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The TUAT Task Force for Kabul University Support (for Afghanistan Rebuilding)
1. News
The 2003 Task Force for Kabul University Support Activity Report (English) has been completed.
[ Activity Report (English / PDF 2,784KB) ]
2. Overview of the Kabul University Restoration Support Program
TUAT has concluded an exchange agreement with Kabul University under which it will welcome researchers and students from that school. Researchers will have a chance to learn about the latest academic trends in the fields of engineering and agriculture, while students will conduct research in master’s and doctoral programs. The purpose of this exchange is to help support the restoration of Kabul University. Invited researchers will include the head of the Faculty of Agriculture and the head of the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
TUAT is the first university in Japan to accept government-sponsored exchange students from Kabul University since the end of the long war there. TUAT hopes that its concrete human resource support measures, conducted with support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, will make a significant contribution to Afghanistan’s restoration.
3. History of the Kabul University Restoration Support Program
| May 2002 |
Four TUAT professors visited Kabul University (KU) in Afghanistan along with Senior Vice Minister of Education Fumio Kishida and Senior Deputy Director-General Masayuki Inoue from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology from May 19-21, 2002. On May 20, 2002, TUAT became the first national university in Japan to conclude an academic exchange agreement with KU. |
| July 2002 |
TUAT established the Task Force for Kabul University Support as a university organization. |
| November 2002 |
Four professors from TUAT visited KU again from November 5-9, 2002. They conducted preliminary interviews among KU researchers and students and participated in meetings aimed at future technology cooperation efforts. |
| January 2003 |
Ten researchers from KU visited TUAT to participate in a short-term training program from January 29 to March 14. They returned home with the research findings they had expected.
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| March 2003 |
Nine young researchers, including one woman, from KU (six involved in agriculture, three in engineering) came to TUAT as the first government-sponsored exchange students since the lengthy war there. They embarked on a five-year program to earn their doctoral degrees. |
| April 2003 |
One embassy-recommended government-sponsored international student came to Japan. Combined with the nine researchers who arrived in March, this brought the total number of government-sponsored exchange students from KU to 10 (three in engineering and seven in agriculture, including two in veterinary science). |
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May 2003 |
Prof. Kiyoshi Shimada of the Task Force for Kabul University Support served as a technical advisor for JICA’s Afghan Higher Education and Teacher Development Support Plan, and conducted preliminary surveys in Afghanistan from May 10-16. |
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June 2003 |
Through JICA, four Afghan general agricultural trainees received training in the agriculture and livestock industries and irrigation policies in TUAT’s Faculty of Agriculture. |
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August 2003 |
Mohamad Sharif, First Deputy Minister of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, visited TUAT on August 28. |
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September 2003 |
Aid Coordination Advisor Yukimasa Fukida and Aid Coordination Officer Saifullah Abid of the Afghan Assistance Co-ordination Authority (AACA) visited TUAT on September 9 to participate in meetings with the Task Force for Kabul University Support.
KU Chancellor Popal Akbar Mohammad and Vice Chancellor Ali Yousufpour visited TUAT on September 17-18. |
| February 2004 |
Six researchers from KU visited TUAT to participate in a short-term training program from February 13 to March 12. |
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March 2004 |
An international symposium to support Afghanistan’s restoration entitled “Afghanistan Tomorrow through Education” was held at the Tokyo International Exchange Center (Aomi, Koto-ku) on March 5 (Fri.).
About 200 people in the field of education participated in the conference, and lectures on the current status of restoration support were given by researchers from Japan, Afghanistan, the US, and Germany. The symposium also featured a panel discussion and lively conversations about the future prospects for Afghanistan. |
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April 2004 |
An embassy-recommended government-sponsored international student came to Japan, bringing the total number of government-sponsored exchange students from KU to 11 (four in engineering and seven in agriculture, including two in veterinary science). |
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August 2004 |
Sharif Fayez, Afghanistan’s Minister of Higher Education, Najibullah Nazif, President of the Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Higher Education, and Mohammad Akbar Popal, Kabul University Chancellor, visited TUAT. |
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October 2004 |
Five government-sponsored exchange students from KU came to Japan, bringing the total number of government-sponsored exchange students from KU to 16 (six in engineering and 10 in agriculture, including four in veterinary science). |
| February 2003 |
Task Force for Kabul University Support Activity Report (English) has been completed. |
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4. Reference Materials
5. Contact Information
Yoko Kamata, International Exchange Promotion Team Leader, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tel: 042-347-5512
Email: koshukan@cc.tuat.ac.jp
Regarding government-sponsored exchange students
Keiji Tagawa, International Exchange Promotion Team Leader (International Student Coordinator), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tel: 042-388-7771
Email: gakrcho@cc.tuat.ac.jp
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