Ntare Louisenlund School (Rwanda) aims to be the best school in Africa. With the Rwandan plus-STEM programme, it will bring together the best talents from Rwanda in the fields of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology and act as a hub for training innovation and entrepreneurship and for shaping the future.

The aim of Ntare Louisenlund School is to provide students with an outstanding international education, allowing them to apply for scholarships at the best universities worldwide. Half of the student body will be selected through a preliminary assessment and financed by appropriate scholarships (plus-STEM stream). The other half of the student body will be made up of students from across Africa and from wider global community who wish to complete an international school diploma in a strong learning community. Applicants from Rwanda and the international community are welcome.

The mission of Ntare Louisenlund School is to foster a spirit of lifelong learning in young people and to educate a new generation of leaders in the STEM fields and in social entrepreneurial pursuits for the betterment of Rwandan society, East Africa, and the global community.

Ntare Louisenlund students are inquirers and critical thinkers, who actively explore the world around them and take responsibility for themselves and others as caring, principled, and balanced members of the community. They strive for academic excellence, while at the same time prioritizing their social and emotional learning and physical development as healthy, well-rounded individuals.

Ntare Louisenlund School enjoys the support of the Ntare Old Boys association in Rwanda and has its roots in the Ntare School tradition. 
Ntare School is a Ugandan Boys secondary boarding school located in the Western district of Mbarara. The school was founded in 1956 by William Chrichton, a Scottish educator who espoused liberal values and a progressive approach to education. 
Ntare is one of the top performing secondary schools in Uganda and boasts of notable alumni such as President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. Character-building and promoting young people’s self-esteem and well- roundedness are at the core of the school’s mission, an approach shared by Ntare Louisenlund School. 
Our school embraces also embraces further key elements of the Ntare tradition, which are part of our school’s roots and are akin to Stiftung Louisenlund’s own mission and philosophy. These include a student-centered pedagogy rooted in the values of integrity, freedom, tolerance, and academic excellence.

Ntare Louisenlund School is overseen by the Community Benefit Company, Ntare Louisenlund CBC, which was established by our German sponsor school, Stiftung Louisenlund.

Our Board of Directors: Ntare Louisenlund CBC 

Current members of the board of governors include

• Dr. Peter Rösner, Headmaster of Stiftung Louisenlund
• Mr. Jens-Arne Buttkereit, Head of Administration at Stiftung Louisenlund
• Paul Kayoboke, an attorney who has worked with the Rwandan Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Rwanda Development Board
• Holm Keller, Founder and CEO of the kENUP Foundation

The headmaster of Ntare Louisenlund School reports to the board of governors on key strategic and operational decisions and initiatives.

The non-profit foundation Louisenlund in Schleswig-Holstein has managed a private, secondary boarding school since 1949 and has been an IB World School offering the IB Diploma Programme since 2008. We have also been authorized to offer the IB Middle Years Programme since 2023. Additionally, we are global member of Round Square, an accredited New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC CIE) school, and a member of the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG). Louisenlund stands for a modern, holistic, and academically rigorous education in both the English and German languages. Moreover, the foundation works toward the development of each student’s character and personality within a strong community. It is our commitment to help young people understand the world of today and work responsibly and innovatively to create a better world for the future.

Education is one of the highest priorities of the Republic of Rwanda. Ntare Louisenlund School enjoys the support and partnership of the Rwandan Ministry of Education to deliver the highest quality education at an international standard to young people from Rwanda, East Africa, and beyond. The Republic of Rwanda thereby helps to promote both innovation and excellence in STEM education and social entrepreneurship for its young citizens and future leaders on the African Continent.