By Bernard Buteera On Saturday 3rd September 2023, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Makerere University held its 2nd edition of the Annual Community Open Day. The event took place at the Freedom Square, Makerere University. The Community Open Day is an annual event that brings together all Scholars, Alumni, Staff, Mentors, and Partners of […]
Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) in partnership with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Independent University of Bangladesh; Eduardo Mondlane University; and Pokhara University, with funding from Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED) is implementing a project, ‘Co-creating Knowledge for Local Adaptation to Climate […]
Dear Stakeholders, 2022 was a milestone year for MakSPH as we celebrated the Makerere University’s centennial anniversary. MakSPH was proud to be a part of this yearlong celebration, reflecting on our own 68-year journey since our inception as a department of preventive medicine in the Faculty of Medicine. We take pride in our collective achievements, […]
The Department of Adult and Community Education in the School of Distance and Lifelong Learning at the College of Education and External Studies has just completed a remarkable two-day joint Environmental Field Trip for third-year Bachelor of Adult and Community Education (BACE) and second-year Bachelor of Youth Development work (BYDW) students. The trip, which took […]
The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Symposium was convened in Kampala, Uganda on March 04, 2023 hosted and organized by Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a member of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) NCD Center of Excellence (COE) that is hosted by University of Nairobi, Kenya. The objective of this Symposium was to provide a […]
The College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) is one of the 10 constituent Colleges of Makerere University with over 2,000 students and 153 members of staff spread across 2 schools and seven departments namely: School of Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Geology and Petroleum Studies) and School Biosciences (Departments of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology; Department […]
The School of Distance and Lifelong Learning, Department of Adult and Community Education, Makerere University, in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Norway announces 2 Erasmus+ global mobility Scholarship (5 months) for Master Students of Adult and Community Education for the Autumn semester, tenable at […]
Stakeholders pledged to work together to address the growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Uganda and beyond. The pledge was made at the NCDs Symposium held on Saturday 4th March 2023 and hosted by Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), as a member of the Alliance of Research Universities in Africa (ARUA) NCD […]
By George Kisetedde On 3rd August, 2022, the CHDC (Child Health and Development Centre) disseminated study findings from one of the research studies carried out at the centre. These findings were presented under the title,“The Prevention of Violence against Children and Women: Baseline and Implementation Science Results from Parenting Cluster Randomised Trial.” Moderated by Dr. […]
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University led by the Deputy Principal, Prof. Yazidhi Bamutaze, organized and hosted the 2022 Landscape Ecology Summer School, held from 21st to 22nd July, 2022. The summer school was attended by participants from twenty (20) countries including: Uganda, Kenya, Congo – Kinshasa, Ghana, Nigeria, Germany, the US, […]