The office of the Academic Registrar – Makerere University has confirmed the extension of the application deadline for graduate programmes for the 2023/2024 academic year. The programmes include postgraduate diplomas, masters and doctoral degrees etc. The Academic Registrar, Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi, informed all intending applicants for Graduate Progammes who wish to apply for the 2023/2024 […]
Makerere University on 29th March 2023 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Stichting BRAC; an international development organization based in Bangladesh with a regional presence in Africa and seventeen years of operation in Uganda, to implement the Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Fellowship Programme for Women. The MoU was signed on behalf of Makerere by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. […]
NCHE (The National Council for Higher Education) has appointed Makerere University’s Dr. Vincent Ssembatya as the Director for Quality Assurance. Dr. Ssembatya’s appointment was confirmed by his ecstatic boss; Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe in a tweet. Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe tweeted to confirm Dr. Ssembatya’s appointment. “I congratulate Mak Don Dr. Vincent Ssembatya […]
The 88th Guild Government under the stewardship of H.E Alionzi Lawrence Dangote has been formally disbanded to pave way for a new team. Makerere University Dean of Students Winifred Kabumbuli confirmed the dissolution of the 88th Guild Cabinet and Guild Representative Council in a letter addressed to the student’s community. “I am writing to inform […]
Makerere University usually admits 14,000 private undergraduate students each academic year. In the Academic year, Makerere reduced undergraduate admissions by 1,200, which also happened in the Academic yr 2022/2023, and the same is happening in the Academic yr 2023/2024. The numbers to be slashed are of undergraduate students pursuing diplomas or first degrees in humanities […]
Makerere University management has extended the suspension of the 15 per cent annual tuition increment policy for another period of two years. The policy, which started in the 2019/2020 academic year, was later halted in 2021 in light of the outbreak of Covid-19. The Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor Umar Kakumba, announced on […]
On Monday afternoon the 13th of March 2023, the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, commissioned the state-of-the-art fire detection and protection system for Senate Building, one of the buildings that houses the academic documents and records for the University. The Vice Chancellor pointed out that, learning from the horrific incident when the Main Building […]
In 2019, a story of a Makerere University fresher who reported to campus with a metallic suitcase and an ‘osoufia’ bag moved viral on social media. This story, was a blessing in disguise for the then fresher who subsequently received numerous financial and scholastic support including a full study scholarship from concerned citizens and well-wishers. Four years down the […]