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Universities
Participating in the Collaborative PhD Programme
All universities in sub-Saharan Africa are eligible
to participate in the programme. Through a series of
stakeholders' meetings spanning from June 2001 to May
2002, it was agreed that the universities be classified
into three groups:
Host Degree-Awarding Universities: These are
the universities that have been assigned the responsibility
of teaching courses in core fields. For purposes of
implementing the programme, the continent is subdivided
into four regions, Southern Africa, Eastern Africa,
Anglophone West Africa and Francophone Africa. There
is, to start with, one host degree-awarding university
per region. The universities are:
- University of Cape Town for Southern Africa
- University of Dar es Salaam for Eastern Africa
- University of Ibadan for Anglophone West Africa
- University of Yaounde II for Francophone Africa
Non-Host Degree-awarding universities (DAUs):
These are the additional universities charged with the
responsibility of awarding PhD degrees in economics
to students who fulfil all the requirements for the
award of the degree under the programme. The DAUs admit
students on the basis of agreed criteria, send the students
to the regional host universities to take core courses
and thereafter to a central facility - the Joint Facility
for Electives (JFE) - to take elective courses, organize
the supervision and production of student PhD theses
(including allowing students and their supervisors to
attend PhD workshops), and award the degrees to successful
students. The following universities are categorized
as non-host degree-awarding universities:
- University of Witwatersrand (South Africa)
- University of Nairobi (Kenya)
- University of Benin (Nigeria)
- University of Cocody (Abidjan)
As stated above, the host DAUs organize the teaching
on courses in core fields on a regional basis. The major
difference between host and non-host DAUs is that the
former teach core courses and conduct comprehensive
examinations, which functions the latter does not perform.
All the 8 DAUs award PhD degrees to students who will
fulfill the agreed requirements.
Others (the non-DAUs): Other universities on
the continent are referred to as non-DAUs. It should
be noted that all universities (including the non-DAUs)
are in a win-win situation. For example, capacity building
takes place at both the DAUs and the non-DAUs, through
avenues like:
- The participatory teaching of the core courses
at the host universities.
- The participatory supervision of PhD theses, through
PhD workshops and sourcing of supervisors from even
the non-DAUs.
- The participatory teaching of the elective courses
at the JFE.
- The flow of financial and other resources to all
universities.
- The training of staff development candidates on
the programme under AERC and other sponsorship.
- The opportunity offered to all types of candidates
to audit any courses on the programme.
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