Bulamogi County MP, Kenneth Lubogo raised his concerns on the government’s plan to stop strikes within public Universities in Uganda. Lubogo while in parliament on Tuesday raised a matter of national importance in which he demanded to know what plans the government has to address the issues raised by the teachers in public universities. “The […]
Government through the Ministry of Education and Sports is planning to take over Busoga University & Mountains of the Moon University as Public Universities. This follows a letter dated 8th January 2018 by the President of Uganda, Yoweri K Museveni to the Ministry of Education and Sports directing that government takes over Mountains of the […]
By Professor Venansius Baryamureeba Early this month, I published an article entitled ‘’Creation of Regional Public Universities is a Fundamental Change in the History of Uganda’’. In this article, I categorically stated that ‘’The recommendation by the Makerere University Visitation Committee 2017 that all public universities be converted into one public university (Makerere University) and […]
Parliament has approved three new public universities after thorough scrutiny by the National Council for Higher Education. The universities include Kabale university in Kabale District, Lira University in Lira District and Soroti University in Soroti District. The three added universities will fully start operating (as public universities) in the financial year  2016/2017. These are in addition to […]
Gulu University was opened by the Government of Uganda in October 2002. Its offers the following courses that fall under different faculties. Faculty of Agriculture and the Environment    * Bachelor of Agriculture (B.Agric) – Currently available    * Bachelor of Science in Biosystems Engineering (BSc.BSE) – Currently available    * Bachelor of Science in […]
Public universities in Uganda are funded by the government through the ministry of education. The government subsidizes the cost of education making it cheaper than the private universities. Public universities in Uganda also admit privately sponsored students who pay all educational costs by themselves.  There are Eight public universities in Uganda.     Busitema University […]
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Kyambogo University is one of the Public Universities in Uganda. The University is located 8 km from the centre of Kampala City, the Capital of Uganda. It’s takes an hour’s drive from Entebbe Airport. Ordinary Diploma in Civil and Building Engineering 2 years Ordinary Diploma in Water Engineering 2 years Ordinary Diploma […]