First cohort of Mastercard Foundation scholars complete first year of 3+1+1 program at ASU

In May, the first cohort of twenty Mastercard Foundation scholarship recipients from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) completed their first year of study at ASU. The students are participating in an International Accelerated Degree Program (IADP) in the 3+1+1 format developed through a collaboration between the two universities with support from Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU. The 3+1+1 format means that KNUST students complete three years of their undergraduate program at their home institution; these students then complete the final undergraduate year at ASU. After transferring credits from their year at ASU, the students will be awarded a bachelor’s degree from KNUST and admitted to a one-year accelerated master’s degree in Management, Global Logistics, Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering.