Academic Units

Makerere University has a College structure consists of Colleges, Schools, Institutes, and Departments, defined as below.

College

Is a constituent unit of the University, which offers Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates and enjoys Administrative, Academic and Financial semi autonomous status.

School

This is an Academic Unit of a College engaged in Teaching, learning, research and knowledge and technology transfer partnerships based on a focused body of Knowledge.

Institute 

This is a unit of a college which is exclusively research based

Centre

This is a unit of a college, which is largely focused on service and knowledge transfer partnerships

Department

This is a unit of a school that deals with core functions of teaching, learning and research functions of a particular focused discipline, with at least one programme leading to the award of a degree.