Timeline

2021

• January: Conclusion of cooperation agreement between South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) and HSWT
• February: Commitment to the DAAD project 'TOMATO – Harnessing of Efficient Vegetable and Fruit Production, Processing and Marketing Systems in Ethiopia through Practice Based Education and Participatory Research' together with Arsi, Bahir Dar and Hawassa universities in Ethiopia
• March: Digital Exposure Seminar 'ICT in Agricultural Value Chain Development' for 24 participants from Africa and India as part of the Training pact with Africa
• March: Participation in the German - Ethiopian Associations online forum and accession to the association on the initiative of the Bavarian-Ethiopian-Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
• March: Virtual workshop "University meets Industry" on Agribusiness and Food Technology with participants from business, industry, and the public sector as part of the Bavarian-Ethiopian-Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
• May: Digital Exposure Seminar 'ICT in Agricultural Value Chain Development' as part of the Training pact with Africa
• May: Virtual Lecturer Swap on Land Use between HSWT and Debre Markos University as part of the Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
• May: Senegal ambassador S.E. Cheikh Tidiane Sall visits the Weihenstephan campus, accompanied by Ulrich Rieger from the Bavarian State Ministry for the Economy, Regional Development and Energy, and Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity Prof. Carsten Lorz
• July: Organisation of the 'Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Land Use Planning' training unit by Prof. Matthias Drösler (HSWT) in the 'Participatory and Integrated Land Use Planning' GIZ Learning Partnership by the Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
• August: Postgraduate course participants from the 2020 and 2021 cohorts visit the Weihenstephan campus as part of the 'Training pact with Africa', with a presentation on education projects and announcement of the award for postgraduate project work by Sarah Rauch of the BayWa Foundation, followed by a tour of the campus
• September: Organisation of the 'Role of Science and Academia in Land Use Planning' training unit by Prof. Cristina Lenz (HSWT) and Juliane Glovania (HSWT) in the 'Participatory and Integrated Land Use Planning' GIZ Learning Partnership by the Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
• October: Virtual conference "The Coffee Value Chain & Higher Education: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice" with experts from Latin America, Ethiopia and Germany as part of the Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
• October: Meeting of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV with the HSWT to explore possibilities for cooperation on projects in Africa
• November: Virtual conference "Climate Change and Its Impact on Rural and Urban Areas - Perspectives from Bavaria and Ethiopia" as part of the Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
• November: Visit of lecturers from Ethiopia at the HSWT as part of the seminar 'Food technology within the TOMATO project'
• November: Digital bilingual exposure seminar 'Food Processing and Food Safety' with experts from Africa, India and Vietnam

2020

• The HSWT International School is established
• February: Visit to partner universities in Ethiopia and Kenya to present the International Master in Agricultural Management and hold selection interviews, coordinate cooperation agreement with Hawassa University in Ethiopia
• April: Preparation for cooperation on International Master in Agricultural Management with Togo
• May: Due to the coronavirus crisis, digital seminar room is set up to provide online teaching to the 25 African post-graduate course participants
• August: Virtual conference as part of the 'Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences'
• August: Digital launch event of the 'Technology and Transfer Pact'with Africa together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ)
• September: An alumnus of the HSWT postgraduate training course, George Opare Asare from Ghana, was presented with an award at the international Tropentag conference for his project idea for marketing cashew fruit
• September/October: Virtual Exposure course 'Basics of Food Processing and Technology' as part of the "Training Pact with Africa"
• November: Virtual workshops 'Applied Teaching in Land Use' and 'Applied Teaching in Food Technology' as part of the Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences

2019

• May: Launch event for the Training Pact with Africa (Ausbildungspakt mit Afrika), with Federal Development Minister Dr Gerd Müller
• September/October: Visit to universities in Kenya and Ethiopia by HSWT delegation to build University partnerships
• October: Launch of the 'Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences' project
• November: Presentation of a grant for the 'Bavarian-Ethiopian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences' project by State Minister Dr Florian Herrmann
• November: International rectors’ conference 'International Future Day'; conclusion of cooperation agreements with Arsi-, Bahir Dar-, JOOUST- & Maseno University
• December: Introduction of the International Master in Agricultural Management at Arsi University in Ethiopia

2018

• May: Start of the first postgraduate course to take place as part of the Training Pact with Africa

2017

• September: The agreement between the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and HSWT to fund students and research projects in Africa is signed by Federal Development Minister Dr Gerd Müller

2016

• ACQUIN Accreditation of the International Master in Agricultural Management (M.Sc.)

2014

• Launch of the GIZ’s (German Society for International Cooperation) global enterprise project
  'Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector' (GIAE), which later formed the basis for the development of the Training Pact with Africa (Ausbildungspakts mit Afrika) through GIZ

2008

• June: The International Master in Agricultural Management degree programme is awarded a quality label by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German 'Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft' for being one of the ten best international Master’s degree programmes at German universities

2000

• International Master's degree programme in Agricultural Management (IMA; MBA until 2016)

1991

• Establishment of the International postgraduate programme in Agriculture Management (until 2000)