University of Jos

The University was awarded a full FABLAB (Fabrication Laboratory) by the Government of France through the France Research Team in May 2020. The FABLAB is to be domiciled at the Faculty of Engineering with a Mechanical Workshop to enable local fabrication of some equipment that will assist local artisans and will be useful for laboratory practical. The University has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Universities of Lyon and Grenoble Alpes to strengthen human resource capacity, research and development. Through joint sponsorship (UNIJOS, French Embassy and TETFund) six Staff are currently on PhD programme at the University of Grenoble Alpes since September 2018 to 2022 when they will be graduating. This is to encourage Staff mobility for the purpose of sharing expertise, research findings and trainings. The University is one of the seven institutions involved in the Climate Change project being funded by the French Government. The UNIJOS team has participated in the brainstorming session organized in France at University of Grenoble Alpes and was part of the capacity building summer training at Grenoble Institute of Technology (aka Grenoble INP) for six weeks from June to July, 2019. The University also entered into a partnership with Goethe University (GU), Frankfurt, Germany which involves University of Jos, National Film Institute Jos (an Affiliate of UNIJOS) and the training arm of the Nigerian Film Corporation. This has resulted in the mounting of a two-year Masters Programme in Film Culture and Film Archiving which commenced on October 2019 and also involves the Arsenal Institute for Film in Germany. This programme is the first of its kind in Africa and one of about a dozen worldwide aimed at training scientific personnel for Film and Media Archiving, training institutions of Film Culture across Africa and building capacity for the preservation of the audiovisual heritage of Nigeria and Africa. As a result of all these and many other opportunities in national and international research, Staff and Students exchanges and sabbatical placements are taking place which has enriched our global visibility. 13. ALUMNI RELATIONS