TECHfeMENA: THU delegation visits German schools in Egypt
Ulm University of Applied Sciences (THU) has successfully secured funding for a short-term project under the HAW.International programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The project, called TECHfeMENA (= TECH female Middle East North Africa), aims to strengthen international exchange with Egypt. The programme is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR).
Led by the Equal Opportunities Officer, Prof. Dr Barbara Streppel, and research assistant Nora Ateia, M.A., a project team recently travelled to Egypt. Five professors, one PhD student, two research assistants and seven female students visited two German-speaking girls’ schools in Cairo and Alexandria, the Egyptian partner university German International University (GIU), and the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK).
During the visit, THU professors presented their specialist fields and degree programmes in various workshops, with the aim of sparking interest in the THU among the pupils at the German Borromean schools in Cairo and Alexandria. At the same time, the pupils were given the opportunity to form mentoring partnerships with the THU students as part of a newly established mentoring programme. The aim is to maintain contact over the coming months using online tools. In parallel, Ulm University of Technology was presented at parents’ evenings, and workshops were held with teaching staff as well as with students and lecturers from the Egyptian partner university, GIU. In addition, the THU delegation visited the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK) in Cairo, where the potential involvement of regional industry was discussed and opportunities for cooperation explored.
Through this project, the THU is underlining its broad, thematically diverse internationalisation strategy.