PhD Research Position: Sustainability and Gender Equality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Humanities and Social SciencesThe Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GEST) programme at the University of Iceland in collaboration with Makerere University is offering a PhD grant to a...
View ArticleCall for Applications: RIF- RAN HCD Training for Students
InnovationResilientAfrica Network (RAN) received funding from Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund to institutionalize multidisciplinary Innovation ecosystem across Makerere University. The...
View ArticleDr. Ahikire appointed Honorary Professor of the Nelson Mandela University
Humanities and Social SciencesThe Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Dr. Josephine Ahikire has been appointed Honorary Professor of the Nelson Mandela University,...
View ArticleDICTS Workshop Urges Staff to Use Social Media as a Marketing Tool
GeneralThe Makerere University Directorate of Information and Communication Technology Support (DICTS) held a social media workshop to equip Makerere University staff with skills and knowledge on how...
View ArticleRUFORUM: Institutional Capability Statement
GeneralThe Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of African universities. Until 2004, the Network had operated as a programme of the Rockefeller...
View ArticleBD and Fleming Fund Collaboration to Help Combat Threat of AMR in Asia and...
HealthUganda has received three pioneering laboratory machines to speed up the process of testing and treating patients for bacterial infections as part of the Fleming Fund Country Grant, which is...
View ArticleCongratulations to Prof. Josephine Ahikire
VC's DiaryI congratulate Prof. Josephine Ahikire upon being appointed Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University. This responds to our internationalization drive.Related ArticleDr. Ahikire...
View ArticleOne step closer to a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health
Research NewsAn extensive workshop has been held to further the vision of creating a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health. Karolinska Institutet is driving the development together with Makerere...
View ArticleWorld Health Summit, Kampala 2020
HealthThe dates for the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Kampala are set for April 27th and 28th 2020 at the Speke Resort & Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort.Hosted by Makerere University, the...
View ArticleMak Resolutions of the Special Meeting of Council-19th February 2020
GeneralDuring its special meeting held on 19th February 2020, the University Council considered the Management report, the Senate report, the report of the Finance, Planning, Administration and...
View ArticleAndrew W. Mellon Foundation President visits Mak
Humanities and Social SciencesThe President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York, Dr. Elizabeth Alexander and the Chief of Staff and Programme Advisor at the Foundation, Ms. Julie B. Ehrlich...
View ArticleSchool of Law Receives Grant on Law, Policy and Voices of SGBV Survivors
LawThe School of Law in collaboration with the Royal Holloway, University of London are set to undertake research on Law, Policy and the Voices of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) survivors.
View ArticleThe Impact of Swedish Research Collaboration with Makerere University, Uganda...
Research NewsThe Makerere University research capacity building program supported by Sida started in 2000 running three phases to 2015 followed by the ongoing phase (Phase IV, 2015-2020).
View ArticleLaw Teachers Train in the Use of Clinical Methodologies
LawStaff of the School of Law, Makerere University and other Universities have been reoriented into the Clinical teaching methodologies and called upon to adopt their use in the teaching and learning...
View ArticleFlagging Off Surgical Masks to Xiangtan University
VC's DiaryI have had the pleasure to flag-off 4,000 pieces of surgical masks donated by the Makerere University community to Xiangtan University, our main collaborating university in China where more...
View ArticleEfD-Mak Centre Conducts Policy Tour of Mukono District
GeneralEnvironmental Economists from the Environment for Development-Makerere University (EfD-Mak) Centre on Thursday 20th February 2020 conducted a policy tour of Mukono District Local Government...
View ArticleMak Sets Out to Enhance Behavioural Change Among Boda-Boda Riders Using...
Research NewsAt their advent on the Uganda-Kenya frontier in the late 80s and early 90s, many saw Boda-Bodas as a heaven-sent remedy to all the transport bottlenecks facing petty traders operating...
View ArticleCAES Installs the US$40k Spermvision to Analyse Quality of Semen
Research NewsMakerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has installed the Spermvision in the University’s Central Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Agricultural...
View ArticleFirst Belt and Road Initiative Lecture Outlines Benefits of Global Connectivity
GeneralThe First Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Lecture hosted by Makerere University on 27th February 2020 in the Main Hall has outlined a series of benefits that Uganda, Africa and the World stand to...
View ArticleHarnessing AI's Transformative Power to Make Food Systems More Efficient,...
Innovation28 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu became today one of the first signatories of a ethical resolution on Artificial Intelligence (AI) endorsed by Pope Francis, stressing...
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