Hannington Sengendo is a Ugandan academic, urban planner and

academic administrator Academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the Faculty (academic staff), faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint ...

. Currently, he is the vice chancellor of

Nkumba University Nkumba University (NKU) is a chartered private university in Uganda. It was established in 1994 as part of a group of schools and colleges that originally grew from a kindergarten established in 1951. The university is not affiliated with any pa ...

, a private University in Uganda, which was accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education in 1999. He was installed in that position on Friday 21 June 2013.

Background

Sengendo was born in Kampala, Uganda's

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and largest city, on 14 November 1954.

Education

Sengendo attended ''Mengo Primary School''. He studied at ''Mengo Senior Secondary School'', for his O-Level education. He then attended

Kololo Senior Secondary School Kololo Senior Secondary School (Kololo SSS), is a government-aided, mixed, middle (S1 - S4) and high (S5 - S6), day school, in Kampala, Uganda. Location The school campus is located on Kololo, Kololo Hill, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and larg ...

for his A-Level studies. In 1975, he entered ''National Teachers College Kyambogo'' to study for the two-year

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. The diploma was awarded by Makerere University. National Teachers College was amalgamated with other institutions in 2001 to form

Kyambogo University Kyambogo University (KYU) is a public university in Uganda. It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country with the motto, "Knowledge and Skills for Service." History Kyambogo University was establishe ...

. Sengendo also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Makerere University and the degree of Master of Arts in Human Geography, obtained in 1987, from the University of Leeds. His degree of Doctorate in Urban Planning (PhD), was obtained in 1992, from the University of Nottingham.

Work history

His long service at Makerere University, included as Head of the Geography Department from 1994 until 2000. Later, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university. He then moved to

, serving there as the deputy vice chancellor, before he was appointed vice chancellor in June 2013.

Personal life

Sengendo is a married father. He is of the

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faith.

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