The Rwanda Project is a partnership between the University of Maryland (UMD) and and the National University of Rwanda (NUR).  The goal of this partnership is to expand the capacity of both institutions through close interaction and the exchange of both faculty and other resources.  Each university will use its strengths to enrich the other. The threefold focus of the Partnership, Computer Science, Conflict Management, and Distance Education are discussed in depth below.  The Partnership is funded by the Education for Democracy and Development Initiative administered by USAID.

1. Computer Science. The Computer Science component of the Partnership will focus on developing the Computer Science Department's capacity to serve Rwandan ICT needs. Foremost, this means developing a curriculum for the ICT/IT component of the Department of Computer Science, a curriculum consistent with the needs of the NUR and Rwanda and available resources.
2. Distance Education.  The Distance Education component of the Partnership is designed to increase the quality of student education and to support faculty development at each university. This involves the delivery of University courses and modules, teaching, research, and course materials to and from each university.  The Partnership will concentrate on Science that will focus on the training of secondary school teachers at the NUR's Faculty of Education, before turning to continuing education for secondary school teachers.
3. Conflict Management.  The Conflict Management component aims to enhance the research and outreach capacities of the the NUR's Centre for Conflcit Management (CCM)  and CIDCM in the areas of conflict analysis, conflict management, and reconciliation and peace building.

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