The aim of the higher education partnership is to strengthen the computer science program at Ecole Supérieure d'Infotronique d'Haïti (ESIH) by engaging faculty in training, mentoring, and collaborative research; reviewing ESIH’s curriculum, with corresponding course content modifications and text support; and, training promising young Haitian computer scientists.

University partners will create opportunities for ESIH undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete their undergraduate studies in the U.S. They will also develop new coursework and instructional modules in computer science to increase the program’s relevance to Haiti’s workforce needs.

Qualifying Haitian students will complete their undergraduate degrees at Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech). ESIH faculty who participate in exchanges will be embedded and mentored in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. The creation of a speaker series will also allow women faculty from ESIH to share their experiences and provide positive role models to female students in Haiti.