Jinka University and Center for African Area Studies signed Memorandum of Understanding for collaborative activities.
**24th day of December 2022*
For the past two weeks, president of JKU, Kusse Gudishe(PhD), and the vice president for the office of Research and Community Services Elias Alemu (PhD), have been invited to visit different research and academic institutions of Japan.
As they mentioned to the directorate of public and international relation of the University, they have visited different places and institutions that enable them to get useful experiences.
Kyoto University and University of Miyazaki were among the main institutions that have been visited by Dr. Kusse and Dr. Elias.
Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Jinka University and CAAS(Center for African Area Studies) in their trip to work different research and academic activities collaboratively.
Center for African Area Studies promotes the interdisciplinary study and research of Africa as well as it offers opportunities for the study of the continent’s issues.
CAAS also promotes the study of Africa in global perspective by cooperating with the other area-studies centers, international centers, professional schools, and departments.
Among the basic focus areas of JKU, Internationalization is one to be implemented for the coming years.
Hence, the University is very eager to collaborate with national and international Universities and other institutions in order to work together on building academic staff capacity, research and community service works, and on other academic activities.
Moreover, wonderful discussions have been held to tie together for future activities.
