Prof. Dominic Alimbey Dery (Asso. Prof of African Studies).

Dean of International Programs and International Collaborations.
Dip. In Edu (UCC), B.A. Arts Degree (English and Classics), M.A. Human Resource Development (UCC) and PhD Culture and Development (Millar Institute of Transdisciplinary Studies).
Areas of Research Interest (Culture, Development, Democracy and Governance).

In the year 2010 The Tamale Polytechnic now Tamale Technical University, recognizing the need to spread it tentacles within and external institutions for mutual benefit, recommended that there be an Institutional Collaboration Unit/Directorate to coordinate since the University has benefited from external relationships and has had a few institutional collaborations and still yearns to have more vibrant ones. The University hoped that this would spell out the levels of involvement of identified stakeholders in constructing partnership between the University and other institutions/organizations. A four-member committee led by the Director of Institutional Collaborations was therefore tasked to work out a policy document in that regard. This saw the birth of International Programs and Institutional Collaboration initially called External Collaboration

Organization of the Directorate

The Directorate is made up of the Director, an Assistant Registrar and a Senior Administrative Assistant. Staff of the Directorate is housed at the HND block

RATIONALE

The 21^st century has broken the boundary of distance and exclusiveness of knowledge and skills. In the process, the world is globalized setting standards for all the people in it.  Tamale Technical University needs to stand up to its mandate of equipping students and staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to freely and effectively compete in the global market, we need to fall on some other institutions and organisations which are more endowed in order to harness some of their benefactions in order to enhance our efforts.

VISION

The institutional Collaborations Directorate ensure that collaborations are planned in time and content such that they augment the resources of Tamale Technical University towards the fulfillment of its mandate to provide quality and accessible Tertiary Technical education.

MISION

The mission OF IPIL is to;

1. augment the resources of Tamale Technical University towards the fulfillments of its mandate
2. to provide quality and accessible tertiary Technical Education and to enhance the vision of the University
3. enhance the quality level of the University and achieve World Class position through collaborating
4. Link training and development to the requirements of the world of work and industry through collaboration

To partner other institutions and organizations in the fulfillment of the University’s mandate