Makerere University on Friday 6th September 2024 hosted the second World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) roving seminar, which called for effective utilisation of the International Patent System by Universities in Uganda. The seminar held in collaboration with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) in the Senate Conference Hall was preceded by a courtesy call on […]
The two-day Annual Forum for Graduate Research and Policy dialogue concluded on Friday 26th April 2024 with the Directorate for Research and Graduate Training (DRGT) calling on PhD candidates to embrace the feedback received from peers and mentors as well as seek avenues of identifying and protecting any Intellectual Property (IP) arising out of their […]
Our Pursuit of Research-led status firmly anchored Makerere University has continued to excel in research, teaching, learning and knowledge transfer partnerships. A survey conducted by our experts revealed that between 2017 and 2021, our faculty published more than 7,000 articles in peer reviewed journals. Furthermore, a number of staff and students have won several awards […]
The Makerere University Innovations Hub which was recently established with funding from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is set to start driving commercialization of innovations and enterprises resulting from the research undertaken by scholars at Makerere University. Speaking during a press briefing on March 23, 2023, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, said the hub […]