Nursing students in the country can now get employment opportunities in Germany, at any hospital.
This is the outcome of a partnership between Mount Kenya University and Hochschule Koblenz University of Applied sciences in Germany.
Students from the Equip Africa Intitute will also benefit from this partnership.
The candidates will be selected after taking an aptitude test, and also considering their secondary school performance.
"Tight screening is seen as paramount to minimise the number of students dropping out of the programme," the agreement reads.
The students will be trained in Kenya for 6-20 months to B2 level of proficiency. This is if a student had prior skills in speaking German as a language.
"In addition, students will receive basic nursing skills. Students will pay tuition fees similar to other certificate courses," the agreement reads.
Once the learners qualify for the apprenticeship, they will get a student visa, salary and a full-time job.
In November, MKU oversaw 52 students enrolling for the German language AI, the institute is currently enrolling students for the January intake.
Different studies in Germany predict a shortfall of up to 500,000 nurses by 2030.
The aim of this project is to investigate what kind of structures and processes would have to be established.
This is to ensure around 5,000 young people are trained to be nurses annually in East Africa.
