The African Association of Physics Students (AAPS)…
… is an African, non-political, non-governmental, non-profit-making, student-run educational association. It comprises of students and recent graduates who are interested in physics.
The purpose of the organisation is to encourage physics students in their scientific and professional work in an African and an international context as well as to promote relations between physics students from all over the world. The aaps is committed to supplement physics education with an international scientific experience and it is affiliated with Physics societies and departments. aaps is open to all persons committed to physics.
The AAPS organised the First African Conference for Physics Students, acps 2005, which took place in Abuja, Nigeria, on the 15th to 18th November 2005, with the theme “The Development of Physics in Africa“. In 2010, the aaps conference, the 2010 African Conference for Physics Students acps 2010, took place in Dakar, Senegal on the 11th to 16th January 2010 during the relaunch of the African Physical Society.
Today the AAPS is a organization joint administered by the African Physical Society and the African Astronomical Society. Membership in AAPS open to all physics and astronomy tertiary and postgraduate students in Africa.
The aims of the AAPS
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To encourage physics students in their academic and professional work in an international context.
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To promote peaceful relations among African physics students around the world.
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To expose African physics students to the international community, help them to build professional relations and foster a collaborative attitude amongst young physicists across the globe.
African Conference for Physics Students
The African Conferences for Physics Students (ACPS) are biennial events organised by the AAPS. They are planned to be hosted each time by a different African country. The first such conference ever (ACPS 2005) took place in Abuja, Nigeria, on the 15th to 18th November 2005, with the theme “The Development of Physics in Africa“.