UNESCO-ICHEI

Located in Shenzhen, China, UNESCO-ICHEI was approved on November 13, 2015 by the 38th General Conference of UNESCO. It is the 10th Education Sector UNESCO Category II centre in the world and also the 1st Category II centre for higher education in China. Relying on the advantages of Shenzhens information and communications technology (ICT) sector and drawing upon Chinas experience with the massification of its higher education, UNESCO-ICHEI aims to meet the local demand for quality higher education resources and to support Asian and African countries to improve the quality of higher education and promote educational equity. With the above aims, UNESCO-ICHEI has been carrying out higher education cooperative projects with countries along the Maritime Silk Road. Through various forms of knowledge sharing and capacity building, UNESCO-ICHEI exports Shenzhens ICT products and services to the project countries to provide with them intellectual support and human resources for local indus...