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Makerere University is Uganda's premier institution of higher
learning. With a student population of over 20,000, it ranks as
one of the largest in East and Central Africa. It is located
on Makerere hill, one of the many hills on which Kampala, the
capital city of Uganda is built. The main campus is about 5km to
the north of the city centre covering an area of 300 acres (two
square kilometres).
History
of Makerere
Makerere University was first established in 1922 as a technical
school. In January of that year, the school was later renamed
Uganda Technical College, opened its doors to 14 day students who
began studying Carpentry, Building and Mechanics. The College was
soon offering various other courses in Medical Care, Agriculture,
Veterinary Sciences and Teacher Training.
In 1937, the college started developing into
an institution of higher education, offering post-school
certificate courses. In 1949, it became a University College in
special relationship with the College of London. It soon became a
College for the whole of Eastern Africa, offering courses leading
to General Degrees of the University of London.
With the establishment of the University of
East Africa on 29th June, 1963, the period of special relationship
with the University of London came to a close and degrees of the
University of East Africa were instituted. On July 1, 1970,
Makerere became an independent national University of the Republic
of Uganda, offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses leading
to its own awards.
Today Makerere University has twenty
faculties/institutes/schools offering not only Day but also
Evening and External Study programmes to a student body of 22,000
undergraduates and 3,000 postgraduates. It is also a very active
centre for Research.
Study
opportunities at Makerere
Makerere University offers a wide range of
study opportunities at different levels of your career. We offer a
huge range of undergraduate and graduate study options.
If standard study options don't apply to you,
flexible study options may be more suitable. These include Evening
Study programmes designed to offer studying opportunities to
mainly the working class although any interested person who meets
the admission requirements can apply to be considered for
admission and Distance learning or External study programmes
designed to benefit those who merit University education but for
some reason are unable to attend regular classes at the
University.
Faculties,
Institutes and Schools
Makerere University's academic activites are
organised under a structure of faculties, institutes and Schools.
There are currently twenty faculties/institutes/schools offering
not only Day but also Evening and External Study programmes to a
student body of 22,000 undergraduates and 3,000 postgraduates.
There are nine faculties, seven institutes and five schools. These
include:
Faculties:
o Faculty of Agriculture
o Faculty of Arts
o Faculty of Forestry
and Nature Conservation
o Faculty of Law
o Faculty of Medicine
o Faculty of Science
o Faculty of Social
Sciences
o Faculty of Technology
o Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Institutes:
o Institute of Adult and Continuing Education
o Institute of Computer
Science
o Institute of Economics
o Institute of Environment and Natural Resources
o Institute of Social Research
o Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics and
Psycology
Schools:
o School of Education
o School of Industrial and Fine Arts
o School of Library and Information Science
o Business
School
o Graduate School
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