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Link Between Building HEIand
Labor Markets
Michel Bézy
Distinguished Professor, Engineering and Public Policy Dept, CMUAssociate Director, Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Established 1900 by Andrew Carnegie founder of United States Steel Corp.
Private research university since 1967
Faculty: 1,316
Undergraduates: 6,020
Graduate students: 5,510
U.S. News & World Report's 2013 Rankings#1 Information System Management
#1 Multimedia/Visual Communications
#4 Computer Engineering
#7 Engineering College
Home to 18 Nobel Laureates
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Carnegie Mellon’s Global Vision
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KigaliV
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Defining a New Model for Higher Education in Africa
■ CMU is the 1st top ranked US research institution with a global strategy offering degrees in Africa with an in-country presence and resident faculty
■ CMU-R will adhere to the same quality standards used for education at all of CMU’s campuses, courses will be taught by CMU faculty
■ CMU-R will deliver programs defining the future of graduate education in Africa that are integrally linked with economic development
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CMU-Rwanda Programs
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Master’s Programs
• M.S. in Information Technology (currently recruiting for August 2012)
• M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (starting in year 3)
Executive EducationProfessional Development Courses
current offerings (Feb-May)• Strategic Uses of Digital Information• Building Mobile Services• Introduction to Market Planning
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IT & ECE African HEI
Collaboration
African Job Market
Upstream Integration
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CMU-RMSIT
MSECE
• Coordinated curriculum • Research collaboration• Providing ICT community services• Consortium of leading African IT and ECE
HEI to monitor African job market• Defining clear career paths for complete job
market coverage
Primary Educ
Second Educ
CommunityServices
Higher EducBachelor
Curriculum coordinationResearch collaboration
TechnicalCollege
Advanced Training
Local &
Regional Job Market
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Private Sector Integration
CMU-RMSIT
MSECE
Private Sector
• Agriculture• Commerce & Services• Finance & Banking• Health• Industry• Media• Tourism• Crafts, Artists & Artisans• Liberal Professions• Women Entrepreneurs• Young Entrepreneurs• ICT
Graduatestudents
Curriculum Influence
Consulting, research
ExecEduc
Education
• Collaboration with Private Sector to define curriculum adapted to local/regional industry needs
• Internships leading to employment• CMU-R delivering consulting services and education• Research grounded in local business environment
GovernmentStrategic Plan
priorities
Internships
EmploymentOutsourcing
ICT skills requirements
Market Analysis
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Downstream Integration
CMU-RMSIT
MSECE
Graduatestudents
InnovationIncubator
Curriculum extension
Ph.D. Program
MobilityResearch
Center
Collaboratory
Cloud Services
• Support for Startup creation generating employment• IT vendors supporting Innovation Incubator
• Research on appropriate mobile solutions• Collaboratory with major IT vendors
• Opening Ph.D. program (future)
Technology
ITVendorIT
VendorITPartners
Cloud Services
Rwanda National Data Center
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ICT PARK
ICTBusinessICT
BusinessICTBusiness
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ICT Ecosystem
• Innovation Incubator startups moving into ICT park creating new businesses• Mobility Research Center delivering innovation to industry in ICT park• AdvTr and Executive Education leading continuous education in ICT park
CMU-RMSIT
MSECE
Graduatestudents
InnovationIncubator
MobilityResearch
Center
Curriculum extension
Ph.D. Program
ITVendor
ITVendor
ITPartners
Collaboratory
Rwanda National Data Center
Cloud Services
Cloud Services
Technology
Advanced Training
ExecEduc
Innovation
Teachers
Education
ICT training
ICT COE
ICTBusinessICT
Business
Business creation
Cloud Services
EmploymentBusiness interaction
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Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
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Africa’s Silicon Valley
EAC
CMU-RMSIT
MSECE
Graduate
students
InnovationIncubator
MobilityResearch
Center
Curriculum extension
Ph.D. Program
ITVend
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IT Partne
Partners
Collaboratory
Rwanda National Data Center
Cloud Services
Cloud Services
Technology
Advanced Training
ExecEduc
ICTBusines
sICT
BusinessICT
BusinessICT
BusinessICT
Business
Education
ICT training
Innovation
Business creation
Employment
Teachers
ICT COE
ICT PARK
Cloud Services
ICT Hub
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ICT innovations for Africa will not come from Silicon Valley, they will come from inventors
and entrepreneurs in Africa who understand the challenges and needs that are unique to Africa. Global World
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Brilliant Minds Wanted
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www.cmu.edu/rwanda My blog “AFRICA OYE” : http://brel54.blogspot.com/
My email: [email protected]
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