Muni university to start with 200 students in August

Muni university will officially open this August with a total of 200 students. 100 will be admitted on government sponsorship while another 100 will be on private. The university will start with two courses for the Academic Year 2014/2015. The courses include: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Bachelor of Information Systems are the courses to be […]

Busoga university nursing school courses get full accreditation

Busoga University School of Nursing was recently granted full registration by the Ministry of Education and Sports. The Nursing School offers Certificate courses in enrolled Nursing and Midwifery. The accreditation  was contained in a communication by Sarah Namuli-Tamale, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Sports. The registration follows an inspection visit to […]

Makerere university signs MoU with Iranian University

Makerere university signs MoU with Iranian University

Makerere University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Al-zahra University, Tehran-Iran on 30th June 2014. The MoU will witness the two Universities collaborate in a number of areas including Student and Staff exchanges, Research partnerships and Curricula development. It is geared towards sharing experiences and knowledge from the two universities and extending their contributions […]

Bishop tips university students on job creativity

Bishop tips university students on job creativity

Uganda Christian University students have been urged  to be enterprising, embrace agriculture and develop skills to create jobs, Rt Rev Joseph Abura,the Bishop of Karamoja Diocese, and also the chairman of the Local Advisory Committee of UCU, Mbale Campus, said “Since jobs are scarce, students should think creatively, and develop relevant employability skills to create […]

Application process for student’s loan scheme starts

University students applying to get loans under the higher education students’ loan scheme can pick the application forms from Centenary Bank at a loan-processing fee of 20,000 shillings. Applications for the student’s loan scheme started on Tuesday 24th June. Centenary Bank will give out loans as well as collecting filled out application forms from applicants […]

Examinations for allied health training institutions kick off

Examminations for allied health medical students have started today Monday 23rd June at the 54 examination centres in the country. A total of 8,200 candidates are being tested for diploma and certificate qualifications this year. The Examinations that will run for three weeks are for students of radiography, pharmacy, medical entomology, clinical medicine and community […]

University Vice Chancellors oppose charging uniform tuition fees

The Vice chancellors from the different universities in Uganda have opposed the government’s idea to charge   uniform fees to all students from the East African member countries. The chairperson Uganda Vice Chancellors Forum, Prof Venansius Baryamureeba said Uganda is a free market economy and universities set their tuition fees depending on their operational and administrative needs. […]

Victoria university attracts hundreds on Open Day

Victoria university attracts hundreds on Open Day

Victoria University attracted hundreds of senior six leavers and their parents during the Open Day to look at the courses and programmes offered at the city centered institution. Dr. Stephen R. Isabalija, the Vice Chancellor told parents and students that their mission is to contribute to the progress of society with employment oriented and knowledge […]