Rwanda gears up to become an African higher education hub

Rwanda is expecting more foreign students as it is gearing up to become a hub for university education in Africa by 2035, writes Michel Nkurunziza for The New Times.

The Higher Education Council (HEC) has reported that the number of foreign students studying in Rwanda over the past seven years has grown from 1,400 in 2017 to 9,109 foreign students in 2024. “We want to become a university education hub so that foreign students, especially those from African countries, consider Rwanda as a first university education destination,” Minister of Education Joseph Nsengimana told members of parliament on Thursday 28 November.

Currently, there are 35 universities in Rwanda. The number of higher learning institutions operating in Rwanda has increased steadily over the years. In the past seven years alone, approximately 20 institutions got licences to operate in the country.
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