Bridging Continents Through Quantum Science: University of Bonn Deepens Ties with Ghana 

As part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025, the University of Bonn welcomed a delegation of students and lecturers from Ghana for the “Ghana-Germany Quantum Connect” symposium, held during the Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society. The visit also marked the extension of the University’s long-standing partnership with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), formalized through the renewal of a memorandum of understanding.

The partnership builds on over 25 years of collaboration—beginning with tropical medicine and now expanding into the realm of quantum science. The growing academic ties include practical joint projects in experimental quantum physics and are supported by exchange programs enabling students and faculty mobility between Ghana and Bonn.

“We’re constantly evaluating new opportunities for working together,” explained ML4Q Member, Dieter Meschede, who helped to bring about this year’s visit from Ghana together with colleagues from the University of Bonn and TU Dortmund University. “Although education is one of the things we’ll definitely be focusing on initially, I can easily see Ghanaian students doing research in Bonn or our lecturers going to Ghana to teach in the future.,” said ML4Q member, Dieter Meschede, one of the organizers of the initiative.

The symposium and extended MoU underscore Bonn’s commitment to strengthening global academic networks—especially with key partners like Ghana.

[based on the press release of the University of Bonn]