A comprehensive, worldwide list of links to organizations dedicated to higher education in Africa. Entries are organized alphabetically and by country.

* Organizations fully or substantially involved in African higher education research and publication.

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• African Development Institute (ADI)
• African Educational Research Network
• African Higher Education Partnership Initiative
• African Studies Association
• African Studies Center, Universidad Externado de Colombia (Spanish version)
• Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (The University Agency of Francophonie--AUF) CANADA*
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Africa Program
• Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), FRANCE*
• Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development (ALO)
• Association of African Universities (AAU) GHANA*
• Association of Arab Universities (AARU), JORDAN
• Association of Commonwealth Universities, UNITED KINGDOM*

• Bath, University of, International Center for Higher Education Management, UNITED KINGDOM
• Bayreuth, University of, Institut für Afrikastudien, GERMANY
• Birmingham, University of, Center of West African Studies (CWAS), UNITED KINGDOM
• Bordeaux, University of, Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, FRANCE
• Boston College, Center for International Higher Education*
• Boston University, African Studies Center
• Bryn Mawr College, Africana Studies

• Council on Higher Education SOUTH AFRICA*
• California, University of, (Berkeley) Center for African Studies
• California, University of, (Los Angeles), James S. Coleman African Studies Center
• Cambridge University, African Studies Center, UNITED KINGDOM
• Canadian Research Consortium on Southern Africa (CRCSA), CANADA
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Center for Udviklingsforskning, (Center for Development Research) DENMARK
• Center for the Study of Higher Education: Formerly called Educational Policy Unit (University of the Western Cape) SOUTH AFRICA*
• Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) SOUTH AFRICA*
• Cape Higher Education Consortium SOUTH AFRICA
• Central Connecticut State University, African Studies Program
• Centro de Estudos Africanos (CEAUP) (Center for African Studies), Universidade do Porto, PORTUGAL
• Centro de Estudios sobre Africa y Medio Oriente (CEAMO) (Center for African and Middle Eastern Studies), CUBA
• Copenhagen University, Center for Afrikastudier, DENMARK
• Cornell University, Institute for African Development
• Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) SENEGAL*

• Duke University, African & African-American Studies

• East African Institute of Higher Education Studies and Development
• Edinburgh, University of, Center of African Studies, UNITED KINGDOM
• Emory University, Institute of African Studies
• EthiopiaED

F

• Florida, University of, Center for African Studies
• Ford Foundation
• FOTIM (Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis)

G

• Ghent University, Department of African Languages and Cultures, BELGIUM
• Goethe University, GERMANY

H

• Hamburg University, Institut für Afrika-Kunde, GERMANY
• Harvard University, African Studies
• Howard University, African Studies Department
• Human Sciences Research Council SOUTH AFRICA*

I

• Illinois, University of, (Urbana Champaign), Center for African Studies
• Indiana University, African Studies Program
• Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Institute of Research for Development), FRANCE
• Institute of Development & Education for Africa, Inc.*
• Institute of International Education
• International Association of Universities (IAU)
• International Association of Universities-UNESCO Information Center on Higher Education, FRANCE
• International Bureau of Education (IBE), SWITZERLAND
• International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) SOUTH AFRICA
• Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) UGANDA
• Iowa, University of, African Studies Program

J

• Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, JAPAN
• Johns Hopkins University, African Studies

K

• Kansas, University of, African & African-American Studies
• Kassel, University of, Centre for Research on Higher Education and Work, GERMANY
• Kellogg Foundation
• Kyoto, University of, Center for African Area Studies, JAPAN

L

• La Trobe University, African Research Institute, AUSTRALIA
• La Trobe University, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) AUSTRALIA
• Latin-American Association for Asian and African Studies, MEXICO. See University of Mexico, Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa (CEAA), MEXICO
• Leiden, University of, Afrika-Studiecentrum, THE NETHERLANDS
• Lisbon University, Centro de Estudos Africanos (ISCTE), PORTUGAL

M

• Maastricht University, Centre for International Cooperation in Academic Development, THE NETHERLANDS
• MacArthur Foundation
• Mexico, University of, Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios de Asia y África, (ALADAA), MEXICO
• Mexico, University of, Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa (CEAA), MEXICO
• Michigan, University of, African Studies Initiative, Center for Afro-American and African Studies
• Michigan, University of, Center/Program for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
• Michigan State University African Higher Education Resource Directory*
• Montréal, University of, Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS), CANADA
• Moscow State University, The Institute of Asian and African Studies, RUSSIA
• Murcia, University of, Centro de Estudios Africanos (CEA), SPAIN

N

• Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa, THE NETHERLANDS
• New York University, Africana Studies Program
• New York, State University of, (at Albany), Educational Administration and Policy Studies Program
• New York, State University of, (at Buffalo), Educational Leadership and Policy Program
• New York, State University of, (at Buffalo), International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project*
• Nigeria Higher Education Foundation
• Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (Nordic Africa Institute), SWEDEN
• Northwestern University, Program of African Studies
• Nuffic (Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education), THE NETHERLANDS

O

• OECD Program on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE)
• Ohio University, African Studies Program
• Ohio University, Higher Education Program
• Organization for Social Science Research in East and Central Africa (OSSREA) ETHIOPIA*
• Orientale, Istituto Universitario, Dipartimento di studi e ricerche su Africa e Paesi Arabi, ITALY
• Oxford University, Center for the Study of African Economies, UNITED KINGDOM

P

• The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa*
• Pax Romana - International Movement of Catholic Students
• Pennsylvania, University of, African Studies Center
• Pittsburgh, University of, School of Education, Higher Education Administration
• Porto, University of, Centro de Estudos Africanos (CEAUP), PORTUGAL

R

• Reading, The University of, International and Comparative Education Division, UNITED KINGDOM
• Resources on South African Higher Education (SAHE)
• RISE: Regional Initiative in Science and Education
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Rutgers University, Center for African Studies

S

• School of Oriental and African Studies/Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS), A Network of Centers of African Studies, UNITED KINGDOM
• Social Science Research Council*
• Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), UNITED KINGDOM
• South-Africa U.S. Higher Education Partnership Program
• South African Association for Institutional Research (SAAIR) SOUTH AFRICA
• South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE) SOUTH AFRICA
• South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) SOUTH AFRICA
• South African Universities Vice-chancellors' Association SOUTH AFRICA
• St Petersburg State University, Center of African Studies, RUSSIA
• Stanford University, Center for African Studies
• Stanford University, Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research
• Stockholm University, Institute of International Education (IIE), SWEDEN

T

• Tertiary Education in Africa (TEIA)*
• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, JAPAN
• Twente, University of, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), THE NETHERLANDS

U

• UNESCO/BREDA--Unesco Regional Office for Education in Africa SENEGAL*
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ETHIOPIA*
• United Nations Development Program
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), FRANCE*
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), AUSTRIA
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), SWITZERLAND
• United Nations University, Priority Africa Initiative, JAPAN

V

• Vienna, University of, Institut für Afrikanistik der Universität Wien, AUSTRIA
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels Center of African Studies, BELGIUM

W

• Wageningen University, Agricultural Education Group, Department of Social Sciences, THE NETHERLANDS
• Warsaw University, Department of African Languages and Cultures, POLAND
• Western Australia, University of, African Studies Center of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
• Westminster, University of, International Education Office, UNITED KINGDOM
• Wisconsin-Madison, University of, The African Studies Program
• World Bank, The, Tertiary Education Division*
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute: The University in Africa

Y

• Yale University, Council on African Studies