The Academic Registrar of Makerere University invites applications for admission to Graduate Programmes (Postgraduate Diplomas, Masters and Doctoral degree Programmes) for the 2020/2021 Academic Year. Applicants should have obtained at least a first class or second class degree or its equivalent from a recognised and chartered university/institution.
The Academic Registrar, Makerere University invites applications for admission to a three-yearBACHELOR OF EDUCATION EXTERNAL (BED)degree programme for the 2020/21 Aca
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I wish to thank the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) and the Deposit Protection Fund (DPF) for the generous donation of UGX 200M towards the Rapid Test Kits project spearheaded by Dr. Misaki Wayengera of the College of Health Sciences (CHS), Makerere University. I equally thank the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Ruth Aceng and the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine, for the great work.
The generous donation was handed over by the Acting UBA Chairman, Mr. Mathias Katamba alongside other UBA and DPF officials.
Professor Rhoda Wanyenze was stepping out her office at Uganda’s Makerere University in March when a news item on the television caught her attention: more people had died of the novel coronavirus in China and Italy, and authorities were saying the pandemic was quickly making its way to Africa.
Uganda is taking the precautionary approach while responding to the novel COVID-19 pandemic. This means extensive social distancing, locking of public spaces and public transport and allowing only essential services to continue. These measures are likely to have unprecedented impact on the livelihood of Ugandans. There is an urgent need for a domestic understanding of how this pandemic plays out in Uganda’s unique settings.
Today, 14th May 2020, amidst all odds resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic that has turned the world upside down, I witnessed a moment of joy where Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the Vice-Chancellor representing Makerere University and H.E. Ambassador Per Lindgärde, representing Sweden signed an amendment to the Specific Agreement of the Uganda-Sweden Research Training Partnership program, July 2020-June 2022.
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM; www.ruforum.org) and the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA; https://globalresearchalliance.org/) invite applications from RUFORUM Member Universities for the first Global Research Alliance Graduate Research Grants (GRA-GRG) call.
Government, through the 2007science preference policy, directed that science students would receive 75% of the Government scholarships to public universities and tertiary institutions.Public universities have made special provision to encourage women in science through internal quota policies. Makerere University Council in August 2019 approved an affirmative action policy ring-fencing 40% of vacancies in all STEM disciplines for women.
The Marker-Assisted Breeding (MAB) Chicken team consists of Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM, Mozambique), in partnership with Gulu University (GU), Makerere University (MAK, Uganda), Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), and International Rural Poultry Centre (IRPC, Mozambique). The team is currently working on the project named ‘Marker-Assisted Breeding of native chickens in Mozambique and Uganda’.
Specifically, the objectives of the project are to
In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), as part of its Covid-19 Initiative, seeks proposals from across the social sciences and related fields that address the social, economic, cultural, psychological, and political impact of Covid-19 in the United States and globally, as well as responses to the pandemic’s wide-ranging effects.
Today, 18th May 2020, we held a successful virtual Annual Research Planning Meeting with our Swedish Collaborators. The meeting was attended by 145 Participants from five partner Ugandan Public
Universities (Makerere, Mbarara, Kyambogo, Busitema, and Gulu) and 11 collaborating Swedish institutions. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, officiated at the opening of the two-day meeting.
The Academic Registrar of Makerere University invites applications for admission to Graduate Programmes (Postgraduate Diplomas, Masters and Doctoral degree Programmes) for the 2020/2021 Academic Year. Applicants should have obtained at least a first class or second class degree or its equivalent from a recognised and chartered university/institution.
The Makerere Institute of Social Research launched its Interdisciplinary PhD in Social Studies in January 2012. The five-year programme entails two years of coursework and three years of dissertation research and writing. Four broad themes define the program's intellectual focus: Political Studies, Political Economy, Historical Studies, and Literary and Cultural Studies. Students specialize in one field, but take classes across all four.
On Tuesday May 26, 2020, Makerere University (Mak) Management converged to share findings from the study whose aim of was “to detail characteristics and treatment outcomes of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic patients in Uganda”. Coronavirus being a novel and rapidly changing pandemic, it was essential that early lessons are obtained and synthesised. These lessons directly feed into the clinical care guidelines and eventually contribute to the country’s interventions.
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Christopher Mbazira for his well deserved promotion to full Professorship. He teaches public international law and international and regional human rights law.
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Accept my compliments for the leadership shown by RUFORUM in proposing four priority responses to the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought African countries and more broadly, the entire world to a ‘STOP’. Nations and nationals are calling for action and the requisite resources must be made available/ mobilised as well as the indicators for measuring success agreed on.
As a small boy growing up in Sibarara, one of the most remote villages in Uganda, I often had the privilege to read the Uganda Argus, the equivalent of the New Vision today, courtesy of my late father, who was at that time a head teacher of the local primary school and hence one of the most respected people in the county. In the Uganda Argus, I often read about Makerere University and the prominent professors at that time, including Prof. Langlands, Prof. Lule, Prof. Mazrui and others.
On Wednesday, 27th May 2020, Makerere University and the Vision Group embarked on a remarkable partnership aimed at popularizing research and innovations.
Welcoming the Vision Group team led by the Editor-in-Chief Ms Barbara Kaija, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe highlighted the relevance of Universities and the academia in community transformation.
Makerere University has continued to uphold Uganda’s precautionary approaches towards responding to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These approaches include extensive social distancing, locking of public spaces and public transport, allowing only essential services and now the private cars (with only three people in each car also upholding guidelines provided by the Government of the Republic of Uganda and Ministry of Heath) to continue.
