda, subject to institutional feasibility, necessary approvals and applicable regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The signing was among the key engagements during Higiro\u2019s visit to Alberta and forms part of efforts to build practical partnerships between Rwanda and institutions in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The agreement signed by Rwanda and Concordia University of Edmonton will explore opportunities for Rwandan students, academic staff and researchers in areas including education, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and health sciences.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The agreement to expand academic cooperation between Rwanda and the Canadian university was signed between Prosper Higiro, Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Canada, and Dr. Tim Loreman, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University of Edmonton. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda and Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation in higher education, research, technology, innovation, and skills and capacity development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000123797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000123795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000123797,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQk9OhFX0AAzu_Xcav.jpg","alt":"","caption":"The agreement to expand academic cooperation between Rwanda and the Canadian university was signed between Prosper Higiro, Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Canada, and Dr. Tim Loreman, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University of Edmonton. ","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQk9OhFX0AAzu_Xcav.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQk9OhFX0AAzu_Xcav.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQk9OhFX0AAzu_Xcav.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQk9OhFX0AAzu_Xcav.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQk9OhFX0AAzu_Xcav.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000123795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000123798,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123795\/revisions\/2000123798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000123797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000123795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000123795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000123795"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000123795"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000123795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}