For a semester abroad in Africa, there are currently exchange cooperations with the following universities:
Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar/Senegal
The Université Cheikh Anta Diop is a university in Dakar. It was founded in 1957 as Université de Dakar and has borne the name of the Senegalese scholar Cheikh Anta Diop since 1987.
UCAD is one of the oldest French-language universities in sub-Saharan Africa. The École de médecine de l'Afrique-Occidentale française had already existed in Dakar since 1918. The direct predecessor of the university, founded in 1957, was the Institut des hautes études de Dakar.
In 2004, around 40,000 students were enrolled at UCAD.
Website: https://www.ucad.sn/
University of Legon/Ghana
The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the state universities in Ghana. It is located 12 km north-east of Accra in the suburb of Legon. About 24,000 students are enrolled at the university.
It was originally founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast and was closely linked to the University of London, which also awarded degrees.
It became independent when it was granted university status on 01 October 1961.
Initially, the research and teaching focus was on the humanities and social sciences, agriculture and medicine, but this was expanded to include technology-based sciences as part of a national education reform.
Website: https://www.ug.edu.gh/
University of Dar es Salaam/Tansania
The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is the oldest and largest public university in Tanzania.
The main campus is located about 13 kilometres west of Dar es Salaam on the so-called Observation Hill.
Before its independence in 1970, it was affiliated with the University of London. Together with Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Nairobi in Kenya, UDSM formed the University of East Africa.
Website: https://www.udsm.ac.tz/