In just over two years, the Climate College has moved from blueprint to a functioning international network. Nine Climate Colleges established with partners in seven countries—Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Italy and Poland—covering Africa, Asia,and Europe, each focused on the region’s most pressing climate risks, from African drought and flood resilience to Central Asian dryland agriculture and European urban climate.
22 Climate College Scholarship students enrolled in 2025–2026 across bachelor, master and doctoral levels;
The first 15 “2+2” undergraduates from Accra Technical University (Ghana) began their studies at NUIST in September 2026;
18 scholarship students recruited over two years with three Ethiopian partners (Hawassa, Dilla and Jigjiga Universities).
Certificates presented to NUIST Climate College Scholarship Recipients
The Climate College’s first overseas training course—on AI and hydro-meteorology—was delivered at Makerere University, Uganda, in 2025, combining theory, case studies and hands-on practice for Ugandan meteorological and water-sector professionals; it was highly commended by the Chinese Embassy in Uganda and multiple Ugandan ministries;
In the past 12 months alone, four international seminars—on satellite remote sensing, agro-meteorology and food security, earthquake disaster monitoring, and AI applications—have trained 27 professionals from Ghana, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Uzbekistan.
Participants of the AI and Hydro-meteorology Training Course at Makerere University, Uganda
— the Climate College’s first training programme delivered overseas.
China–Uzbekistan Joint Laboratory on Soil Health and Climate-Smart Agriculture — launched in October 2025 with TIIAME National Research University and Huai’an High-tech Zone, improving the climate resilience of agriculture in Central Asia.
Establishment of China–Uzbekistan Joint Laboratory on Soil Health and Climate-Smart Agriculture
Joint Laboratory on Urban Climate, Air Quality and Smart Environmental Systems with Accra Technical University (Ghana) — upgrading cooperation from talent cultivation to platform co-building.
Signing Ceremony of NUIST-ATU Joint Laboratory
With the University of Salento (Italy), matched research teams now meet regularly on urban micrometeorology and air quality, environmental risk and public health, AI and high-performance computing, and climate-responsive materials.
Online thematic meeting on Climate College between NUIST and UniSalento
The NUIST Alumni Association in Ethiopia was founded in November 2025, chaired by the Deputy Director General of the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute.
Founding Ceremony of the Ethiopian Alumni Association
H.E. Tefera Derbew Yimam, Ethiopian Ambassador to China, at the inaugural meeting of
the NUIST Alumni Association in Ethiopia
