Building Institutional Strength in Higher Education

Academics for Higher Education and Development – Universitaires pour l’éducation supérieure et le développement’s (AHED – UPESED) mission is to support developing countries build and expand institutional strength in higher education. It fulfills its mission by sending volunteers to work on projects in the full range of post-secondary institutions – in universities, colleges, and professional and technical schools – and in all areas of instruction including among others, humanities, pure and applied science, engineering, business administration, medicine and nursing.

Volunteer Abroad

AHED – UPESED welcomes applications from working and retired faculty, staff, and administrators of universities and colleges throughout the world, as well as non–academic professionals who wish to volunteer for our capacity building projects. All expenses of our volunteers are covered.

Current Placements

Tanzania	Five placements	(cancelled)
Ghana	One placement	(open)
Indonesia	One placement	(filled)

If the current placements do not suit you, please subscribe to our newsletter, and you will be notified by email of new projects and other developments. You may also submit an application which we will keep for future reference.

We welcome inquiries and suggestions from prospective volunteers about possible projects. Please contact us.

Read more “About” AHED – UPESED.

AHED – UPESED is a Canadian bi-lingual non-governmental organization incorporated in March 2007 and is a registered Canadian charitable organization, No. 855102588RR0001.