On 6 June 2025, RPTU held a ceremonial event to commemorate the 20-year partnership with Rwanda in the field of student exchange.

High-ranking guests and program partners were invited to RPTU in Kaiserslautern in order to honour the successful binational cooperation, among them representatives of the Ministry of Science and Health and the State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate.

An outstanding representative of the exchange program, RPTU alumnus, Emmanuel Hakizimana, contributed to the festive event with an inspiring key note speech in which he illustrated his path from exchange program student towards his today’s position as founder in the Rwandan start-up szene.

The long lasting binational partnership between RPTU & Rwanda started in the year 2005 with a first group of exange students and has brought about 200 Rwandan students to Rhineland-Palatinate to date. Since 2004, RPTU maintains a strategic partnership with the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology in Rwanda which underlines RPTU’s focus on international cooperation and lived internationalization. 

🔗More information about the 20 year-celebration at RPTU in Kaiserslautern can be found in the related press release of the Ministry of Science and Health RLP
🔗 More information about RPTU international partnerships  

In case of questions, please feel free to contact:
Dr. Parya Memar | Head of RPTU International Affairs (RefIntA) : parya.memar[at]rptu.de