On Friday, Rector Jacky Lumarke of Quisqueya University in Haiti, and Rector Alberto Ramírez Cabral of the "Universidad Federico Henríquez y Carvajal" (UFHEC), signed a bilateral collaboration agreement for the exchange of students and the joint implementation of research projects, seminars, courses, workshops and other actions for the improvement of the quality of education in both Universities.

The agreement is for a period of 5 years and also includes an exchange of teachers.

Ramírez Cabral said that with Quisqueya University, they will carry out a joint 2-year health technology development project, which will focus on maternal and child health and care quality. Note that the UFHEC had 17,582 students enrolled (in 2015) and provides education in many sectors: Business Administration, Tourism, Accounting, Law, Education, Nursing, Computer Science, Agronomy, Electrical Engineering and Ontology.

Rector Lumarke recalled that Quisqueya University had 3,500 students, including two Dominicans, and that his institution offered careers in the fields of medicine, law, political science, economics, agriculture, the environment, engineering, informatics and science.

SL/ HaitiLibre