In effort to support and develop priority areas to make Africa economically self sustainable, World Bank through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) has funded University of Rwanda (UR)-College of Science and Technology (CST) to establish an African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACE-ESD).

It is a regional centre that is based in Rwanda and its mandate is to offer post-graduate training, organization of short professional courses and PhD in collaborative applied research in Energy for Sustainable Development.

The 1st Africa-China-World Bank Education Partnership Forum, was organized by the University of Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the World Bank, aims to strengthen the tripartite relationship and forge new partnerships between leading universities, science and technology research institutes, and private enterprises of the two regions.

The Centre therefore invites interested and highly motivated research-oriented students to submit applications for PhD positions in the field of renewable energy.

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University of Rwanda and Colorado State University (CSU), Colorado, USA signed Memorandum of Understanding. UR was represented by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Philip Cotton while CSU was represented by Bryan Willson, Professor at CSU.

Philip Cotton & Bryan Wilson shaking hands.