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Formerly "Wings University"
Kiron Open Higher Education is a start-up project, registered in Berlin, Germany as a nonprofit non governmental organization. The goal of Kiron is to provide people and especially refugees, worldwide, with the opportunity to get higher education and eventually graduate with an internationally accredited university degree.
There are more than 6.5 million refugees world wide that are qualified to be enrolled at a higher educational institution. However, the main problems standing between them and the acquisition of their basic human right range from the lack of financial resources, to the absence of required legal documents, to the extremely small number of available seats at the universities of the host countries, as well as problems such as the language issue.
Our project aims to solve these problems by offering absolutely free higher education, and granting an internationally accredited degree after graduation. Not setting a deadline for the submission of the legal notarized documents, but giving the students time until their last days before graduation. Since Kiron will be online, we solve the capacity issue since we will be able accept all the students that we need to take in. We solve the language issue by offering our courses in English, the number one most widely spoken second language in the world, and the easiest to learn. We also offer language courses for people whose language is not sufficient enough on an academic level.
Our team consists of entrepreneurs, IT-specialists, web designers and of course, the academic staff who partly worked at Harvard and other world-leading institutions before, who bring a lot of experience in founding a real university. We are based in Berlin @ Social Impact Lab which is a SAP backed institution.
Our goal is to launch the programs and let the students start their education in Fall 2015.
This page is made to keep you updated on the progress of the project: Kiron Open Higher Education. Through this Facebook page you will be able to follow all the events that the Kiron team is attending or organizing, any updates on our website, any new achievements and/or developments that take place. Also, we will be posting scholarships, fellowships and grants opportunities provided by different organizations and educational institutions worldwide. If you share our vision in providing the less privileged people with an opportunity of getting free higher education and ultimately a better life, or you would like to be one of our full time students, or study certain courses independently, please visit our website in order to get further information and follow this page. Moreover, use your voice to share it so that it reaches the biggest number of people. Hand in hand we will be able to make a change in this world.
Kiron Open Higher Education is a start-up project, registered in Berlin, Germany as a nonprofit non governmental organization. The goal of Kiron is to provide people and especially refugees, worldwide, with the opportunity to get higher education and eventually graduate with an internationally accredited university degree.
There are more than 6.5 million refugees world wide that are qualified to be enrolled at a higher educational institution. However, the main problems standing between them and the acquisition of their basic human right range from the lack of financial resources, to the absence of required legal documents, to the extremely small number of available seats at the universities of the host countries, as well as problems such as the language issue.
Our project aims to solve these problems by offering absolutely free higher education, and granting an internationally accredited degree after graduation. Not setting a deadline for the submission of the legal notarized documents, but giving the students time until their last days before graduation. Since Kiron will be online, we solve the capacity issue since we will be able accept all the students that we need to take in. We solve the language issue by offering our courses in English, the number one most widely spoken second language in the world, and the easiest to learn. We also offer language courses for people whose language is not sufficient enough on an academic level.
Our team consists of entrepreneurs, IT-specialists, web designers and of course, the academic staff who partly worked at Harvard and other world-leading institutions before, who bring a lot of experience in founding a real university. We are based in Berlin @ Social Impact Lab which is a SAP backed institution.
Our goal is to launch the programs and let the students start their education in Fall 2015.
This page is made to keep you updated on the progress of the project: Kiron Open Higher Education. Through this Facebook page you will be able to follow all the events that the Kiron team is attending or organizing, any updates on our website, any new achievements and/or developments that take place. Also, we will be posting scholarships, fellowships and grants opportunities provided by different organizations and educational institutions worldwide. If you share our vision in providing the less privileged people with an opportunity of getting free higher education and ultimately a better life, or you would like to be one of our full time students, or study certain courses independently, please visit our website in order to get further information and follow this page. Moreover, use your voice to share it so that it reaches the biggest number of people. Hand in hand we will be able to make a change in this world.
Overview
Location
Germany, Berlin
Employees
51-200
Mentions in press and media 3
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| Oct 27, 2017 | Techfugees Global Summit calls on tech to solve Europe’s immigration crisis | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! In the face of a massive refugee crisis across Eu... |
| May 30, 2016 | Vote now in The Europas Conference & Awards for European startups | In partnership with TechCrunch, The Europas Conference & Awards, which I founded, has come up with a new kind of tech conference. Think of it as a relaxed, summer prelude to the heat of a Disrupt, followed by an all-out celebration of s... |
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FAQ about Kiron Open Higher Education
What has the press written about Kiron Open Higher Education?
Parsers VC has collected 3 articles mentioning Kiron Open Higher Education, among them “Techfugees Global Summit calls on tech to solve Europe’s immigration crisis” (Oct 27, 2017) and “Vote now in The Europas Conference & Awards for European startups” (May 30, 2016).
Is Kiron Open Higher Education still active?
Yes, Kiron Open Higher Education is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 27, 2017.