Enhance your career in the field of International Cooperation!

The University of Applied Sciences Kehl invites young professionals with two years’ work experience in the field of international cooperation or public administration to apply for the fourth edition of its career-integrated Master Programme Public Management in International Cooperation taught in English with optional French elements which will start again in September 2026.

Within and outside of Germany, our University is renowned for its research and teaching on international cooperation. As a university for public administration, Kehl University has led and contributed to various international cooperation projects. Students will benefit from our strong network with service providers, NGOs, governmental bodies and international institutions working in the field of international cooperation.

What is the programme about?

The Master’s Programme “Public Management in International Cooperation – Designing African-European and Intra-African Relations (PMIC)” is all about improving the capabilities of local, regional, and international (mainly) public actors working in African-European or Intra-African relations to cooperate internationally.

What’s special?

• Two-year blended-learning Master’s programme
  • accredited by the German accreditation council and recognised in all EU and other countries
  • developed and run in close cooperation with partner universities in Ethiopia, Senegal and South Africa
• Nine modules on all facets of international cooperation.
• Students coming from Europe and all over from Africa.
• Course of study simulates work in international cooperation projects:
  • Four 12-day attendance periods in Kehl, Addis Ababa, Dakar, and Stellenbosch.
  • Distance study periods in-between: Students work in internationally mixed groups on specific projects.
• Heterogeneous co-teaching teams of African and European experts in attendance periods and in supervised project works.

Thanks to generous third-party sponsoring, many of our students will be able to receive a scholarship. It will partly or fully cover the tuition fees, else amounting to a maximum of 6,500 Euros per semester, as well as the travel costs (amounting approximately to 10,000 Euros).

Applications for a start in September 2026 are accepted until 23 March 2026 via the university application portal.

For more information visit our homepage or write to pmic@hs-kehl.de.