Internationalization of higher education” refers to the process of incorporating or infusing intercultural, international, and global dimensions in higher education with the intention of advancing the goals, functions, and delivery of higher education and, as a result, improving the quality of education and research.

Governments and higher education administrations have felt pressure to internalize internationalization due to its benefits, especially in terms of economics and human capital.

Ongoing Projects

• Identifying potential partner universities in the Global South to host Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) researchers for Short Exchange Academic Programmes.

Promoting oppoRtunities and Strengthening Partnerships for Enhanced InteRnationalisation (PROSPER)

Selected in 2024 by the European Commission as part of the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education action (CBHE), the PROSPER project (Promoting Opportunities and Strengthening Partnerships for Enhanced Internationalisation between Europe and Kenya) will be coordinated by Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University until January 2028. It brings together three Kenyan institutions – the Open University of Kenya, the University of Eldoret, and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) – alongside the European University Viadrina (Germany), with the participation of two associated partners: the ANIE network (African Network for Internationalization of Education) and Freie Universität Berlin.

Aligned with the national development of Kenya’s Vision 2030, PROSPER aims to enhance the global standing of Kenyan universities. Based on a collaborative approach to capacity building, the project focuses on staff skill development, the optimisation of institutional strategies, and the strengthening of academic partnerships.